- Business
- Helloworld Travel Limited (ASX:HLO), founded in 2013 and headquartered in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, operates as a travel distribution company offering international and domestic travel products and services through its retail, wholesale, inbound, air consolidation, and cruise divisions to leisure and corporate clients worldwide. The company maintains extensive retail networks in Australia and New Zealand, including over 2,700 members under brands such as Helloworld Travel, Helloworld Business Travel, Mobile Travel Agents, Magellan Travel, The Travel Brokers, Express Travel Group, Alatus, Select Travel Group, Independent Travel Group, iTalktravel, and The First Travel Group; wholesale operations feature brands like Viva Holidays, Sunlover Holidays, Territory Discoveries, Asia Escape Holidays, Ready Rooms, Ultimate Journeys, GO Holidays, Skiddoo, Rail Tickets, Travel2, Islands In The Sun, and Qantas Vacations; inbound and destination management includes AOT Inbound, ATS Pacific, Experience Tours Australia, and Tourist Transport Fiji; air consolidation services comprise AirTickets, Express Tickets, and SmartTickets; while cruise specialists Cruise Co and Creative Cruising provide ocean and river cruise packaging, itineraries, and related services. Helloworld Travel Limited conducts operations primarily in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and Europe, generating revenue from commissions, transaction fees, marketing activities, freight, and other sources across its segments. In recent developments, the company acquired 100% of Barlow Travel Group in New Zealand in April 2025 to bolster its corporate and event travel capabilities, completed the acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in Mobile Travel Agents for A$36 million in October 2025, and announced a bid to acquire Webjet Group Limited in November 2025 via a scheme of arrangement.