The Festival of Aviation & Corporate Travel Summits (FACTS) and SITE Australia & New Zealand (SITE ANZ) have announced a new strategic partnership, bringing the incentive travel community more closely into the growing FACTS ecosystem. The two organisations will kick off the partnership at FACTS 2026 at ICC Sydney on 25 November to 26 November. […]
Corporate travel flows are being redrawn, with bookings into Perth, the Goldfields and regional Western Australia surging while the Golden Triangle of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane lost ground in the first half of 2026. The findings come from FCM Travel, the large enterprise travel management specialist of Flight Centre Travel Group. Its first-half data showed […]
FCM Travel has launched Proactive Analytics, a tool that monitors a corporate travel program around the clock and sends analysis directly to customers’ inboxes. The product is the second of three ways FCM now lets customers work with their data, alongside interactive dashboards and a conversational tool due in the coming months. At launch, Proactive […]
Business travel confidence has surged to its highest level of 2026, rebounding sharply from the uncertainty that weighed on sentiment earlier in the year. Industry buyers and suppliers are increasingly optimistic about the next 12 months, with expectations for travel spending, trip volume and revenue all strengthening – even as rising costs and geopolitical risk […]
W Brisbane is expanding its meetings and events offering with the launch of three new studios on Level 6, turning premium river-view space into a destination for executive meetings, private dining, intimate conferences, celebrations and cocktail receptions. The new Level 6 collection combines panoramic Brisbane River views, natural light, advanced AV technology, flexible configurations and […]
Virgin Australia has unveiled a new name for its corporate travel offering as it goes after a larger slice of the business travel market. The airline has launched Virgin Australia Corporate Travel, targeting businesses spending more than $500,000 a year on flights. The offering provides larger businesses with tailored discounts, dedicated support from a Partner […]
Expedia Group’s B2B arm announced it is partnering with National Australia Bank (NAB) to provide the newly launched NAB Travel booking experience. The partnership is the company’s first arrangement of this kind with an Australian bank. NAB Travel brings Expedia Group B2B’s travel technology, inventory and customer support capabilities to NAB’s customers in Australia, through, […]
FCM Consulting, a division of FCM Travel, has appointed Gemma King as global practice lead, outsourced travel resources (OTR). King will lead the growth of the company’s OTR practice and give enterprise clients flexible, on-demand access to senior travel management expertise. She brings more than 20 years of experience designing, building and transforming corporate travel […]
Jetstar is gaining ground in Australia’s corporate travel market as cost-conscious businesses look for cheaper ways to keep employees travelling, according to CT Partners CEO Matt Masson. Masson told Travel Weekly the low-cost carrier had picked up corporate business over the past two years, with the shift particularly noticeable following Rex’s exit from the market. […]