About Us - Travel lab NZ

Core Values

We’re growing our business for each other and the entire travel ecosystem

We learn from problems & challenges & we constantly seek new ways of doing things

We embrace our creativity to constantly challenge the status quo

We are committed to integrity and fairness and we hold each other to high standards

We show up for each other, act with empathy and celebrate our authentic selves

New Zealand CEO

SImon Mckearney

Former CEO of helloworld NZ and Executive GM of Flight Centre NZ . Simon is one of NZ’s travel leaders with an unparalleled record of growing travel businesses and leveraging supply chain innovation. He is passionate about seeing the Travel Industry survive through the toughest period ever faced and is the reason for co-creating Tripfactory NZ
Executive Director

Hayden Armstrong

Twenty three years’ experience in senior leadership and governance positions. Brings a breadth and depth of expertise gained in both private and public companies in New Zealand and Australia. Leading various business transformation programs across a board spectrum of disciplines and business models from small to medium and large organisations including Williments Travel, Tui Travel and NZ Travel Brokers.
COO New Zealand

Doug Gordon

With a longstanding travel career in a variety of roles, Doug brings a significant degree of commercial acumen to the TFNZ business. A chartered Accountant with ICANZ he was most recently employed by helloworld NZ as the Land Contracting manager but has previously worked for Flight Centre NZ and Mt Cook Airlines