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Student Horizons

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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24.01.2022 At Student Horizons, the safety of the students, teachers and staff remains at the core of everything we do. Safety is always number one. Over the last 8 weeks the team at Student Horizons have implemented global best practice around covid safe protocols in line with the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). We are delighted to now be accredited with the ’Safe Travels Stamp’ by the WTTC. Our approach to adhering to the Global Protocols is focused across 3 key areas:... - Our People we ensure our team are trained to the highest safety standards and are experts in Covid Safe travel. - Our Partners we ensure that every Student Horizons partner (airline, hotel, transport provider) shares our commitment to Covid Safe travel and aligns with the WTTC Global Safety Protocols. - Our Policies and Procedures we have adapted our Safety Management, Risk Mitigation and Incident Management frameworks to make them relevant in a Covid world. We have developed a series of contingency plans for covid related situations and scenarios such as quarantine and managed isolation. We envision a future of student travel which is safe, secure, seamless and provides an authentic and meaningful experience to the students across the journey. #togetherintravel #safetravels

24.01.2022 We are #togetherintravel #resilience #studenthorizons #grit #experiencesforlife

23.01.2022 September marks the fifth anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals - the to-do list for a better and more sustainable future for all. The 17 #GlobalGoals are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere.

22.01.2022 Right now, we are playing our part and immersing ourselves in global discussions around consumer protection to identify global best practices which we will implement in our business. We are communicating with international organisations such as The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) who are at the forefront of global trends and looking at how we can implement new global best practice within our business.

21.01.2022 Throw back Thursday. The Jazz night of the ASPIRE International Youth Music Festival in 2019 was an absolute blast. For the team at Student Horizons it was a challenge to put on such an impressive music festival event over 4 days across multiple venues back in July 2019 and yet the crew rose to the challenge as normal and delivered an experience for life the students will never forget. We are excited by the interest already building in Australia and across the Tasman for 2023.

20.01.2022 The #Covid19 and Transforming Tourism policy brief focuses on: - Advancing sustainable development. - Assessing the impact - Advancing tourism's contributions t...o the SDGs - Providing recommendations for policymakers https://webunwto.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com//SG-Policy-Bri

18.01.2022 On my desk in our garage (our makeshift Student Horizons ‘Head Office’) sits this photograph. It puts a smile on my face. The Covid-19 crisis and the associated catastrophic impact on Student Horizons (and the rest of the travel and tourism industry) and on our people has shaken my resolve at times over the last 6 months. It has shaken my steadfastness on the odd occasion to keep going. This photo motivates me to persevere and to persist and to keep going. It kicks me into ac...tion. It boots out any self-pity creeping in. I remember how incredibly fortunate I am. It reminds me of the significant value one gains through travel. It affirms to me how important Student Horizons work is, that we have real purpose and we are making a difference in society. Fundamentally, I feel a sense of enormous gratitude to be serving in a field that has a social impact in the world. I landed in South Africa in 1996. I was eighteen. On reflection, it was a very special time in the history of the country with a great sense of hope in the air. The apartheid had only recently ended, and Nelson Mandela was of course President, the country’s first black head of state. I would work at two school ‘placements’ during my time in South Africa. I would ............. #teaching #experiencesforlife

15.01.2022 This week is Mori Language Week. See how you can get involved in celebrating the official language of Aotearoa! #TeWikioteReoMori #morilanguageweek

13.01.2022 Today is R U OK? day. A lot of people are doing it tough out there at the moment...so don't forget to check in on each other. This year, learn what to say after R U OK? so you can keep the conversation going when someone says "No, I'm not OK".

13.01.2022 Safety has always been a cornerstone pillar of how we operate and we have an enviable track record of safely running over 400 trips and taking over 12,000 students overseas. Organising safe travel is a specialised business and once educational travel resumes, we will be operating to the highest levels of Covid Safe travel standards. #safetravels #covidsafetravel

12.01.2022 https://www.unwto.org/tourism-and-covid-19-unprecedented-ec

11.01.2022 103 years ago, a battle raged for 103 days on the Western Front. The Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire. On this day 103 years ago, New Zealand forces would suffer 2700 casualties NZ’s blackest day. In the space of just a few hours on the 12th October 1917 hundreds of kiwi men would perish. Three years ago we were privileged and honoured to lead a group of 10... kiwi students and two representatives from the New Zealand Ministry of Education to Belgium for the centennial commemoration, where the students would play an important part in the opening of the New Zealand Passchendaele Memorial Garden on the morning of the 12th October 2017. The Passchendaele Society in collaboration with Veterans Affairs’ New Zealand, The Ministry of Education and Student Horizons made this experience happen for the 10 students from secondary schools across the North and South Islands of New Zealand.

