Last night Karen Merricks, as named #1 on the 2025 Women in Travel Power List at an awards dinner held in Sydney.<\/p>\n
Karen Merricks has never been about traditional ideas of success \u2013 she\u2019s helped reshape them! When she and her husband Roy started MTA over 25 years ago, it came from something many women will understand: wanting to put family first and step away from the pressure of a busy retail travel store.<\/p>\n
A quarter of a century later, Karen and Roy have sold MTA to Helloworld, but the company’s purpose hasn’t shifted. Long before working from home was mainstream, Karen created a way for women to build a thriving travel career from anywhere. In an industry where caring responsibilities still fall predominantly to women, she built a model that offered real freedom, flexibility and a chance to earn fair money. It changed lives then, and it\u2019s still doing that today.<\/p>\n
Even as MTA has grown, the mission hasn\u2019t wavered: to put people first and support advisors \u2013 especially women \u2013 to build a business that fits the life they want.<\/p>\n
Karen took a simple idea and turned it into a success story that\u2019s empowered thousands. And now, her name sits proudly alongside some of the biggest names in travel on this year\u2019s Power List – recognition that couldn\u2019t be more deserved.<\/p>\n
Congratulations, Karen! \ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n