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About 1000
Mile Travel
Group:
Global Host Agency

1000 Mile Travel Group was founded by two partners, Ben Ross and Nicola Veltman, with an unwavering determination to achieve a shared mission; to help experienced travel agents turn their travel careers into successful, mobile, independent travel businesses.

From an Australian start-up, 1000 Mile Travel is today a global host travel agency operating in North America, UK and Australia supporting a network of more than 750 independent travel advisors. 1000 Mile Travel is part of the CTM Group of travel businesses.

Meet the 1000 Mile Travel Group Team

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It Started With a Single Step...

1000 Mile Travel Group’s Founders and CEOs, Ben Ross and Nicola Veltman, have truly ‘walked the talk’. Ben founded 1000 Mile Travel in 2015 as the business’s first ever independent travel expert. With 15 years’ experience working for a mega global travel management company, Ben was burnt out and believed there must be a better way to do the work he loved while finding balance in his personal and professional life.

As he honed his own independent travel business, Ben developed a unique business blueprint that would form the foundation of 1000 Mile Travel Group’s global success; a blueprint which provides experienced, independent travel agents with access to the best buying power, technology, and support they need to manage their business and their clients’ travel needs while living a lifestyle as unique as they are.

About 1000 Mile Travel Group

Our Vision

To combine traditional travel management services with all the benefits the “work from anywhere” host agency model has to offer within one independent travel agency network, made up of experienced, passionate travel professionals committed to delivering personalized service, exceptional travel knowledge, innovative technology solutions, and value for money.

Our Growth Story

Founded in Melbourne, Australia in 2015, 1000 Mile Travel Group expanded into the UK in 2017, establishing a second head office in London.

Motivated by a desire to bring the 1000 Mile Travel Group blueprint to the world, Ben and Nicola initiated a technology partnership with CTM in 2021 to provide its agent network with access to CTM’s award-winning proprietary travel booking technology, Lightning. Recognizing a strong alignment in business vision and values, alongside a fast-rebounding travel industry and strong demand for travel management expertise in the small business sector, CTM acquired 1000 Mile Travel Group in July 2022 with a view to further expanding the successful host agency model into the North American market.

With a long history in the US vacation travel market, CTM’s independent host agency network, MTravel, was integrated into the 1000 Mile Travel Group business in late 2022, forming a combined network of more than 750 independent global travel experts under the 1000 Mile Travel  Group brand.

In 2022, Ben and Nicola relocated to Denver, Colorado to lead the integrated global host agency business.

Shared values, common technology systems, and partnerships mean that 1000 Mile Travel Group’s travel advisors and their clients collectively benefit from the resources, scale, technology, and global buying power offered by the CTM Group while still maintaining the family-business feel they’ve grown accustomed to.

About the CTM Group

Our Future

At 1000 Mile Travel Group we believe ‘the journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step’ – Laos Tzu.

That’s why even though we’re growing, we will always value experience, service excellence, and quality over quantity and give our travel advisors the ability to build their dream life and business while doing what they love – helping their customers experience the world.


Looking to find out how 1000 Mile Travel Group’s host agency can help you?

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