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COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Latest News
The Australian Government’s Smartraveller website has issued new advice on the novel coronavirus outbreak.
9 Tips To Being A Successful Business Travel Booker
Josh Grocke, head of account management, shares his insight into the mindset of a travel booker and reveals his top tips to follow if you want to be a successful one…
How To Save Money On Business Travel
Saving money on business travel is something every company seeks to do, for obvious reasons, but a balance must be struck between being thrifty and ensuring the employees travelling for business are reasonably comfortable and well looked after. We…
Breaking into the Boys Club
Recent generations of women have made a lot of headway in breaking into the ‘old boys club’ given that traditional parenting roles are more evenly split than in the past and the increased awareness of the gender pay gap. Despite this, we still have…
How To Encourage Your Travellers To Stay Within Policy
Writing an effective company travel policy, designed to help your business’ travellers follow booking and reimbursement procedures, is a tricky task. But enforcing it within your company once it’s written can be even harder. Here are our six top…
FCTG Half Year Results
Flight Centre Travel Group released its year-end results on 27 August for its 2020 Fiscal Year, which show an optimistic future for its corporate brands despite a major downturn in the travel industry.
Four Common Mistakes Companies Make When Booking Travel
Would you balance your business accounts yourself just because you know how to use Excel? You might, but it will take a great deal longer and you are likely to make more mistakes than getting an expert to do it for you. Here are four of the most…
TRUST IN FCBT TO PLUG YOUR TRAVEL LEAKAGE
There are various temptations that lead employees to book outside of a preferred partner, like the perceived value of low rates, or just personal convenience, but the overall cost to the company of these collective individual actions far outweighs…
How can a TMC help you save money on business travel in a post-COVID world?
The severe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses have led the majority of companies to look at different strategies for tightening the purse strings . Here's how a TMC can help deliver savings to your travel programme.
Setting goals for 2021
If 2020 has made you want to start 2021 with a ‘New Year, New Me’ mindset, the chances are you’re not alone. This year, why not try setting goals to give you purpose and direction. Not sure where to start? Take a look at our ten goals to help make…
Where to start with travel budgeting for 2021
One element of budgeting for SMEs that might currently seem a little tricky to get right is that of business travel. With no precedent to base a rough template on, and with domestic borders still liable to open and shut at a moment’s notice,…
Our Travel Experts Share Their Best Kept Local Secrets: Victoria
Now that they're free from lockdown, we have asked our Victorian-based travel experts to share with us their favourite local haunts to get away to on a weekend.
Save Money With FCBT
As business travel experts, we are constantly searching for (and finding) ways to save you money on your business trips, whether that’s leveraging our relationships with certain airlines to reduce fares, or spotting a way to get you a room upgrade…
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