Ricardo Paulo, an agent at Flight Centre
Canal Walk, won an incentive as the agent
with most G Adventure tour bookings for
July and August. He won a G Adventures
trip to the value of R25 000 plus R10 000
toward flights. Runner-up, Janine
Woolward from Pentravel Clearwater, won
a R6 000 voucher for any G Adventures
trip. Pictured: Gayle Bannatyne from
Development Promotions (SA GSA for
G Adventures) and Ricardo.
founder of
TravelWorks died
on September
19. He was well
known in the
industry, having
worked at Seekers
Travel and Budget
Rent a Car. In
2001, he founded
TravelWorks,
consulting with corporates
and public sector clients to
cut the travel expenditure.
The model was based on
negotiating contracts with
suppliers that would deliver
savings to the corporate
in the place of paying
overrides or commissions
to agents. “Digby
challenged processes and
systems with enough vigour
to have suppliers turn on
their heels and run out of
his training sessions,” said
Sharon Richards-Lund,
sponsorship and marketing
lead for GBTA
Southern Africa.
“However, if you
stood your ground,
liked cats and
enjoyed a single
malt it proved a
most rewarding
friendship. Digby
was indeed the
captain of his
soul,” said Sharon.
“Digby was a charismatic
pioneer in the early
days of corporate travel
management in South
Africa,” said former Travel
Buyer editor, Kim Cochrane.
“At a time when the
industry was reinventing
itself and emotions were
electric, he instilled
confidence in our first
generation of corporate
travel buyers, motivating
and empowering them
to forge a successful –
strategised – path ahead in
their newly emerging roles.”
