Since, she has garnered multiple accolades, including a 2013 Hobsons Bay Inspirational Woman Award. Her paranormal enterprise came to be towards the sunset of this century's first decade. She loved the process so much that ghost hunting became a full-time career. Instead, she worked as an information technology project manager for 12 years.ĭuring any spare time, she travelled the world hunting ghosts, which meant staying in haunted houses and castles, including Dracula's Castle in Romania, and doing ghost tours. Her childhood ambition was to own a farm. The daughter of a builder and teacher, Travaglia was raised in Williamstown, in Melbourne's bayside west. While proud of her business and the fact it promotes heritage tourism and financially supports her workforce consisting of 54 people, she often works without pay, she says. The tendency is to overlook all the hidden costs such as admin, phone lines, insurance, tax, marketing and promotion, she says.
"The paranormal exists." The other myth is that small businesses make lots of money. About 80 per cent of Australians believe in a god or universal energy, so it makes sense that spirits exist, she says, adding that she has had many personal paranormal experiences when alone and when working. One of the two biggest myths surrounding her spooky sphere is that spirits are fake. "We are all connected everywhere," says Travaglia, who made the finals of the 2012 Telstra Business Women's Nokia Innovation Award. She has so much responsibility, she can never 100 per cent be out of contact now. There is no one I can escalate issues up to: the buck stops with me," she says, adding that, as Lantern's boss, she has never had a single day off. "If there is a problem or issue, I need to fix it. She describes running a business as hard work. Sometimes, she finishes at 2am, then must be back at work at 6.30 the following morning, she says. Still, the long hours she works are her toughest challenge.
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