Luxury Escapes Aims to Support Small Business via its Experiences Division

The year 2020 has hit the travel industry particularly hard due to lockdown measures and ramifications from COVID-19. From small business tour operators to large-scale travel companies – everyone has been impacted. 

“It’s true that we’ve never seen an impact like this on the industry, with travel bans, border closures and mandates not to travel taking a huge toll on Australia’s tourism operators. 

I particularly feel for local, small business ground operators who have gone from thriving to having no travellers literally overnight, especially so soon after the bushfire tragedy in January” Luxury Escapes CEO Cameron Holland says. 

 With strict measures in place over the past several months, both Australia and New Zealand have managed to successfully minimize the impact of the outbreak and are now on the road to recovery with the easing of restrictions and the return of both domestic travel and travel within the trans-Tasman bubble in-sight. 

 “The restrictions and travel bans have been crucial to managing Australia’s COVID-19 outbreak, but now, as we begin to see an easing of these restrictions across the country, both travel businesses and consumers should start planning for the road ahead” Holland adds. 

 As travel begins to return, Luxury Escapes wants to help support small businesses who have been recently impacted via its newest Experiences division, which launched in February 2019. 

“I feel fortunate to be able to lead the Experiences division here at Luxury Escapes, helping customers globally truly immerse themselves in their destination” says Rithi Gupta who heads up the Experiences vertical. “As restrictions begin to ease further in both Australia and New Zealand, we want to do everything we can to support small businesses and help connect them with customers who are eager to once again explore their neighbouring regions and immerse themselves in their surroundings.” 

Whether you are a tour operator, a restaurant, a winery, a car service...or anything in between – Luxury Escapes would love to connect.  

Get in touch at experiences@luxuryescapes.com.