Express adds RAA Travel

THE Express Travel Group is having a stellar month of signings, with Travel Daily today able to exclusively reveal that South Australia’s RAA Travel will join ETG’s Independent Travel Group network effective 01 Oct.

The announcement follows last week’s revelation that RAC Western Australia was also joining Express ( TD 03 Aug), with RAA being the travel services division of the Royal Automobile Association of South Australia.

RAA currently operates 22 shops across South Australia and far western NSW, including eight in the Adelaide CBD, 13 in country South Australia and one in Broken Hill - with international travel consultants located in nine of the locations.

The shift to Express Travel Group comes after many years of affiliation with Helloworld Travel and its predecessor Jetset Travelworld Group, with RAA senior manager Giovanna Toldi saying “after a thorough assessment of our options within the buying group partnership, we determined the best fit for RAA was within ETG’s Independent Travel Group.

“RAA Travel looks forward to pursuing new opportunities with the ETG Independent Travel Group as we look to expand our business,” Toldi said.

Express Travel Group’s gm of sales, Jonathan Nelson, said the RAA partnership would enable the group to further evolve in the South Australian market.

“We look forward to delivering new solutions across the RAA network of metropolitan and country stores,” he said.

RAA Travel’s 2015/16 annual report indicated the group booked holidays for about 8,000 travellers during the year, and as well as offering international product the organisation operates the domestic SA Holiday Experiences brand.