Helloworld Travel is Las Vegas bound, with its 2026 Owner Managers Conference wrapping up in Cairns with the announcement that next year’s Network Summit will take place in Sin City.
The 2027 Helloworld Summit will bring together the company’s retail networks across Australia and New Zealand for the first time in a single, unified global event.
This includes Helloworld Branded & Associates, First Travel Group, You Travel, The Travel Brokers and My Travel Group.
Delivered in partnership with Brand USA, Travel Nevada and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Helloworld’s gm New Zealand Chris Hunter, says the ini tiative represents a significant step forward in scale, collaboration and network integration.
The group’s ceo Andrew Burnes builds on this, saying the company is thrilled to be redefining Helloworld’s conference offering for 2027.
“This is a significant program for both our network members and our preferred partners with an expanded program designed to deliver value at every level, while maintaining the strong foundations that have made our conferences so successful.”
The 2027 summit will take place 16-20 May. More details to be released in the coming months, adds HLO.
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Some 480 delegates from Australia and New Zealand attended the Helloword Owners Managers Conference in Cairns, which HLO says reinforced the ongoing importance of the advisor community in shaping travel demand.
Event highlights included Andrew and Cinzia Burnes sharing updates on strategy, network performance and the evolving travel landscape, as well as talks from Scott Pape, The Barefoot Investor, and Dr Kirsty Goodwin on financial wellbeing, productivity and performance.
