Terry Hawkins

Matt Church

Planning for TravelManagers National Conference, which is to be held Friday 9 to Sunday 11 November 2012, at the Sofitel Fiji Resort and Spa in Denarau Fiji, is well underway. Inspirational speaker Terry Hawkins and the guru of thought leadership Matt Church have been confirmed as the two top keynote speakers. Chief executive, Joe Araullo says providing first-class speakers is an important part of the conference.

“Our personal travel managers work incredibly hard and our national conference is an opportunity to recognize excellence, reward, motivate, inspire and educate them. Both Terry and Matt are standout presenters in their fields of expertise as well as being hugely inspiring.”
Araullo says Hawkins credibility is all the more because of her own personal experience after losing her job when her employer went into liquidation over 20 years ago.

“She talks about how low her self-esteem was at this time in her life and her desire to be in control over her own destiny, she established her own training company, People In Progress, with only $167 to her name. For personal travel managers who are just starting out, establishing their own client database, Hawkins will be hugely motivating as well as providing practical tips and advice.”

Hawkins business is now a multi-million dollar success, not only in Australia but overseas and she is now based in Los Angeles as her business has expanded rapidly throughout the United States.

Matt Church founded ‘Thought Leaders’ which is an international education business that teaches thought leadership to consultants, business owners and executives in large organisations including House of Travel Owner Operators Conference in Auckland in March. Araullo says his session will be about teaching already smart people how to think ‘commercially’ smart.

“Our personal travel managers are at the top of their game, they are dedicated, highly informed and consistently go the extra mile. Matt’s approach is all about providing them with the tools to think smarter not harder, driving results for them and their business.”

Araullo says interest in the national conference is high with both Terry Hawkins and Matt Church confirmed.

“It is one of the highlights of the year for our personal travel managers. We put an immense amount of effort into the conference and the focus is very much on our personal travel managers and making sure it’s the best it can be for them.”

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