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Travellers Choice members are set to receive a record $2.85 million rebate following a <\/strong>$3.11 million pre-tax profit for 2025\/26.<\/strong><\/p>\n Managing Director Christian Hunter says the result represents an \u201cexceptional performance\u201d given the disruption caused in the second half of the financial year by the Middle East conflict.<\/p>\n \u201cAustralians remained typically resilient and determined to travel, which is why we have not experienced, at this point, a significant level of cancellations in response to the Middle East conflict,\u201d says Hunter. \u201cNevertheless, revenue was impacted as customers re-evaluated departure dates, routes and destinations.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was offset, however, by the revenue growth that has flowed from the steady expansion of our national network, which has welcomed around 24 new members over the past two years.\u201d<\/p>\n Hunter says the 2025\/26 profit \u2013 a 54 per cent increase on the previous financial year \u2013 was also achieved amid investment in the development of new member services.<\/p>\n These include a professional development program for future agency leaders and a business intelligence.<\/p>\n \u201cOur strong financial performance ensures we will continue to invest, with a strong focus on harnessing technological change.<\/p>\n \u201cThat includes the development and roll-out of our pioneering AI initiative, which will give Travellers Choice members the ability to quickly search live preferred product databases and automatically curate customer itineraries, saving time and freeing agents up to focus on what they do best, selling travel.\u201d<\/p>\n Looking ahead, Hunter says the market will remain unstable until the Middle East conflict is resolved.<\/p>\n \u201cDespite some customers choosing to push back their travel dates in response to this volatile geopolitical environment, the post-pandemic trend for Australians to treat travel as an essential item appears to be holding up. As a result, while we have noted a softening of departures for the first half of 2026\/27, our overall forward sales remain strong.\u201d<\/p>\n Hunter says Travellers Choice is also confident its national network will continue to expand during the current financial year.<\/p>\n \u201cThanks to our quality support services and outstanding financial returns, our value proposition has never been stronger, which is why we are continuing to attract high-calibre independent travel agents.\u201d<\/p>\n Travellers Choice member shareholders will meet in Perth in late November for the Company\u2019s Annual General Meeting, which will immediately precede the network\u2019s 2026 Conference.<\/p>\n Themed \u2018Heart & Hustle\u2019, the three-day event will include a host of keynote speakers, breakout sessions and networking opportunities. Delegates will also have the chance to explore a Preferred Supplier Exhibition and celebrate the group\u2019s top performers at the Travellers Choice National Awards Gala Dinner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n kabarsula SLOT <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Travellers Choice members are set to receive a record $2.85 million rebate following a $3.11…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kabarsula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Investment in new services\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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