Kel Tremain founded Tremain Travel in 1976 in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. The company grew into Hawke's Bay's largest travel business eventually becoming a Holiday Shoppe franchise. In 2002 Chris Tremain rebranded the business as "TravelCafe" combining the conviviality of a local cafe with the busy travel agency business. Greg Southcombe acquired 50% of the business in 2003 bringing the benefit of his online travel experience from Jetsave and Travel.co.nz. Greg acquired the rest of the business in 2005. Today, TravelCafe is an increasingly online travel company and rapidly becoming more and more 'virtual' with our travel experts working from bases all over NZ. We think there's a lot of people out there looking for personal service and real (human) expertise but wanting to access it all online and at a time that's convenient to them. We have a great (and growing) team of friendly expert travel consultants ready and very able to deliver just that! While we have a rich history (and we're fascinated with the nostalgia of travel) we're very much focussed on what we think travellers need today and will need tomorrow. With this in mind our business is very much about using the most useful tools and technology to deliver the best possible personal service to our clients - wherever they may be. We're very active online with increasingly popular websites (like this one and Travelscoop.) And we've built quite a following with our email marketing, RSS feeds, Twitter feeds. We've also recently launched our TravelQuote service and a nifty little service where you can get the scoop on Grabaseat. We still have a team of consultants based in Hastings and the 'roots' of the business are proudly associated with the beautiful Hawke's Bay but as we search for new travel experts our business is rapidly spreading to other parts of New Zealand. Most importantly though, we're here online all the time (and just a phone call or email away) when you need to travel.