Brace yourself because what you’re about to see is the absolute top of the women in the travel industry!
The Women In Travel Power List longlist has the ladies who are the juggernauts, the who’s who, the true trailblazers of travel and when we say they are leading the world of travel, we mean it!
This list has come together from hours and hours of expert examination of our industry to understand who’s at the top. But we want to hear from you (a bit more).
If you’d like to nominate someone that you feel absolutely deserves to be on this list then click here to put that person’s name down.
We’ll then throw the combined list to our judging panel to select the top picks, thus arriving at the final 20 which will be announced on the Women In Travel Awards night (5 December, in case you needed a reminder).
So, enough of the waffle, here’s what you came to the article to see: the Women In Travel Power List longlist (in alphabetical order).
- Alice Ager – MD, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises
- Alice Moore – Director, Elysse Collective
- Alicia Triggs – Executive GM Sales & Partnerships, Journey Beyond
- Allison Haworth West – GM, Captain Cook Cruises Fiji
- Anna McMurtrie – MD, Wentworth Travel
- Anne Wild – MD, Anne Wild & Associates
- Barbara Whitten – MD, Anywhere Travel
- Cara Morton – Group CEO, Covermore
- Carole Smethurst – MD, Bicton Travel
- Caroline Hitchen – GM, Cruise HQ
- Cassi Tormey – Owner, Cornerstone L&D
- Cinzia Burnes – Executive Director, Helloworld
- Christina Werkstetter – SVP Aviation Partnerships, Sydney Airport
- Danielle Galloway – MD Luxury & Independent Brands, Flight Centre Travel Group
- Deb Corbett – GM, Ponant
- Debra Fox – MD, A&K
- Fiona Dalton – GM, Virtuoso Travel
- Gai Tyrrell – MD, Globus family of brands
- Halina Kubica – MD, Greece and Mediterranean Travel Centre
- Hayley Jane Morris – Founder, Sisterhood Womens Travel
- Jacqui Walshe – Executive Chairman, Walshe Group
- Jayne Hrdlicka – CEO, Virgin Australia
- Jean Summers-Reeves – Director, Globenet Travel/Clean Cruising
- Jill Abel – CEO, Australian Cruise Association
- Julie King – Founder & CEO, Julie King & Associates and Bonailie
- Julie Primmer – Co-Founder/Director, Ascend Travel Group
- Justine Waddington – Founder & Director, Encounter Travel
- Kara Glamore – VP Australia, Carnival Cruise Line
- Karen Deveson – Group GM Cruise, Helloworld
- Karen McGilvray – MD NSW & ACT, Corporate Travel Management
- Karen Merricks – Co-Founder, MTA travel
- Kathryn O’Brien – GM Australia, Air New Zealand
- Kaylene Shuttlewood – MD, Amadeus
- Leanne Harwood – SVP & MD JAPAC & President, Accommodation Australia
- Lorie Argus – CEO, Melbourne Airport
- Lisa Burquest – Chief People Officer, Virgin Australia
- Lisa Teiotu – MD, MSC Cruises
- Lisa Pagotto – GM & Founder, Crooked Compass
- Lisa Pile – VP & GM, Regents Seven Seas Cruises
- Lou Tandy – Co-Owner, APT
- Louise Dann – GM, Helloworld Travel Hunter Travel Group
- Louise Laing – GM Marketing, Intrepid
- Lynda Wallace – Co-Founder/Director, Ascend Travel Group
- Lynne Clarke – Chairman, MSC
- Marion Bunnik – Founder, Bunnik Tours
- Marion Charlton – COO, Gold Coast Airport
- Michelle Black – MD, Viking Cruises
- Nicole Boyer – GM Supplier Partnerships, CT Partners
- Nicole Strudwick – GM Sales, Travellers Choice
- Penny Spencer – MD, Spencer Travel
- Phillipa Harrison – MD, Tourism Australia
- Philippa Walker – Marketing Director APAC, Silversea
- Sarah Clark – CEO, Tourism Tasmania
- Sarina Bratton – Chairman APAC & Special Advisor to Executive, Ponant
- Shelley Poten – MD, Albatross Tours, Managing Director
- Stacey McBride – Manager, Accommodation Australia
- Stephanie Tully – CEO, Jetstar Group
- Sue Badyari – CEO, World Expeditions
- Susan Coghill – CMO, Tourism Australia
- Susan Haberle – VP Sales & Partnerships, A&K
- Susie Potter – CEO, The Africa Safari Co.
- Toni Ambler – MD ANZ, TTC Tour Brands (Luxury Gold, Insight Vacations, Trafalgar Costsaver & Contiki)
- Vanessa Hudson – CEO, Qantas
- Vanessa Wallace-Kaplan – MD, V Travel Network
- Yana Sharvts – Acting Country Manager & Marketing & Communications Manager, South Africa Tourism
- Yen Kho – Country Manager, Qatar Airways
- Yvette Thompson – GM Sales & Partnerships, Intrepid
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