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    Ian Stewart Ian Stewart
    Managing Director
    Ian opened House of Travel Takapuna in 1987.  Working closely with his clients means he is still dealing with many of the same people now many years later and calls many of them friends.  He believes in excellent customer service on a personal level, creating trust relationships and complete accountability at all levels.
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    Janice Posa Janice Posa
    International Business Consultant
    Janice has been in the travel industry for 10 years. Janice has travelled extensively and understands the complex requirements of long haul travel arrangements. Janice builds strong relationships with her clients by fulfilling their travel requirements through personal service, attention to detail, and appreciates that every client has different needs.
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    Julie Gerrand Julie Gerrand
    Domestic Business Consultant
    Julie is our key domestic corporate consultant with four years experience. Julie thrives on the challenge of creating perfect and complete travel arrangements for her clientele on a day to day basis and is focused on the needs of the business traveller.
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    Melanie Budden Melanie Budden
    Business Development
    Melanie has been in the travel industry for over 20 years and has had various roles from wholesale & airline to retail travel and travel management.  Having owned businesses in the past, Melanie uses this knowledge to work with potential new clients to ensure we are able to meet their needs and provide a painless transition to House of Travel Takapuna.  Her objective is to add value by developing mutually rewarding and sustainable business relationships with our clients.
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    Tina Horne Tina Horne
    Finance
    Tina has been with House of Travel Takapuna for eight years. She is involved in all account and finance matters and is an integral link in the relationship with all our corporate clients.
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Dale Rowley Dale Rowley 
Leisure Consultant
Dale has been in the travel industry for over 25 years and has a broad experience in both travel consulting and management.  His travel experience includes cruising and extensive destinations worldwide.  Dale pays attention to detail and rest assured that if you want something a little bit different he will source it for you. Dale also specialises in school and group travel.
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Lisa Ayres Lisa Ayres
Leisure Consultant
Lisa is a travel industry professional with over 21 years experience. Being British, Lisa has an excellent travel background with Britain’s leading travel agents and has bought with her firsthand knowledge of destinations within Europe, Asia and the USA. Lisa's more recent destinations visited have been Japan, Dubai & Oman, Canada, South America, The Cook Islands, Vietnam & Hong Kong.
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Andy Thompson Andy Thompson 
Leisure Consultant
Originally from Manchester in the UK, Andy is now officially a Kiwi after being in NZ for 11 years. He has been working in travel for about 8 years and has travelled comprehensively overseas with Asia being his favourite.  Andy builds great relationships with clients and is a House of Travel guru to the core … he breathes travel and is one of the top sellers in the House of Travel family because he goes the extra mile to design a holiday to remember. His clients love him.
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Vanessa Hibbard Vanessa Hibbard
Leisure Consultant
Vanessa Hibbard has been in travel for 20 years and is originally from South Africa. She has a lot of experience with Africa tours which she loves to share. She lived in Europe for a number of years working as tour leader on TOP DECK buses doing various itineraries through Europe including Skiing in Austria, Switzerland and Andorra. Vanessa also has extensive knowledge about the Seychelles, Maldives, South Pacific, Mexico and South America.
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"Book an extra night’s accommodation if you have a late flight, you will be able to have a swim/shower before you head home."  Lisa Ayers, HOT Takapuna