Southern World Vacations


Contact person: Valerie May
Correspondence: English
Yearly Turnover: A$ 18 million
Export: 100
Foundation: 1991
Operation Level: International, National

Address: Level 5, 55 York Street
NSW 2000 Sydney Australia
Phone: +61 2 8235 3600
Web: http://southernworld.com


Southern World was formed in 1991, born out of Tourism Holdings Ltd (THL) in New Zealand, who operated Newmans Holidays, Horizon Holidays and A&P Holidays in New Zealand. THL moved away from being a tour operator in 1996, and Southern World was sold to key management and became a privately owned stand-alone business.

Our business is a mix of Special Interest, adhoc and Series Groups; Individual travellers (couples, families) from mid-range to high end luxury; and Incentives. We are one of only three preferred partners with Virtuoso, a high end Consortia of agents worldwide (see http://www.virtuoso.com ), so our delivery has to be at the very highest level. Our key markets are North America (USA and Canada), UK, Europe, Scandinavia, South America and Asia (NZ only). We have our own full-time Sales Offices in North America, with Peter Askin and his son Aidan Askin, and in the United Kingdom with Valerie May covering the UK, Ireland, Europe and Scandinavia. We also make sales calls to our agents and attend trade shows in Australia (ATE), New Zealand (Trenz), the UK (World Travel Market), USA (Virtuoso Travel Week, IMEX) and South America annually.

Most importantly, our wonderful staff are dedicated, hard-working, and always trying to learn more about the country they promote and sell. There’s new product being offered for us to experience and review on a regular basis, but only those that we feel are suitable to be offered to the international market will be made available to our agents.

DMC / Island Tour Operator

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