As business travel confidence rebounds, one SME could be the recipient of a travel grant which could propel their business in 2023 through the benefits of increased travel and face-to-face contact with customers and business partners.
Flight Centre Business Travel’s Corporate Travel Grant is now open for applications with over $40,000 in travel prizes available to successful grant applicants. Entries close 5 pm AEST, Friday 31 March 2023.
Flight Centre Business Travel’s Global Leader Cameron Harris said with travellers feeling more confident about travel and airlines responding with increased capacity, face-to-face meetings are being preferred.
“Businesses are booking in-person meetings solidly throughout 2023 with few concerns about interruptions or cancellations,” Mr Harris said. “We’re also seeing travel costs start to level off in some instances.
“With many businesses now preparing travel budgets for the next financial year as travel increases, many are finding it hugely beneficial to partner with Flight Centre Business Travel to ensure they extract maximum value out of their corporate travel spend.
“Accordingly, we are 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.”
For full details, terms and conditions and to upload your video pitch please visit here.
One of the judges on this year’s Corporate Travel Grant, Candice Marsh, Flight Centre Business Travel’s National Operations Leader said, “The FCBT Travel Grant is such an amazing way to showcase our clients’ businesses.
“I have been a judge the last two occasions and I am excited to be joining the panel again this year and seeing all of the amazing applications and pitches.
“I love to see our finalists being passionate about their business so my advice for a successful pitch would be:
- Bring your passion and tell us ‘why you do what you do’
- Take us along on the journey with you and engage the audience, a captivating pitch always gets attention
- Your pitch doesn’t need to be conventional, think outside the box, back your product and most of all have fun.
“Good luck, hopefully I’ll be seeing you in Brisbane.”
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 be awarded a share of $10,000 in Virgin Australia travel credit and two Velocity Gold memberships each.
Flight Centre Business Travel Grant
- To apply, 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; $5,000 IHG Hotels & Resorts accommodation credit; $2,500 Hertz travel credit; $1,000 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 5 pm AEST, Friday 31 March 2023.
