Our history

Information Planet began in 1996 in Sydney, Australia, as 'Information Brazil', when Mauricio Pucci started a small and innovative business 'helping' Brazilian friends to study, work and travel around Australia (just as he had done).

With his brother, Alexandre Pucci, joining from Sao Paulo, Brazil, the company was the first agency in the market that specialized in this service and quickly became a reference for Brazilian students looking to travel and study down under. With their knowledge of the education industry and the needs of their clients, they opened their first office in Manly - Australia.

In 2004, a new partnership helped the company to consolidate its business in Australia and overseas. Josef Kysilka brought experience in educational marketing along with his own agency called 'Australian Centre for Education', focused on recruiting students from central and eastern Europe. Together with Mauricio, they established the Australian Education Centre (AEC) in a new office in the heart of Sydney CBD, which would later become the head office of Information Planet.

With high demand from overseas and local clients requiring assistance, counseling and advice, the company reached out to new markets in Europe and Latin America and started offering a wider range of products, such as job assistance, seminars, student discount programs, travel packages, and others.

After 12 years building a strong reputation in Latin America, Europe and Australia, and having helped more than 12 thousand students, it was time to give the company a new name and look. The main goal was to unify all offices and partners under the same brand and strengthen the company's direction and vision.

In July 2008, AEC was then 're-launched' and changed its name to Information Planet. The rebranding process, started in the head office in Sydney, gave the company a new logo, website, office decoration and staff training. In less than 2 years, all offices and partners had been 'made over' in the style of the new look.

The new corporate image together with strong marketing strategies led Information Planet to an expansion of products and franchises. By the end of 2010 the company, which now incorporated an independent travel agency (Information Planet Travel), had more than 26 offices around the globe and was already selling many other destinations to students, such as New Zealand, Canada, England, Denmark, etc.