Company Timeline
1978 Classic Importers & Exporters P/L incorporated by group founder, George Tawaf
1989 Management of 3 resorts (under Tawaf Resort Management – TRM)
- Head Office operations set up on Gold Coast (3 staff)
1991 Classic Property Management incorporated and secured AFSL (245788)
- Classic Property Holdings (CPH) incorporated
- Classic Property Marketing incorporated
1993 Classic celebrates 15 years
1995 Karim Filo joins group
1998 Classic celebrates 20 years
1999 Ramy Filo joins group
2000 Real Estate Sales & Marketing
- Anthony Carey joins group
- Head Office operations move to larger premises 0 200m2 (7 staff)
2001 Management of 4 resorts
2002 Management of 6 resorts
- TRM & CPM consolidated under Classic Holidays
- Carole Smith joins group
- Caroline Scott joins group
- Head Office operations move to larger premises - 350m2
- Classic Holidays moves into state-of-the-art office at Airport Central, Coolangatta (15 staff)
2003 Classic celebrates 25 years
- Management of 8 resorts
- Inaugural George Tawaf Award of Excellence (GT Award)
2004 Management of 9 resorts
- Classic Clubs Limited (RE) registered and granted AFSL (246232) authorising sales of timeshare interests in Classic Holiday Club
- Classic Holiday Club Trust timeshare scheme registered (ARSN 111 354 440)
2005 Management of 9 resorts and 1 club
- Classic Holiday Club launched
- Dial an Exchange joins group (4 offices)
- Joint Venture with One Step Further (RTO)
- Consumer Finance Division incorporated
- Mark Stephenson, Francis Taylor and Jo-Anne Smith join group
- George Tawaf posthumously inducted into ATHOC Hall of Fame
2006 Management of 12 resorts and 1 club
- Trial of innovative ‘Classic Escapes’ membership program
2007 Head Office operations move to larger premises (900 m2) – Miami (55 staff)
2008 Classic celebrates 30 years
- Mike Dunne joins group
- First independent Sales office (Dynamics, Surfers Paradise)
- Launch of ‘Classic Escapes’ membership program
2009 Management of 13 resorts and 3 clubs
- Travel Licence
- Acquired IVC Timeshare Scheme (ICL AFSL 246445)
- Classic Mooloolaba (Mooloolaba, Qld) independent sales office opens
- Principal Invest (Broadbeach, Qld) independent sales office opens
- Classic Escapes NZ (Auckland, NZ) independent sales office opens
- Classic Escapes QLD (Kedron, North Brisbane) independent sales office opens
- IYC Travel Pty Ltd
- Andre Tawaf – son of founder George Tawaf, joins the group
2010 DAE 8 offices globally
- Carole Smith inducted into ATHOC Hall of Fame
- Classic South Sydney (Miranda, NSW) independent sales office opens
- Perl Dynamics (Doncaster, Victoria) independent sales office opens
- Classic South Brisbane (Eight Mile Plains, QLD) independent sales office opens
- Classic Escapes WA (Perth, WA) independent sales office opens
2011 Classic Investments launched
- DAE wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Project Team (Australia) and Best Place to Work
- Francis Taylor recognised as Best Industry Leader at Perspective Magazine Awards
- Jo-Anne Smith inducted into ATHOC Hall of Fame
2012 Management of 14 resorts and 3 clubs
- Classic wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Management Company
- DAE wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Project Team (USA)
- Francis Taylor inducted into ATHOC Hall of Fame
- Classic Escapes Teams win ATHOC Sales Team of the Year Award
- Head Office operations move to larger, purpose-built premises - 2000m2 (120 Staff at head office)
- Classic Escapes Townsville (Townsville, Qld) independent sales office opens
2013 Classic celebrates 35 years
- Classic expands into strata management
- Classic Strata Pty Ltd incorporated
- Management of 15 resorts and 3 clubs
- DAE 12 offices globally
- Classic wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Management Company (2nd year)
- DAE wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Customer Service (3rd year)
- 170 staff at head office
- Classic Melbourne (Lynbrook, Vic) independent sales office opens
- Classic Property Holdings becomes Beneficium (Int) Pty Ltd
2014 Nimbilus & PMO
- Management of 28 resorts and 3 clubs
- Classic wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Management Company (3rd year)
- DAE wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Customer Service (4th year)
- DAE wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Overall Company under 250 employees
- Classic Acquires Monad Pacific Management (‘MPM’) New Zealand
- 180 staff at head office
- Classic acquires @Work International
2015 Management of 30 resorts and 3 clubs
- Classic wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Management Company (4th year)
- Classic wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Overall Company over 250 employees
- DAE wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Customer Service (5th year)
- DAE wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Consumer Product
- DAE wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Overall Company under 250 employees (2nd year)
- Surfers Royale timeshare scheme wound-up & resort sold
- Classic In-House Sales teams – located at Coolangatta, Coffs Harbour, Varsity Lakes, and Capri Waters
2016 Management of 30 resorts and 3 clubs
- Purchased Management Rights to Fairway Lodge, NZ
- Classic wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Management Company (5th year)
- Classic wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Innovation (for CHARM)
- DAE wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Customer Service (6th year)
- DAE wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Marketing Campaign
- DAE wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Overall Company under 250 employees (2nd year)
- DAE opens new service centre in Portugal
- Classic Property Management becomes Timeshare Brokers Pty Ltd
2017 Management of 30 resorts and 3 clubs
- DAE celebrates 20 year anniversary (birthdae) July 1997 to July 2017
- Classic wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Management Company (6th year)
- DAE wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Customer Service (7th year)
- DAE wins Perspective Magazine’s Best Overall Company under 250 employees (3rd year)
- ATWI and DAE sold to RCI Pacific Pty Ltd (October 2017)
2018 Management of 31 resorts and 3 clubs
- Silver Sands (Western Australia)
- Tiki Village Resort sold and Timeshare Scheme wound up – effective December 2018