Information about Luxperience

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Information about Luxperience
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•  Lindy Andrews is suing Luxperience and founder
  Helen Logas. Luxperience is seen as the ultimate
  in travel trade shows, attracting buyers from
  around the world to view the experiential and
  luxury experiences that are on offer in
  Australia. The forum, which opens in Sydney on
  Sunday, will last four days and culminate in a
  black tie event starring TV travel guru Tom
  Williams. 
• But some of the gloss of the exclusive  event has
  worn off after a falling out between two of the
  big names in the travel industry, former
  Luxperience chief executive Lindy Andrews and
  Luxperience founder Helen Logas.
• As the events get under way this week, the
  details of the dispute will be unfolding in the
  District Court.
• Ms Andrews is suing Ms Logas and Helen Logas
  Luxperience for breach of contract, damages and
  costs totaling more than 500,000. The matter is
  listed for a pre-trial conference next week.

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• Ms Logas told Fairfax Media she was unable to
  comment while the matter was before the court.
  However, she did say "we intend to vigorously
  defend the court action".
• Ms Andrews, who has had a 25-year career in
  travel, has filed a statement of claim saying she
  had turned down a significant and well paid role
  with another high-profile business to join Ms
  Logas.
• The deal that she claims lured her away from the
  other job was an annual salary plus a stake in
  the business.
• Ms Andrews said if things went well with the
  business events the agreement was that she
  would take over the day-to-day running of the
  business, allowing Ms Logas to return to New York
  and get on with her personal life, while
  she would build up the business, prepare it for
  sale and would receive 10 per cent of the sale.

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• Ms Andrews claims she turned the business around
  and lifted profits within 18 months. But despite
  her performance Ms Andrews said Ms
  Logas terminated her contract without notice and
  without any prior warning.
• Ms Andrews has said in a statement of claim filed
  in the court that she believed her contract was
  terminated because of a change in Ms
  Logas' personal circumstances, which meant she
  wanted to spend more time in Australia and step
  back into the role of chief executive.
• The statement of claim also said the termination
  of her contract was done with the intention of
  depriving her of benefits.