Hockey Victoria and Gray Dawes Travel join forces

Published Mon 29 Sep 2025

Hockey Victoria is excited to announce a new partnership with Gray Dawes Travel, as our exclusive travel provider and Hockey Club Melbourne sponsor.

The partnership will see Gray Dawes Travel take care of all flights, accommodation and ground transport requirements of the Hockey Vicotria State Teams as well as the Hockey Club Melbourne senior and Futures teams. With over 50 teams travelling to various destinations each year, it is vital that have a seamless and cost-effective experience every time. Gray Dawes Travel go the extra mile to ensure this is possible, with their trademark emphasis on delivering a high touch, high tech, high content service.

In addition to supporting our teams, they will offer travel packages for families, partners and supporters that wish to travel to National Championships and Hockey One matches interstate.

The Gray Dawes Travel logo will proudly appear on this year’s HC Melbourne playing shirts and you will see their branding at our home match days at the State Netball Hockey Centre.

Andrew Skillern, Hockey Victoria CEO said “We are delighted to partner with Gray Dawes as a Team Sponsor of HC Melbourne and an Exclusive Travel Partner for Hockey Victoria. Gray Dawes will deliver a range of travel support for our teams and business, plus support our ever growing corporate events and operations both within Australia and abroad.”

Kathryn Sari, SVP of Gray Dawes Travel Australia, said, "We are absolutely thrilled to be partnering with Hockey Victoria and Hockey Club Melbourne this year. At Gray Dawes, we see this as so much more than just booking flights and hotels for the team - it’s about supporting the wellbeing of every player and ensuring they arrive ready to perform at their very best. Through our ALWAYS ON travel management service, we’re proud to provide a seamless, stress-free experience for the teams, their families, and their supporters. We view this as a true partnership, and we can’t wait to play our part in helping the teams achieve success both on and off the field."

About Gray Dawes Group

Gray Dawes Group is one of the largest independent travel management companies in the world, with operations in the UK, USA, Europe and Australia, offering tailored travel solutions to corporate clients along with a specialist leisure travel division. With a commitment to innovation, service excellence and operational efficiency, Gray Dawes supports businesses in managing travel effectively and enhancing traveller experiences globally.

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About Gray Dawes

Gray Dawes Group encompasses specialist brands for corporate as well as leisure travel management and consultancy. The Group also offers services in the event management and specialist sports travel management.

Gray Dawes Travel, part of the Gray Dawes Group, is a leading, multi award-winning and independent UK based travel management company with UK offices in London, Colchester, Manchester, Leeds, Leamington Spa and Edinburgh, as well as Australia offices in Sydney and Melbourne, the USA and the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Gorinchem).

Recent significant growth has been driven by a customer first approach coupled with pioneering the travel management technological charge, directed by the changing demographics and requirements of today’s demanding business travellers.

With key customers in global banking, insurance, professional sport and luxury retail, Gray Dawes online and offline solutions blend to deliver customers' individual strategic corporate travel objectives. The company also operates specialist divisions for MICE (Gray Dawes Events), leisure and consulting (Gray Dawes Consulting).

Originally a shipping and insurance business, Gray Dawes was founded in 1865 by Scottish entrepreneur Archibald Gray and partner Edwin Sandys Dawes. The company was established as a travel agency in 1927 and in 1958 became a subsidiary of the Inchcape Group.

In 1927, in conjunction with Imperial Airways, Gray Dawes Travel sold the first commercial tickets on the route from London to Cairo and Karachi. Another first was to follow in 1946 when Gray Dawes became the second travel agency ever to receive an IATA (International Air Transport Association) ticketing licence.

The company prides itself on providing exceptional customer service and has a 97% client retention record.

At last year’s prestigious Business Travel Awards, Gray Dawes was crowned Travel Partner of the Year 2024: Medium TMC, and is shortlisted for the same accolade this year.