Meet our team

Welcome to Pulse Travel!

The Pulse Travel Team of award winning Senior Personal Travel Managers construct smarter itineraries to save you more.

The value is in our experienced team, the choices offered & our boutique size, that enables Pulse Travel to act quickly compared to larger TMC’s.

Our Team

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF OUR DEDICATED TEAM MEMBERS THAT HELP SUPPORT PULSE TRAVEL, PULSE CORPORATE TRAVEL & PULSE CRUISES. ESTABLISHED IN 1989, PULSE TRAVEL CREATED THE EXCLUSIVE DIAMOND CLUB TO REWARD STAFF FOR EVERY 10 YEARS OF SERVICE.

Stan Klinakis

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Stan's favourite destinations include Paris and the Greek Islands. He adores his family and friends and appreciates aircraft engineering, Harleys, fine dining, coffee & Barossa shiraz.

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Anthea Klinakis

EXECUTIVE

Anthea has been instrumental in the development and growth of Pulse Travel with over 35 years within the travel industry.

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Emmalita Malmberg

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Having worked at Pulse Travel since 2007, Emmalita enjoys building positive rapport with our customers and key stakeholders, working collaboratively to enhance our clients travel programs and policies with data backed strategies and industry insights. Emmalita’s passion is to encourage our teams to uphold the highest levels of customer service; improve processes and create cost reduction strategies for our valued clients.

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Ben Cochrane

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER

With over 15 years’ experience within the corporate travel market, Ben brings to Pulse Travel a wealth of knowledge, in-depth travel insights, extensive negotiating experience and strong focus on customer service has been pivotal in the current evolving travel landscape.

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Susan Sherrington

TRAVEL MANAGER

A seasoned travel professional, Susan has 30+ years experience across the industry and specialises in Leisure, Group and Incentive travel. From planning that dream vacation to coordinating conference and groups travel, Susan has the expertise and knowledge to creatively cater to individual and group needs seamlessly.

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Natalia Gerisamova

TRAVEL MANAGER

With over a decade of travel experience Natalia, a native Russian speaker, has a passion for helping leisure clients plan unique, once in a lifetime experiences. Creating flawless itineraries that meet even the most challenging travel goals.

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Kristina de Nicolai

TRAVEL MANAGER

Born in Helsinki , Finland, Kristina is a Corporate Travel Consultant who is the saving grace to business travellers. Having worked in the travel industry for over 25 years

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Patrick Hull

PROJECTS AND TECHNOLOGIES COORDINATOR

Our IT and Technology guru, Patrick is responsible for maintaining and improving systems for Pulse Travel and its clients. Patrick especially enjoys improving system automations meaning greater efficiency in our booking processes.

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Jason Pashley

TRAVEL MANAGER

In the industry for 15+ years, Jason prides himself on thinking outside the box to solve problems and achieve the impossible. Jason has travelled to 17 countries and is passionate about food and wine which is evident in his food blog 'Dad's Home Kitchen.'

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Waynos P.

TRAVEL MANAGER

With 40 plus years in the Industry and mainly in the corporate sector, Waynos brings a world of experience with him. Being our most senior team member, Waynos loves to share his knowledge and experience with his clients and also our younger team members. Originally from New Zealand, Waynos is a huge foodie and a real wine connoisseur so make sure you get his personal recommendations when he books you to your next destination!

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Ruby Calvert

TRAVEL & TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST

As an experienced travel agent with a strong background in IT, Ruby supports both the Pulse Travel Team and our travellers alike. From booking the trip of a lifetime to implementing and maintaining our travel technology platforms, Ruby prides herself on providing high quality and seamless service across the board.

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Krista Dislers

LEISURE TRAVEL MANAGER

Krista has visited over 40 countries and loves immersing herself in different cultures and especially loves visiting historical sites. Krista left an established career in Finance to pursue her passion to work in travel and has never looked back!
Krista loves to make a difference in peoples lives by sending them off on their dream holidays. “I like to let people know that they matter and try my best to take the time to show it” says Krista “And that makes me happy and grateful”

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Kellie Gemmell

TRAVEL MANAGER

Kellie brings to Pulse Travel 20 years of corporate travel management experience including 10 years in an emergency afterhours team so Kellie has solved many dramas with virtually no forewarning, never a dull moment in the world of travel!
After enjoying a 2-year hiatus from the industry, Kellie is thrilled to be back in the travel game and to be supporting Pulse Travel’s wonderful clients!

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Giverny Farrant

CORPORATE TRAVEL MANAGER

Having worked at Pulse Travel from 2007 to 2012, Giverny is back with even more experience! Living overseas and working abroad for 6 years, Giverny learnt to appreciate what corporate travellers really want and need on a business trip. Always quick to think on her feet, Giv loves to assist our clients who need to get from A to B in the most time efficient way and with the least amount of hassle

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Vanessa Button

CORPORATE TRAVEL MANAGER

Having worked in the Travel Industry for over 25 years, Vanessa’s friendly and outgoing personality has been successful in building and maintaining a strong relationship with her clients and colleagues alike.
With a passion for customer service and working with businesses to support their tailored Travel programs, Vanessa’s expertise lies in delivering travel solutions for Executives and VIP travellers.
Ness loves to watch Travel programs on TV and exploring new and old travel destinations when she gets the chance.

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Leanne Tronc

FINANCE MANAGER

From consulting, to managing groups and events, to finance and administration, there is not much Leanne hasn’t done in the travel industry over the past 20 years! Leanne prides herself on supporting our clients and their finance teams to manage their accounting and reconciliation processes as well as supporting our team internally.

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31

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

16

DEDICATED STAFF MEMBERS

11

AV. YEARS OF SERVICE

5

STAR QAULITY