Australian travel partners team up for leaders workshop

Flight Centre Business Travel (FCBT) and Virgin Australia have partnered to deliver a workshop for 10 people across five businesses, where they gain mentoring from business leaders, fellow entrepreneurs, and travel experts. The winners were picked at random via a draw and came from Manteena, Aury Australia, Acid Plant Management Services, Lauxes Products, and QBD books, with the event taking place at FCBT’s global HQ at Southpoint in Brisbane. Cameron Harris, general manager at FCBT, said: “A travel manager is now more critical than ever and we’re incredibly passionate about helping small and medium businesses go places. We take great pride in delivering a one-on-one personal service to help our customers navigate the new normal.” Shanika Ekanayake, general manager of SMEs at the Virgin Australia Group, stated: “Virgin Australia has always played an important role in the travel needs of small and medium-sized businesses.” Melani Hays, one of the winners from Acid Plant Management Services, commented: “The money-can’t-buy workshop has been a wonderful and inspiring experience. I love the authenticity and transparency and I have taken away so many ideas that we can adopt into our own business.”