MARI-MAR WALTON

Managing Director
 
Mari-Mar Walton, the founder of Travelling Fit, has always had a passion for travelling and she has made the travel industry her career for all of her working life.
 
After completing her Travel qualifications, Mari-Mar joined the Jetset travel group, where she learnt about the travel industry from the ground up.  Starting as a Fares consultant, she quickly moved to become the Senior Groups and Fares Coordinator.  After taking a year off to work at the 1992 Seville Universal Expo and the Barcelona Olympics in Spain, she returned to Australia to take up a position with Consolidated Travel where she took on the role of National fares Coordinator.
 
Mari-Mar also has experience as a Retail Office Manager of a Sydney based Travel company prior to founding Travelling Fit in November 2000.
 
Mari-Mar is a keen runner, completing her first Marathon in Sydney in 1996, and since that time she has competed in a number of different Marathons and Ultra Marathon events in such diverse places as South Africa, China, New York, London, Phuket and Madrid to name but a few.  Mari-Mar is an active member of the Terrigal Trotters running club and with her husband Michael and children Emma and Henry she continues to travel and run Marathons and Ultra events all over the world.

MICHAEL WALTON

Business Development Manager
 
After working for a decade in the Hospitality industry, Michael decided that a change of career was about due which saw him undertake an IT diploma for 2 ½ years.
 
Upon graduating, Michael went to work for Consolidated Travel, one of Australia’s leading Travel consolidators, where he was actively involved in the design and implementation of many of their internal IT applications.  After several years at Consolidated Travel, Michael left to work in the IT department at Traveland, and from there he spent time in the banking and finance sector and as part of a large IT consulting firm.
 
He has been actively involved with Travelling Fit right from its inception as he has been married to its founder, Mari-Mar Walton, for 7 years.  His responsibilities have included the development of the Travelling Fit website, the Travelling Fit eNewsletters and all aspects of the company’s IT.  More recently, he has also focused more on the Business Development of Travelling Fit and he is actively involved in enhancing the ability of Travelling Fit to provide better and better service to their customers.
 
In his spare time, Michael runs Marathons and is well on his way to becoming a member of the “Seven Continents Club”, with only Africa, South America and Antarctica left.   He also spends a great deal of his free time “running” after their children Emma and Henry, who ensure that keeping still is never an option.

HAILEE MAHONY

Travel Specialist
 
After completing her Diploma of Travel Tourism and Event Management in 2003, Hailee started working in a variety of Customer Service and Sales roles.
 
In 2006 Hailee joined the Travelling Fit team where she quickly learnt how to assist runners with their specific needs and now she is responsible for organizing packages to such diverse places as the Great Wall Marathon in China, the Petra Marathon in Jordan and the Big Five Marathon in South Africa, amongst many others.
 
Hailee has always had a passion for the outdoor life, and she actively enjoys a variety of sports including netball, soccer, swimming, surfing and wakeboarding.  She and her husband Tom have also travelled to the Great Wall Marathon to compete in the Half-Marathon event, which was Hailee’s first (but certainly not the last) large-scale running event.
 
Hailee is also a keen traveller, and has explored Western Europe, Bali, Fiji, Vanuatu, Singapore, the UK and Ireland to name a few.

TINA LAMBERT

Travel Specialist

A dream to become a flight attendant at a very early age ensured that Tina was always destined to be in the travel industry.

After deciding that aero-planes may be a little constricting to spend most of her time in one, she settled on the next best thing – assisting others with their journeys, for which she’s now been involved in different aspects of the travel industry for over 10 years.  With experience at some of Australia’s leading travel companies in organising luxury travel incorporating  Business and First Class airfares as well as adventure touring, she’s had the pleasure of researching some of the best destinations in the world.

Over this time she’s had the opportunity to go to some of the most amazing places in the world – Alaska and Mexico to name the highlights and most recently a trekking expedition in Nepal, which was without a doubt the most rewarding albeit challenging experience of her life so far.

Joining Travelling Fit in October 2008, she was able to combine her passion for travel and her love of the great outdoors and she’s enjoying assisting runners in their pursuits of completing Marathons all around the world. She hopes that one day she’ll make it herself to one of these events – although may strive towards a half-marathon and leave the quest for full marathons to the experts.

LEECA COOK

Accounts Manager

Leeca joined the Travelling Fit team in May 2007 and arrived with over 20 years worth of experience in the travel industry.

Leeca's travel industry experience has been gained working predominantly in the accounts and administration areas, but her responsibilities have also included being an Accounts manager and dealing with Foreign Exchange transactions.

She began her career with Thomas Cook working in corporate travel as an accounts clerk, and over the years she has worked for some of Australia’s biggest and most successful travel companies, such as American Express, Carlson Wagon-Lit, Traveland, Travelworld, and Harvey World Travel to name a few.

Leeca has travelled extensively, especially in South East Asia, and has visited such countries as Bali, Fiji, Singapore and Thailand, as well as spending time in America.

When she is not working and travelling, Leeca spends most of her time running her two boys, 12 year old Josh and 9 year old Jake, around to their various sporting commitments – Rugby League, Indoor Soccer, Oz Tag and Golf, as well as any other sport they can get themselves involved in!