ID Travel Group

The ID Group Family

Executive Team

About Us

ID Travel Group is the parent organization of  Island Destinations – The Authority for Luxury Travel®, IDx – The Authority for All-Inclusives,  ID Vayeni AFRICA – designers of authentic African experiences,  CARIBTOURS  – the UK’s leading luxury holiday company, Just Grenada Collection – offering travelers charming lifestyle vacations, and  Island Escapes – Australia’s leading Fiji and South Pacific travel planners. Collectively the portfolio of companies showcases trusted and respected brands in luxury leisure travel, delivering unparalleled experiences to discerning travelers worldwide.

With offices in New York, London, Johannesburg, Singapore, and Melbourne, the ID Travel Group operates on five continents with luxury travel professionals stationed globally. The organization is proudly preferred with major consortia networks such as Virtuoso, Signature Travel Network, Affluent Traveler, Travel Savers, NEST, and Travel Leaders Group.

Executive Team

A team of highly experienced executives forms our Leadership team

Maurice Bonham Carter
Founder and CEO

Laurie Palumbo
Partner and Chief Operating Officer

Padu Padmanaban
Partner and Chief Financial Officer

Paul Cleary
Partner and Chief Commercial Officer

Our History

Established 40 years ago

The parent company was established over 40 years ago by former J.P. Morgan & Co Managing Director, Maurice Bonham-Carter, initially providing reservations and marketing services to Caribbean resorts then owned or managed by Mr. Bonham-Carter’s companies. Since its inception, ID Travel Group has maintained its principal office in Larchmont, New York, USA. In addition to Mr. Bonham-Carter, the worldwide business is now jointly owned by longstanding senior officers of the companies, Laurie Palumbo, Padu Padmanaban, and Paul Cleary.
Maurice Bonham-Carter is also the founder of The ID Travel Group Foundation for Better Living, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing educational opportunities and enriching lives in countries where the ID Travel Group operates. The Foundation has endowed a graduate scholarship in perpetuity at Oxford University in Social Sciences, open to residents of Caribbean countries, where the Foundation perceives a critical need to elevate management skills. For more information, please visit http://www.idtravelfoundation.org.

The ID Travel Group Foundation for Better Living is an IRC Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

ID Travel Group Pte. Ltd.

In 2011, ID Travel Group Pte. Ltd. was established and offers its expertly-tailored services to travel professionals in the luxury Asia Pacific market.

Expansion in South East Asia

ID Travel Group expanded its operations in South East Asia with the acquisition of Island Escapes – a leading luxury travel agency based out of Australia.

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