As global travel continues opening up, SMEs are choosing to increase their corporate travel, preferring the benefits of face-to-face interaction with customers and business partners.
SMEs looking to take their business places can now apply for a travel grant with Flight Centre Business Travel, which has reintroduced its Corporate Travel Grant following an enforced COVID-19 hiatus.
There are over $40,000 in travel prizes available to successful grant applicants.
Flight Centre Business Travel’s Global Leader Cameron Harris said that many of their customers are increasing their business travel to take advantage of opportunities.
“Our customers keep telling us how face-to-face contact is extremely beneficial for them,” Harris said. “We understand the unique challenges that SMEs and start-ups face and know just how beneficial grants of this size can be.
“This year, we’ll be awarding one business a Corporate Travel Grant, valued at over $30,000 to help support their growth and success, whilst four runners-up will share in $10,000 worth of travel credit.”
Harris said SME owners usually depend on human connections, so it’s unsurprising that Flight Centre Business Travel’s customers find in-person meetings to be more influential in building stronger relationships and getting a stronger sense of a client’s needs first-hand.
The value of meeting face-to-face for business extends to the ability to have more productive and engaging internal company meetings and building stronger network and partnership connections.
A previous Corporate Travel Grant winner, Almo Milk, said winning the grant was absolutely transformational for their business. It helped them grow brand awareness by exhibiting across Australia and Asia, resulting in a 200 per cent increase in online sales.
To apply for the grant, SMEs need to simply submit a one to two-minute video outlining what travel means to their business, and how winning the $30,000 Corporate Travel Grant will help them.
Flight Centre Business Travel will then select the top five entries and fly two representatives from each business to its Global Head Office in Brisbane, to present their pitch in more detail to the selection panel.
Four runners up will win a share of $10,000 in Virgin Australia travel credit and two Velocity Gold memberships each.
Flight Centre Business Travel Grant
- To enter, simply create a one to two-minute video pitch responding to these two questions:
- Q1. What does travel mean to your business?
- Q2. What will this travel grant allow you to do?
- First prize worth $30,000 includes $20,000 travel credit with Virgin Australia; two Platinum Velocity memberships; $5000 IHG Hotels & Resorts accommodation credit; $2500 Hertz travel credit; $1000 Flight Centre Business Travel voucher and a $500 luggage voucher.
- Four runners up will win a share of $10,000 in Virgin Australia travel credit and two Velocity Gold memberships each.
- Entries close 5pm AEST, Friday 31 March 2023.
For full details, terms and conditions and to upload your video pitch please visit here.