10.01.2022 An experience these boys from Dilworth School will never forget. Lest we forget.

10.01.2022 COVID-19 Refund Update A big thank you to Emirates in Auckland who yesterday (25th August) refunded airline refunds for three of our kiwi April 2020 groups. The schools and parents have been incredibly patient over the last few months. Emirates had an unprecedented number of global refunds to get through and we are very grateful for all the work the Auckland Emirates team have done in chasing up with Emirates in Dubai. Thank you to the SH team who have worked tirelessly with ...the Emirates Auckland team to achieve this outcome. Student Horizons is transferring the three refunds to the respective schools this week. The three groups will receive their Emirates flight refunds from Student Horizons this week. All three schools have been notified. Student Horizons is now no longer waiting on any long haul flight refunds to come back to us in New Zealand for cancelled groups. We are still waiting on a couple of European budget airline refunds to be returned. In Australia Student Horizons is still waiting on Singapore Airlines to return one long haul April 2020 flight refund and we have been advised this will be a further 4-6 weeks in coming back to us. Thank you very much to this group of parents and students for their ongoing patience. We are still pursuing ground suppliers across the world for refunds for a number of tours, whilst for some schools we have now completed the refund process. This week Student Horizons is refunding a total of $259,000 to schools who have cancelled their April 2020 tours. In total Student Horizons has refunded $1,738,108.80 in cash refunds to schools. Including credit note refunds Student Horizons has now refunded a total of $2,122, 816 refunds to schools. 20+ Student Horizons clients have postponed their tours to December 2021 and April 2022.

09.01.2022 Covid -19 Refund Announcement Update: Today we have made another batch of refund payments to a number of schools that were departing with us in April and July 2020. The total amount of cash refunds refunded back to schools today totals: $321, 235. This total sum refunded back to schools so far equates to:... $977, 663 o $930,889 Cash Refunds o $46,774 Airline Credit Refunds We still have a long way to go and we will keep you updated. Thank you very much indeed for your patience as our team continues to work incredibly hard. Thank you also to all of our suppliers around the world.

08.01.2022 Today we are calling for leadership and strong international coordination. WTTC and 120 of the world’s major travel & global business leaders, have sent a lette...r urgently requesting on the Heads of State and international opposition leaders of the G7 group of countries, as well as Australia, South Korea and Spain. We are calling for strong leadership and unprecedented international collaboration, to save the struggling Travel & Tourism sector and recover the millions of jobs already impacted. The 120 leaders backing the call include; business leaders of major airlines, such as British Airways, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Jet2.com & Jet2holidays, WestJet and Virgin Atlantic; top international hotel groups, such as Accor Group, Best Western Hotels & Resorts ,Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Hyatt, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Marriott Hotels, MELIÁ Hotels & Resorts and Radisson; and major tour operators & travel companies, such as Abercrombie & Kent UK, American Express, CWT, Expedia, Travelport, TUI and Uber. View the letters: http://ow.ly/bWe450B2u9N #Travel #Tourism

06.01.2022 It's Naidoc Week in Australia. This is a time to celebrate the culture, achievements and 65,000+ year history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Find a NAIDOC Week event to celebrate through their website. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

03.01.2022 B the Change: Student Horizons are proud to announce our journey towards B Corp Certification! Better Business For a Better World. Here at Student Horizons, having a positive impact on the world has always been central to what we do. Our vision is to enrich the lives of young people and to provide experiences to students that are equally as life-changing as they are life-shaping. This latest step is another commitment to having an even greater positive influence in our commun...ities both locally and in our host destinations. #education #change #bcorp #betterbusiness #betterworld #betterhumanbeings #experiencesforlife

02.01.2022 Dear Parents, Students and Teachers, I would like to provide you with a weekly update on the status of our Covid-19 refunds for our April and July 2020 school groups. Today we made refund installment payments to three more schools and have now surpassed the million dollar mark.... The total sum Student Horizons has refunded back to schools so far equates to: $1,007,263 o $960,489 Cash Refunds o $46,774 Airline Credit Refunds Whilst for some April and July 2020 school groups we have nearly completed their refund process we are still yet to send first installments to some schools. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding - in particular to those schools and families who have not yet received anything back yet. If you are a parent who has paid money to Student Horizons for either an April or July 2020 school tour and you would like further information on the status of your childs tour refund, please may you send us an email via our website enquiry page and I will personally respond to your email within 24 hours. Thank you also to all of our suppliers around the world who continue to work with SH to deliver the best possible outcomes in extraordinary times for our clients. We still have a long way to go and my team continue to work incredibly hard. Warm regards, Jamie Wansey, (Owner, Managing Director)