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Goway Travel has announced the appointment of Wendy Schaber to the position of Business Development Manager for Alberta and Saskatchewan, based in Alberta. Wendy’s 22-year industry experience includes managing a small independent agency, a top producer with American Express Vacation Travel specializing in luxury, customized and International destinations. She has also been a part-time flight attendant and significant experience as an Independent Travel Consultant.

“We are delighted to welcome Wendy to the team of Business Development Managers” commented President and Founder, Bruce Hodge. “Wendy not only brings a wealth of industry knowledge to the position, but has also experienced many of our destinations first-hand”. In the role of Business Development Manager, Wendy is responsible for conducting Goway Expos in Alberta and Saskatchewan, and working with the trade to grow business to Downunder (Australia and New Zealand), the Worlds Most Idyllic Islands, Africa, Asia, Latin America and Goway’s Adventure product.

“After many years experience selling travel in a retail environment, I really understand the needs of travel professionals and the challenges that they face,” commented Wendy “I am looking forward to working with agents on such a great product range.”

Contact Wendy Schaber at 800-387-8850 extension 6310 or via email at wendys@goway.com.
For British Columbia, contact Dale Scott at extension 6305 or by email to dale@goway.com.
In Eastern Canada, contact Paul Badics at extension 5330 or via email to pbadics@goway.com.

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Goway’s AFRICAExperts is pleased to announce the appointment of Yael Marom to the reservations department. “Yael brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the department,” commented Moira Smith, AFRICAExperts General Manager. “Having lived in the Middle East and travelled to our key destinations, she complements our current team of experts.”

Yael was born in Israel, raised in Canada but moved back in early adulthood for a few years to reacquaint herself with her roots. The travel bug bit several years ago and she found herself traipsing around the world as often as possible. 2009 was spent mainly in Africa, the continent that stole her heart with its magnificent beauty, powerful energy and friendly people. Her fondest memories are of climbing and quad biking the sand dunes in Namibia, feeling the breezes of both the Indian and Atlantic oceans simultaneously in Cape Point, spotting the “Big Five” in Kruger, abseiling down Table Mountain, stepping inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, playing backgammon with the locals in Cairo, viewing the magnificent Baha’i Gardens in Haifa and swimming in all 4 seas of Israel; the Red, the Med, the Dead and the Sea of Galilee

“Dale brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to Goway,” commented VP Wholesale, Cathy Mulrine. “Dale has a proven track record in the airline industry, business development and marketing, and will be the driving force for us in British Columbia.”

Dale joins Goway with over 20 years of travel experience including Qantas, British Airways and Carlson Marketing. Dale can be reached by email dale@goway.com or phone 604 264 8088 extension 6305.

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Goway’s AFRICAExperts is pleased to announce the appointment of Jervin Randria to the reservations department.  “Jervin brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the department,” commented Moira Smith, AFRICAExperts General Manager.  “Having lived in East Africa and travelled to our key destinations, she complements our current team of experts.”

Jervin was born in Tanzania to a family that was actively involved in tourism. In her youth she spent her holidays on safari in parks including the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire.  Jervin has been in the travel industry for 20 years with her most recent position being General Manager for Wildersun Safaris. Jervin loves travelling but her real passion is for travel in Africa; some of her fondest experiences include climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Ballooning over the Serengeti, snorkelling in the Red Sea, getting up close and personal with lemurs in Madagascar, entering a pyramid in Egypt, cruising the Nile and standing at the tip of Africa at Cape Point.

AFRICAExperts is the exclusive division of Goway Travel that specializes in exciting safaris and vacations to this amazing continent. For more information and copies of Goway’s brochures, call 1-800-387-8850, e-mail brochures@goway.com or visit Goway.com.

“We are delighted to welcome Jim and Lesley to the Goway GroupsOnly team; they both have a wealth of experience and first hand knowledge of our long-haul destinations” commented Groups Manager, Barbara Norton “Despite the current economic climate, our groups business remains extremely strong, especially with the creation of our Special Events team focusing on key events worldwide.”

Jim is one of GroupsOnly newest additions bringing with him a wealth of knowledge from his background not only in wholesale group and incentive travel but also in retail sales and financial management. Jim is one of our Asia Experts having traveled to many Asian countries throughout his career. His destination knowledge along with his passion for travel all combine to bring you the expertise and organizational skills you need to help make your group a big success.

Lesley is also one of GroupsOnly’s brightest new stars working in our Toronto office! With over 20 years of extensive travel experience, Lesley brings her knowledge and skills to our Asia and Latin America Teams. Her most recent travel experiences have been to Japan and to India where she was able to indulge in her passions for photography and travel writing.

Goway Travel is the oldest and largest travel company in North America specializing in long-haul group travel to the South Pacific, Asia (including China and India), to all parts of Africa and to our newest destinations in Central and South America including Antarctica. The company’s exclusive GROUPSOnly division specializes in both affinity and special interest group travel as well as business travel including meetings/conferences and incentives.

Goway’s GROUPSOnly is also successful in handling large passenger movements for major world events through their Special Events division. Current events include:

• World Masters Games in Sydney – October, 2009
• Inaugural World Winter Masters Games in Bled, Slovenia – January, 2010
• Australian Masters Golf Championship with Tiger Woods in Melbourne – November, 2009
• Lions Clubs International Convention in Sydney – June, 2010
• World Cup Soccer in South Africa – June + July, 2010
• Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in 2011
• World Youth Day in Madrid, Spain – August, 2011

The GROUPSOnly division also provides competitive pricing, innovative itineraries, assistance with promotions and advertising, assistance with designing flyers and presentation folders, comprehensive documentation and Group Information Kits.

