One year from now, Club Med will be unveiling its first resort in South Africa: Club Med South Africa Beach & Safari. Located on the Dolphin Coast, north of Durban, in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, the all-inclusive resort will combine a beach getaway with an immersive safari.

Travelcall, part of the Goldman Group, has joined Australia’s luxury affinity marketing and business networking group, The Luxury Network.

Fiji has recorded its highest-ever overseas visitor arrivals, breaking through the 1 million mark for the first time in 2024. The South Pacific holiday hotspot for Aussie travellers welcomed more than 982,938 tourists by air —up 5.7 compared to the 2023 result — and just shy of 82,000 cruise ship passengers last year.

Anthony Goldman, Joint Managing Director of Goldman Group has continued his messaging on the need for improved transparency and definitions of the term ‘luxury’ travel. Speaking at the Goldman Group Conference in Melbourne on Saturday, Goldman said the word has become cannibalised by “people” wanting to capitalise on the growth of high-end travel, more so since the pandemic.

Goldman Group will introduce a new VIP division to its retail leisure brand offering red carpet chauffeur service for high-net-worth travellers.

Goldman Group was honoured last week with the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts ‘Legendary Partner Award 2024’ for Asia Pacific at their Four Seasons Preferred Partner event in Seoul.

Goldman Group has announced a powerful line-up for it’s conference to be held in Melbourne this November. Last month, Goldman Group announced two keynote speakers would be attending this year’s conference – Jo Bailes, CEO of Singita and David Kolner, Executive Vice President of Virtuoso. Joining those executives will be panellists from overseas and Australia who will grace the stage at Crown Melbourne to address over 170 attendees including teams from Goldman Travel, Travelcall, The Cruise Centre by Travelcall and SmartFlyer Australia.

Two international guests will attend Goldman Group’s Conference being held in Melbourne in November. Jo Bailes, CEO of Singita and David Kolner, Executive Vice President of Virtuoso will grace the stage at Crown Melbourne to address over 170 attendees including teams from Goldman Travel, Travelcall, The Cruise Centre by Travelcall and SmartFlyer Australia.Over 50 supplier partners will join advisors for a special Melbourne dinner experience, plenary session, supplier networking and a gala dinner.

This week, LATTE chats with Anthony Goldman, Joint Managing Director of Goldman Group, Chair of the Virtuoso Global Member Advisory Board; Board Director of Link Travel Group… and marriage celebrant.

In June, Goldman Group celebrated it 10-year milestone of having acquired Melbourne-based retail agency, Travelcall. That acquisition in 2013 laid the foundation for the previously corporate-focused Goldmans to become one of Australia’s most successful travel agency groups.

Last week, Goldman Group team members came together with supplier partners and industry colleagues to celebrate travel industry legend Tom Goldman’s 60 years in the travel business.