Lizette joined Flight Centre in 2006 and soon the travel industry became her passion leading to a very successful career. She took on challenges throughout, opened new Retail Shops, achieved the Top Novice Shop Award, and led the business to even greater heights thereafter.

She achieved several global awards as a consultant, joined the FCTG Independent Model in 2020, and has been running a successful independent business.

My definition of adventure is experiencing something for the first time.  Your first time on an aeroplane, your first visit to a foreign country, a Sangria on Las Ramblas in Barcelona, a hot air balloon ride in Egypt, snorkelling in the Maldives, working in a foreign country to earn a living.  I love that I get to be a part of my clients’ adventures.  The planning and research forms part of the excitement.

What I personally love about travelling is meeting new people, listening to their stories, learning about, and experiencing their unique culture.  Even statues have a story to tell when you listen carefully.

At home, my family loves adventures of their own.  My husband Johan is a falconer and together with our Pointer dogs (Nala and Lilo) we enjoy and experience South Africa’s beautiful nature.  Our son TJ dreams of rock-climbing Yosemite and attending a DEF CON conference in Las Vegas.  Our next family adventure… I have always dreamed of experiencing Asia, so that is next on the list.

Whatever your dreams or definition of adventure, your call to adventure awaits!

Leoni started her travel career with Flight Centre in 2005 and was part of Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) for the past 17 years.  Leoni opened offices for various brands in Flight Centre including Flight Centre Business Travel. 

She was one of the first consultants that signed up for the FCTG Independent Model and has been running her own successful Independent Business since 2015. 

Apart from various global achievements, she achieved Top Independent Consultant for the 2019 – 2020 FY and was a Top Independent Consultant throughout 2020 and 2021.

Although not a fan of flying, I love travelling.  I love to experience different cultures, people, and the nature unique to each country.  And the food!! Oh, the food! I am always open to experience new foods that are unique and part of a countries culture.

I am so privileged to love what I do.  Creating that dream holiday with a client is something I am extremely passionate about.  I love when my clients who work abroad (especially H2A) send me photos of what they are up to as well as the quick chats when they miss home.  I respect that sometimes you save a lifetime to make your dream trip a reality.

My favourite places that I have travelled to and why!

My top destinations and why!

Sri Lanka – the food, the tea!

The Sea Turtles in Bali – WOW.

Mauritius loves Honeymooners.

Seychelles for their all-day chilled vibe on the beach.

Edinburgh and Old Trafford (whilst working in the UK) – only to buy a souvenir for my dad who is a great golfer.

Spain for the buzz, the great architecture, sangrias and tappa’s!

The South Coast of Turkey is my absolute favourite.  If you want to experience a fresh summer vibe, great shopping, and gorgeous blue water it is an absolute must.

The USA.  One of my areas of expertise AND I love visiting this country.  You experience something different every time.  Each state is unique and “what happens in Vegas truly does stay in Vegas”.  New York – it is exactly as in the movies!  Totally overwhelming.  Lots of shopping (and of course big bags of M&M’s to bring home for the kids).

I am extremely privileged to work and travel with my best friends.  My husband Heinrich is a new but passionate traveller, and our dream is to watch a live game of the Springboks and a Grand Prix someday.  Oloff and Vikki (our English Bulldogs) are the love of my life.  Jameson (our cat) thinks she owns everyone.  I have an amazing stepdaughter Lia, 3 godchildren (Lienka, Lydia and Bianca) who I hope to Bless with a great travel experience at least once in their lifetime.

Whether you book your travel with Global Explore or elsewhere – make sure you have the time of your life.

Dream, Explore, Discover!

Cathrine joined Flight Centre in 2015 and worked in various Flight Centre Retail Stores during her time with the company.  In 2020 she joined the FCTG Independent Model as an independent consultant and has been running a successful business.

Travel has always been an integral part of my life. As a child, my parents opened parts of the world for me to see. The excitement I experienced; I couldn’t explain it.   I pursued several other career options which always turned out, well, boring! That is until I started my travel career with Flight Centre in 2015.

I enjoyed learning about the ins and outs of travel.  Understanding the difference that we as travel agents make made me realize what a privilege it is to help change people’s travel dreams to reality. I want to help make peoples dreams come true.

The Global Explore Team is like family.  Starting this business is an adventure I wouldn’t give up for anything.  This team is a wealth of knowledge and experience and together we are an unstoppable force.

My career in travel started in 2004 when I joined Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.

I loved visiting the Caribbean islands and enjoyed experiencing a different island vibe every day.  One contract quickly became two and before I knew it, I spent 3 wonderful years working for one of the best cruise lines in the world.  After cruise ships my journey in travel continued at Flight Centre.  And WOW!  What a journey the past 15 years have been.  During my 5 years as a consultant and 10 years in the Flight Centre Finance Team I worked with the most amazing people, travelled to new (and old) destinations, and enjoyed every minute of it.

My career in travel now continues with Global Explore.  My duties include administration and internal finance operations.  This opportunity has blessed me with more time to spend with our beautiful son Max (age 5).  As a family we enjoy watching F1 and MotoGP and our dream to watch racing live will come true in time to come when Max is a little bit older.  Nikita and Zeva (our 2 Husky X dogs) rule the house and they are truly part of our family. 

Thank you Global Explore for this wonderful opportunity.  I look forward to the next 15+ years in travel.

After 16 years as a hair stylist, I joined the Global Explore team in March 2022.  I took a chance at pursuing and learning something new, and I have not looked back. This big, exciting change in career made me realize what amazing opportunities are out there.  There is nothing more exhilarating than discovering new destinations and I can’t wait to see what this journey holds.  Travel is so much more than just travelling from one place to another.  You meet interesting people, see new places, experience new things.  What makes it even better?  I work with the most amazing group of people!  I am a proud mother of two beautiful girls, and we live in Malmesbury in the Western Cape.

Life is one big journey.  We must live it to the fullest by making amazing travel memories.  We can help make your travel dreams a reality.  What are you waiting for?  Live life to the fullest and TRAVEL.

As a mother of 2 beautiful girls, I completely believe "It's not about the destination it's about the journey" and as such, it is a fantastic privilege to work in travel with a brilliant team by my side. In my pursuit of new challenges, I was excited to find the opportunity to work at Global explore. As someone who is passionate and committed to go over and above what’s expected from me, I understand giving the best service is something that I have taken very seriously the past 10 years in my professional life. My past experience in the hospitality industry has allowed me to understand that the key to the best customer service is to understand our customers and offer a service to fit their specific needs. In addition, my commitment to my role and our company fuels me to work hard every day as I’m fascinated about travel.

Let's make your travel dreams a reality!