7th August 2020
Written on 22nd June 2020
APEX TRAVEL GROUP PARTNERS WITH TAG APAC
We are pleased to announce that from 1st July, Niall McNamara and Luke Hardaker of APEX Travel Group will commence a partnership with TAG in the APAC region, trading under the TAG Group portfolio.
McNamara and Hardaker’s reputation for high end, concierge style travel consultancy is second to none. Having made their names as Flight Centre’s top consultants globally, they have continued building on their status as true specialists within the SME sector.
Over the past 20 years, McNamara and Hardaker have established themselves as experts across the high-service SME corporate and private concierge travel markets. The duo moves to TAG to further develop these divisions across the APAC region, strengthening the current offering.
Shane Barr, MD for Australia and Asia Pacific commented, “It's no secret that the travel industry has been hit hard with the recent global crisis, so to bring news of growth at this time is not only encouraging but really refreshing. We’re delighted to welcome Luke and Niall to the TAG family.”
Globally, we have a strong Private Leisure division, catering for the luxury travel of high net worth individuals and celebrities across the globe. The affiliation with McNamara and Hardaker is a huge coup, bringing enhanced capabilities to our APAC region and providing new and existing clients with two industry renowned travel consultants.
“The travel industry is a tight knit group,” explains Hardaker. “Naturally we’d heard of TAG and knew their values and culture aligned with our own. Being able to join them and establish their private travel division for the APAC region is a fantastic opportunity.”
McNamara continues, “Luke and I have always worked to deliver a high touch, concierge service to our SME clients, but we knew we had to be competitive with the online offerings. We built up a following at Flight Centre and Concierge Traveller based on our service and this was something we were passionate about maintaining and expanding. Luckily this is TAG’s ethos too, so joining forces was an obvious choice for us.”
The APEX Travel team will be based mainly in our TAG offices in Sydney, but also in remote locations throughout the region.
“Travel of all kinds is starting to see green shoots and we’re delighted to have the APEX team join with us for this exciting next phase of TAG’s future,” says Barr. “The world is changing quicker than we could have anticipated, but one thing we know, people will still have a desire to explore, and together with APEX Travel Group we have a team of experts ready to help our clients plan their trip, once the world reopens and the time is right.”
