Gem Morgan-Eytle: The matriarch of the travel industry

Gem Morgan-Eytle

After 63 years of pursuing a routine of rising, dressing herself and going to the office, Gem Morgan-Eytle appears not to know how to turn off this protracted habit. Fortunately, at 81, she remains mentally sharp, has her wits very much about her and remains blessed with the physical resources that allow her to persist in what, over the years, has become an ingrained pursuit. The owner and General Manager of Frandec Travel Service, Health Insurance and Business Centre has learnt to count her blessings.

These days she has reduced her work routine to four days a week to ensure – as she puts it –that she keeps her fingers on the pulse of what is happening, particularly in the travel sector. Eytle continues to want “to get