{"id":921,"date":"2019-10-15T14:23:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T04:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/?page_id=921"},"modified":"2024-09-24T15:12:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T05:12:24","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/about\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_27093039\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1885\" height=\"1650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MTA-Beate-Carr-Annie-Morrison-Unique-Tourism-Collection-Italy-June-2019.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Mta Beate Carr Annie Morrison Unique Tourism Collection Italy June 2019\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-collapse\" style=\"max-width:800px\" id=\"row-40869177\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-718706318\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center dark\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2>Our Story<\/h2>\n<h1 class=\"larger-heading no-margin\">The original mobile travel agents<\/h1>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-40869177 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_27093039 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  min-height: 500px;\n}\n#section_27093039 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.22);\n}\n#section_27093039 .section-bg img {\n  object-position: 60% 71%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1698173788\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-collapse\"  id=\"row-652049167\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1632432059\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2>The original mobile travel agents.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"largest-text\">For more than twenty years, our people have been at the heart of our business. We started as and continue to be a family business. And together with our team of over 400 experienced travel agents around the country, we continue to strive to be the best travel agency in Australia.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/contact-us\/\" class=\"button alert\" >\n\t\t<span>Questions? Contact Us.<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-652049167 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1698173788 {\n  padding-top: 40px;\n  padding-bottom: 40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section stripes\" id=\"section_636896888\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle timeline\"  id=\"row-2089595199\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1389863178\" class=\"col timeline-year medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>1990s<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1359647188\" class=\"col rounded-corners medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-2 box-shadow-3-hover\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>Revolutionising travel<\/h3>\n<p>In the 1990s we had an idea that would revolutionise how you experience travel. Today, we continue to be Australia\u2019s leading team of mobile travel agents.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1359647188 > .col-inner {\n  border-radius: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-2089595199 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle timeline\"  id=\"row-1082151761\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-877767919\" class=\"col rounded-corners medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-2 box-shadow-3-hover\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>MTA &#8211; Mobile Travel Agents is born<\/h3>\n<p>The MTA-Mobile Travel Agents story began when owners Karen and Roy Merricks set out to make the careers and lives of travel professionals independent and more rewarding. Inspired by travel models in the United States, we launched MTA with our founding travel experts and began bringing experienced MTA-Mobile Travel Agents to our customers.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-877767919 > .col-inner {\n  border-radius: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1981094028\" class=\"col timeline-year medium-6 small-12 large-6 small-col-first\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>2000<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-1082151761 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle timeline\"  id=\"row-1431324880\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-626030775\" class=\"col timeline-year medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>2002<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-534927913\" class=\"col rounded-corners medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-2 box-shadow-3-hover\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>Created award winning virtual office<\/h3>\n<p>We launched our bespoke mid-office technology fondly referred to as \u2018The VO\u2019 (Virtual Office) providing our travel agents more independence and support. As Australia\u2019s mobile travel agency pioneers, MTA gained industry recognition earning International Air Transport (IATA) accreditation and won a history full of awards and a global network of travel partners.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-534927913 > .col-inner {\n  border-radius: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-1431324880 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle timeline\"  id=\"row-92169445\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1391371746\" class=\"col rounded-corners medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-2 box-shadow-3-hover\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>Nominated as an accredited Space Agent<\/h3>\n<p>We were honoured to be one of only eight agencies in Australia invited by Sir Richard Branson to join Virgin Galactic as an accredited space agent.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1391371746 > .col-inner {\n  border-radius: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-943728438\" class=\"col timeline-year medium-6 small-12 large-6 small-col-first\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>2006<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-92169445 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle timeline\"  id=\"row-1866078117\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-763032372\" class=\"col timeline-year medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>2008<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1397665264\" class=\"col rounded-corners medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-2 box-shadow-3-hover\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>Invited to the Virtuoso luxury travel network<\/h3>\n<p>MTA were invited to be part of the exclusive Virtuoso luxury travel network, providing our customers access to the best travel experiences that can\u2019t be accessed anywhere else. We grew our brand with the support of MTA brand ambassador, Jessica Watson OAM after she became the youngest person to ever sail single handed, non-stop and unassisted around the world.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1397665264 > .col-inner {\n  border-radius: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-1866078117 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle timeline\"  id=\"row-1669348736\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-798055003\" class=\"col rounded-corners medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-2 box-shadow-3-hover\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>Continued winning awards<\/h3>\n<p>Our accolades continued to grow as MTA became a finalist in the 2011 AFTA National Travel Industry Awards and repeated this every year until 2018 when we won Best Travel Broker Network.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-798055003 > .col-inner {\n  border-radius: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1019098631\" class=\"col timeline-year medium-6 small-12 large-6 small-col-first\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>2011<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-1669348736 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle timeline\"  id=\"row-1076700729\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2002343912\" class=\"col timeline-year medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>2014<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1010210183\" class=\"col rounded-corners medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-2 box-shadow-3-hover\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>Nominated for Travel Innovators Award<\/h3>\n<p>We were nominated for the prestigious Travel Innovators Award at the Travelscene Corporate Symposium in Bangkok.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1010210183 > .col-inner {\n  border-radius: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-1076700729 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle timeline\"  id=\"row-1747909464\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-451141231\" class=\"col rounded-corners medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-2 box-shadow-3-hover\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>Expanded consumer safety net<\/h3>\n<p>We launched MTA\u2019s Zero Flight Risk\u2122 \u2013 our cast-iron consumer guarantee, and the MTA Companion \u2013 our innovative handy travel app for clients.<\/p>\n<p>We also entered our partnership with Helloworld Travel in 2016 when they invested in MTA and became 50 percent shareholders.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-451141231 > .col-inner {\n  border-radius: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1173372496\" class=\"col timeline-year medium-6 small-12 large-6 small-col-first\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>2015\/16<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-1747909464 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle timeline\"  id=\"row-71871815\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-188497860\" class=\"col timeline-year medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>2018<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-710635691\" class=\"col rounded-corners medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-2 box-shadow-3-hover\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>Launched MTA Professional Accreditation<\/h3>\n<p>Our commitment to invest in our people and help our advisors enhance their standing as travel industry professionals was realised when we launched our in-house online accreditation program, MTA Professional Plus &#8211; an intense program helping people achieve their dream and become a fully accredited \u2018MTA Accredited Travel Professional\u2019 agent.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-71871815 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle timeline\"  id=\"row-1237658525\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1921462956\" class=\"col rounded-corners medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-2 box-shadow-3-hover\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>MTA celebrates 20th Anniversary<\/h3>\n<p>20 years on and from humble beginnings we now employ over 50 head office staff and have over 430 Travel Advisors based across Australia. We celebrated our anniversary with a three day conference at Sanctuary Coast on the Gold Coast &#8211; with over 500 guests attending our Gala Dinner at MovieWorld.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1921462956 > .col-inner {\n  border-radius: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-473210618\" class=\"col timeline-year medium-6 small-12 large-6 small-col-first\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>2020<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-1237658525 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle timeline\"  id=\"row-1332373950\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-687053427\" class=\"col timeline-year medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>2023<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1775446983\" class=\"col rounded-corners medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-2 box-shadow-3-hover\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>MTA crowned Most Outstanding Mobile Advisor Network at NTIAs<\/h3>\n<p><span>MTA-Mobile Travel Agents was thrilled to be crowned \u2018Most Outstanding Mobile Advisor Network\u2019 at the 2023 National Travel Industry Awards (NTIAs). 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