About ConnectionsReps
Antony Giblin has two decades of experience representing leading Asia and international travel brands, in Australia and Asia.
His love of sharing Asia holiday experiences stemmed from an initial two-year stint in Vietnam with boutique Asia specialist Travel Indochina. After roles in operations, product and account management, he opened Travel Indochina’s DMC offices in Cambodia. While representing the brand to premium international partner accounts, he trained teams in the delivery of silver-standard customer service, and researched resort and immersive holiday experiences across Southeast Asia.
In Australia, Antony has had business development and management roles at Cox & Kings, Abercrombie & Kent, Insider Journeys and Helloworld Ltd. These roles expanded his network of contacts at agencies, wholesalers, tour operators, schools, MICE specialists, and digital distributors. They also developed a thorough destination and resort knowledge for the Indian subcontinent, and Japan.
Antony has also lived in Laos for four years, where he represented a DMC brand, and (in an earlier life) in Japan for two years, where he taught English, operated homestays, and raised money for a house-building charity in the Philippines.
Recently, Antony has worked with the Asialink Business consultancy, giving him insights into market entry strategies, and new technologies for the delivery of effective training and brand promotion.
Most representation services Antony has worked with in the past seemed to lack service-focus, weren’t selective with the clients they represented, or weren’t using modern training technologies … so he started ConnectionsReps.
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What people say about Antony
“Antony helped me get my Enticing Asia representation business up and running by introducing me to his industry contacts, and by sharing his sales generation experience.”
Noelene Henderson
Founder, Enticing Asia
“Few people would combine Antony's understanding of how to do business in Asia with the discipline and diligence to get projects done - and done properly - and his deep knowledge of how social relationships interlink to business in Asia. I worked with Antony for the best part of 15 years, setting up, expanding and resizing businesses in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Anyone who lives in that region for a long time and is professionally successful has to demonstrate resourcefulness and a wide set of leadership skills, people management capabilities and an ability to be effective. Antony achieved that by a drive to succeed, displaying a consistent set of core values, a great customer service ethic, being an active listener, an excellent networker, having a calm demeanour and a self effacing sense of humour. I would be confident that Antony can make a significant positive contribution to other organisations who employ him.”
Alastair Scott
Head of Travel Product Strategy at Abercrombie & Kent Australia
“Antony is an amazing colleague to work with. He is also a strong leader who diligently works to achieve deadlines and targets. His working experiences outside of Australia make his input extremely valuable though this comes with the key quality of listening intently.”
Pam Pavitt
Sales & Operations Manager at Qatar Airways