“David brings a wealth of product and destination expertise to Goway’s newest group destinations in Latin America,” commented Groups Manager, Barbara Norton. “David has first-hand knowledge of the destination, and his sales team will be the departments, driving force for all our Latin American Groups.”

David is originally from Australia and is well respected in the tourism industry, having most recently held a senior Product Management position with a major Canadian wholesaler. For group travel, Goway can offer a customized itinerary and quote ranging from Spanish study trips in Guatemala, to wine tours in Chile as well as the company’s traditional and most well known South Pacific group itineraries.

Goway Travel is the oldest and largest travel company in North America specializing in long-haul group travel to the South Pacific, Asia (including China and India), to all parts of Africa and to our newest destinations in Central and South America including Antarctica. The company’s exclusive GROUPSOnly division specializes in both affinity and special interest group travel as well as business travel including meetings/conferences and incentives.

Goway’s GROUPSOnly is also successful in handling large passenger movements for major world events and are currently handling all North American bookings for the World Masters Games in Sydney in 2009.

The GROUPSOnly division also provides competitive pricing, innovative itineraries, assistance with promotions and advertising, assistance with designing flyers and presentation folders, comprehensive documentation and Group Information Kits.

“Being South African and having travelled extensively throughout the continent, Moira has first-hand knowledge of the intricacies of this vast, sometimes complicated and exciting destination, which is imperative for this position” commented Founder and President, Bruce Hodge. “Moira also brings a well-rounded knowledge of the travel industry and has the skills to expand and improve Goway’s Africa product offerings”.

Commencing her career in the travel industry in Johannesburg, Moira has held senior management positions with the two largest tour operators in South Africa. Her most recent position was Operations Director for an outbound North American wholesaler.

As General Manager, AFRICAExperts, Moira is responsible for the quality and pricing of the entire Goway Africa product range, training and development of reservations staff, destination education training and growing relationships with travel agents.

“I am delighted to be joining such a dynamic and forward thinking organization that is so committed to the continent I love” remarked Smith.

AFRICAExperts is the exclusive division of Goway Travel that specializes in exciting safaris and vacations to this amazing continent. For more information and copies of Goway’s brochures, call 1-800-387-8850, e-mail brochures@goway.com or visit Goway.com.

“Jasvinder has extensive knowledge of the wholesale and air consolidator industry, which is imperative in this position.” Commented VP Air, Jim Morrison. “He also brings a well-rounded knowledge of the industry and has the skills to expand and improve Goway’s consolidation business.

Jasvinder has held management positions with the British Airport Authority and American Express Travel Service Network prior to joining Goway. During his years in the industry, Jasvinder has also held positions as Secretary to the Heathrow Co-ordination and Slot Performance Committee, Communications Executive at Cheville Clothing Ltd, and is a permanent member of the Institute of Logistic Transport.

In the role of Webfares Development Manager, Jasvinder is responsible for all on-line web sales, pricing, contract management and marketing of Goway Agent web site. Goway’s online booking engine is only accessible to travel agents.

“I am delighted to be joining such a dynamic organization” stated Jasvinder, “Goway has such a stellar reputation in the industry, and I’m looking forward to contributing to its’ success”.

Jasvinder can be reached at 1-800-387-8850 ext. 398, or by email at Jas@goway.com.

“Doug has first-hand knowledge of Asia, which is imperative in this position” commented VP Product and Marketing, Scott Duncan, “Doug also brings a well-rounded knowledge of the industry and has the skills to expand and improve Goway’s Asia vacations”.

Commencing his career in retail sales, Doug has also held senior management positions with Canadian Airlines and Cathay Pacific. His experience also extends to Business Development with two wholesale companies, with a focus on Asia as a destination.

During his years in the industry, Doug has been on the board of several industry associations including The Toronto-Chinese Golf Association, The Canada-Chinese Business Association and most recently on the ADS (Approved Destination Status) committee for Canada and China and ACTA.

As Product & Marketing Manager, Asia, Doug is responsible for the quality and pricing of the entire Goway Asia product range, training and development of Goway reservations staff, and destination education training.

“I am delighted to be joining such a dynamic organization” remarked Vogl, “Goway has such a stellar reputation in the industry, and I’m looking forward to returning to the wholesale environment”.

Doug Vogl replaces Bob Glazier, who retired from Goway at the end of April. Doug can be reached at 416-322-1034 ext. 534, or by email at doug@goway.com.

Hailing from Australia, Don like many Australians, spent years travelling in Asia and Africa before working as an overland driver for 5 years in Latin America and across the Middle East and Asia.

Don’s role at Goway is the establishment and development of the new adventure division as well as the development of the region of Latin America. His infectious passion for adventure travel will ensure ADVENTURESIncorporated’s future success.

“I am very excited by the challenge ahead in bringing to life the new adventure travel product line of ADVENTURESIncorporated for Goway. I foresee in a short period of time this new division sitting proudly along side that of the other Goway specialty divisions,” stated Don.

“Adventure has always been on the radar for Goway, after all, it is where we began!” commented Bruce Hodge, founder and President of 37 year old Goway. “With the addition of Don and the new division of ADVENTURESIncorporated we are able to offer the world of adventure from all our speciality divisions to all our past, current and future clients. With the addition of our Europe, Latin America and youth adventure products we now believe we have any destination and any style available to our travellers. It is an exciting time with many new developments to come.”

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