World Expeditions

World Expeditions is an adventure travel and ecotourism company that offers trekking and adventure holidays.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

World Expeditions

Company type	Tour Operator
Industry	Tourism
Founded	1975
Headquarters	Sydney, Australia
Products	Adventure Travel Holidays
Website	worldexpeditions.com

History

The company was started in September 1975 as Australian Himalayan Expeditions to offer trekking holidays in the Himalayan.^[6][7] By 1990’s the company started offering adventure holidays on all continents.^[8][9][10] In 2007, the company started UTracks as an active European holiday division to offer a range of self-guided walking and cycling trips in Europe. In 2011, the company announced a collaboration with New Zealand’s Adventure South NZ which it eventually acquired outright in .

In 2013, The World Expeditions Travel Group was created through a corporate restructuring of World Expeditions and became the parent company of World Expeditions and several other subsidiaries.^[11][12][13]

In 2018 they were selected by National Geographic expeditions to operate the company’s Active Expeditions range of trips for the Australasian region.^[14] In January 2019, World Expeditions joined the coalition for the ethical wildlife tourism^[15] and in July 2019, the company signed World Animal Protection's elephant-friendly pledge and stopped promoting elephant rides to comply with the wildlife-friendly travel policies.^[16] In June 2019, the company announced that it has removed the eagle hunting festival program from its Mongolian program.^[17]

In September 2019, the company affiliated with WorldView project by gear company Kathmandu to render walks in New Zealand, Kilimanjaro and on the Larapinta Trail in Australia on Google Streetmap 3.^[18][19][20]

On 14 October 2019, the company announced that it will offset the carbon emissions of all their holidays from November 2019.^[21]

Acquisitions

• 2016: Completed the purchase of Sherpa Van.^[22][23][24]
• 2017: Completed acquisition of Trail Journeys^[25]
• 2018: Completed the acquisition of the Blue Mountains Adventure Company.^{[26][27][28][29]}

Sibling and charitable projects

World Expeditions established World Expeditions Foundation in Australia to raise donations for education based projects in underprivileged communities across the globe.^[30][31] The company also established the Community Project Travel (CPT) program to assisting underprivileged communities. In 2013, World Expeditions set up a charity division, Huma Charity Challenge which raised funds across the globe.^[32]

References

1. "Exclusive: Q&A with World Expeditions CEO Sue Badyari – Travel Weekly". Travel Weekly. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
2. Holmes, Stephanie (3 June 2018). "Camino Trail: Coach Graham Henry on Spain's historical trail". The New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
3. "A trek through Annapurna is an adventure worth braving Nepal's post-earthquake PR for". National Post. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
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8. Easther, Elisabeth (29 May 2018). "He Tangata: Sue Badyari of World Expeditions". The New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
9. "Why World Expeditions boss Sue Badyari can't sit still". Financial Review. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
10. "Tips and five trips for women-only travel in Asia in 2017". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
11. "The World Expeditions Travel Group | Australian Walking Holidays". www.australianwalkingholidays.com.au. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
12. "Scaling new heights at World Expeditions' biennial conference in Thredbo - Travel Monitor". Travel Monitor. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
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14. "National Geographic Expeditions launches in Australia | Traveltalk". www.traveltalkmag.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
15. "World Expeditions steps up its game in the fight against wildlife cruelty in tourism". Travel Weekly. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
16. "World Animal Protection celebrates JPMorgan Chase decision to cancel advertising featuring elephant performers". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
17. "Wholesaler wrap: Intrepid's mystery trip, Chernobyl short breaks, TTC deals + MORE!". Travel Weekly. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
18. "World Expeditions launches Amazon Forest Appeal". Vacations & Travel. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
19. "Kathmandu creates competition for travellers to chart major walking trails for Google Maps". Mumbrella. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
20. "Wholesaler Wrap: Excite's latest guide, Intrepid encourages industry climate strike, World Expeditions launches Amazon appeal + MORE!". Travel Weekly. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
21. "World Expeditions expands its Carbon Neutral Initiative ·". ETB Travel News. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
22. "Walk Don't Run - World Expeditions Buys Sherpa Van | Travel Trends". Travel Trends. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
23. "Adventure Travel Company, World Expeditions, Acquires UK-Based Sherpa Expeditions ·". ETB Travel News. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
24. "Acquisition of Sherpa: gain of active holiday segment - The Off: About Best Himalayan Adventures (TO ABHA)". The Off: About Best Himalayan Adventures (TO ABHA). 4 February 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
25. "World Expeditions Travel Group Acquires New Zealand's leading self-guided cycling tour operator". Global Travel Media. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
26. "World Expeditions acquires major Blue Mountains travel company – Travel Weekly". www.travelweekly.com.au. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
27. "World Expeditions acquires adventure company - Travel Monitor". Travel Monitor. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
28. Asia, TTG. "World Expeditions seizes majority share in Blue Mountains Adventure Company | TTG Asia". www.ttgasia.com. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
29. "Adventure company bought by world leader". Blue Mountains Gazette. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
30. "Ten ways you can be a travel hero and the heroes of 2017". Traveller. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
31. "Rebuild Nepal: Kshamawati Higher Secondary School - Community Project Travel, voluntourism, volunteer travel, Service Learning, in Nepal, Peru, Kenya, Tanzania, Vietnam and Australia". Communityprojecttravel.com. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
32. "Gutsy 'Overland' Challenge - Tasmania November 2018 - GI Cancer". GI Cancer. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

External links

• worldexpeditions.com