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Innovative Travel’s managing director Robyn Galloway says a key to her company’s longevity is in large part due to clear goals and firm pillars of business right from the start.

Managing director of Innovative Travel, Robyn Galloway who returned from Cairo two weeks ago, says tourism to Egypt is already expanding as the result of the destination’s latest big attraction.

Innovative travel has heralded 12 months of celebrations to mark its 35th anniversary with a  number of brochure releases and a function at the Northern Club in Auckland.

Innovative Travel’s MD, Robyn Galloway, has just completed an Innovative Travel eight-day Unforgettable Ireland coach tour and says tourism on the island is buoyant.

Having experienced the product first hand, Galloway assures agents that it is an easy sell.

Innovative Travel’s two-week Egypt roadshow has wound up after a series of presentations focusing on Egypt. The roadshow gave travel agents and their selected clients the opportunity to hear from Innovative Travel’s Cairo based director and former chairman of the Egyptian Tourism Board, Elhamy ElZayat. The events provided an insight into the life and times of the boy king Tutankhamen, who is in turn the key inspiration for the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza.

• Egypt event at Egypt Embassy in Wellington… Egypt Ambassador Dina El Sehy; Robyn Galloway, Innovative Travel; Elhamy ElZay, Cairo based director, Innovative Travel
• Sonja Dalley, NZ Travel Brokers; Elhamy ElZayat, Innovative Travel; Michelle Kaufmann-Walker, NZ Travel Brokers
• Petra Ott, House of Travel; Rachel Rhind, Travel Advocates
• Joanne Devereux, The Travel Brokers; Robyn Galloway, Innovative Travel; Yvette Park, Adventure Travel

Innovative travel has signed a GSA agreement with Ireland’s BUNK campervan rentals, the latest step in the company’s expanding Irish product portfolio.

‘A lot of New Zealanders went out and bought campervans during Covid and that has rekindled people’s love for this sort of travel,’ says Robyn Galloway, managing director of Innovative Travel. ‘It is also an ideal way to see Ireland, get off the beaten track and discover the smaller towns and villages.’

Innovative Travel’s Robyn Galloway has just returned from Tasmania where she researched the finishing touches for the upcoming hosted Travel Companions Club Tasmanian tour. 

Tasmania is a new closer to home destination, added in repsonse to feedback from some Travel Companions members. Galloway says the island offers a diverse touring experience.

Egyptian Ambassador to New Zealand,  Dina Farouk El Sehy, reports an upward trend of New Zealanders again travelling to Egypt. 

Speaking to Robyn Galloway MD of Innovative Travel at Egypt’s National Day celebrations in Wellington yesterday the ambassador acknowledged the company’s long-standing commitment to Egypt, which has continued for over 30 years. 

Traditional 14 and 15-day coach touring is back for Turkey, says Innovative Travel MD Robyn Galloway.

‘Clients who may opt for independent travel in other destinations, often choose a coach tour in Turkey, as it is the simplest and most convenient style to explore this destination – four times the size of the UK,’ says Galloway.

'Hearing about client hesitancy for long haul travel provided a compelling reason to travel as early as possible following the New Zealand border opening,’ says Robyn Galloway, managing director of Innovative Travel.

Galloway has just returned from a five-country, 10-flight tour reconnecting with Northern Hemisphere partners.