World Journeys’ Australian team has grown this week with four new talented staff members joining this week.
The announcement comes five months after the high-end company opened in Australia to provide customised itineraries to each State and Territory.
Providing support, Vanessa Hibbard, Joel Hiini-Neilson, Mei Ling Wong and Tracey Stewart were recruited and placed into new roles within the company.
Joel Hiini-Neilson and Tracy Stewart join the team of Travel Designers, working predominantly in their specialist areas.
[L-R]: Vanessa Hibbard – Groups Specialist; Joel Hiini-Neilson – Travel Designer; Mei Ling Wong – Accounts & Administration; and Tracey Stewart – Travel Designer.
Joel specialises in Canada and Alaska product. Joel has travel extensively to Argentina, Chile, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Antarctica, China, Hawaii, and Canada/USA, and previous roles in her travel industry career have included time at Walshes World in the Land and Air departments, Frontier Travel, and HOT Product’s USA & Canada team.
Whilst studying at the International Travel College in Auckland, she worked for American Express booking domestic Australian travel.
Vanessa Hibbard has also been appointed as Group Specialist, specifically to look after their range of small group escorted journeys, as well as agents’ group travel requirements.
Vanessa’s travel career has involved both retail and corporate roles in South Africa, five years in the UK at American Express and Hogg Robinson plus tour guiding, and in NZ at Holiday Shoppe, House of Travel and most recently Tempo Holidays.
A committed traveller, Vanessa’s explorations have included much of Europe, time on a Moshav in Israel, and Mexico – her absolute favourite.
Vanessa looks forward to dealing with group travel for agents both known and new to her.
Mei Ling has been appointed to look after Accounts & Administration.
She has travelled to London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Lucerne, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, the Black Forest, and Hong Kong.