Sarah started her Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) journey in early 2014 after returning from an overseas holiday and feeling deflated in her current job with nowhere to progress. A tip from her friend telling her that Flight Centre had the career progression opportunities she was looking for, combined with her love of travel, Sarah knew she needed to apply. 

Are you ready to work in a fun, motivating and positive environment where you can take ownership over your work and see your hard work pay off? We are looking for Business Development Representatives across the country to take that next step in their career and be part of this new and exciting growth phase.⁠ ⁠ We sat down with Erin, a BDR for the Flight Centre SME Corporate Brands to get an inside look at what this role is all about. Keep reading to see what Erin had to say is her favourite thing about working in her team and what advice she would give to someone applying.

To celebrate International Women’s Day this year we have profiled a number of remarkable women from our corporate businesses FCM, FCM Meetings & Events and Corporate Traveller. Read on to find out what International Women’s Day and #breakthebias means to these amazing women.

Today marks the annual celebration of International Women’s Day. I'm seizing today as an opportunity to reflect on all Flight Centre Travel Group is doing to #breakthebias in celebration of our global Womenwise community.    In mid-2021, we launched a renewed global Diversity & Inclusion program. Our D&I program has 6 core pillars representing LGBTQI+, Mental Health, Gender Equality, Accessibility, Age, and Heritage/Race/Religion. As FCTG’s gender equality pillar, Womenwise exists to inspire all women to develop their leadership potential by providing role models, opportunity and structured support. We celebrate, connect, collaborate and create change for our women. 

This week, through our Flight Centre Foundation, we partnered with not-for-profit charity LiteHaus International to donate and repurpose end-of-life technology devices to vulnerable communities across Australia.

Artwork: Sea to the Land by Natalie Booth We acknowledge the traditional owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their ongoing connection to land, waters and communities. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders past, present and future, and support the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices.  Our Vision for Reconciliation Flight Centre Travel Group is a unique, Australian-born company dedicated to diversity and inclusion. Our Global HQ is on Yuggera Country.    We take pride in being able to showcase Australia to those who want to see it. Our role, as Australia’s largest travel retailer, includes the responsibility of ensuring we do our part to respect the sacred nature of these lands, educate our people and customers, and continue to walk alongside the Traditional Owners of the Lands. Our Reconciliation Action Plan Since 2006, Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) have enabled organisations to sustainably and strategically take meaningful action to advance reconciliation. RAPs are based around the core pillars of relationships, respect and opportunities to provide tangible and substantive benefits for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.     The four RAP types – Reflect, Innovate, Stretch and Elevate – allow organisations to continuously develop and evolve their reconciliation commitments. Our Innovate RAP runs for two years and outlines actions for achieving our vision for reconciliation. Through the initiatives showcased in our Innovate RAP, we hope to create educated teams who understand the importance of reconciliation, to see our people develop strong relationships with all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities, develop collaborative initiatives that support needs in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and collectively celebrate the traditions and journey of our First Nations People.  DOWNLOAD OUR RECONCILIATION PLAN    

Travel doesn't look the same as it always has. With international travel borders opening up, booking travel has only become more complex and our amazing Travel Sales Consultants are more important than ever in ensuring we can open up the world for our customers and get them safely to where they need to be. We sat down with Jono, Ingrid, Kevin and Elyse (clockwise pictured above) from Flight Centre Kippa-Ring in Queensland to find out what has changed in their role and what they are most excited about as travel begins to pick up again. 

Recruiting now for BDM and Travel Manager roles in FCTG’s most successful brand.

W today unveiled a new grants program for eligible Australian charities, with $90,000 to be distributed among three charities before Christmas.  This is the Australian travel retailer’s first charitable commitment post-pandemic and follows recovery efforts gaining momentum and projections of a return to profitability during FY22.  The Flight Centre Foundation is funded through Workplace Giving and roughly 36% of the employees make a regular, monthly contribution. Under the new Giving Grants program, funds will be distributed as three grants each totalling $30,000.   FLT’s Australian MD, James Kavanagh, said the three grants would ultimately be decided by the company’s people.     “We’ll put a shortlist of applicants to a vote for our 3,900 people across our Australian businesses.  “This is only made possible through the commitment of our people to generously support Australian charities through workplace giving so we want them to have the final say in how their contributions will make the biggest impact,” he said.     Kavanagh said charities will need to showcase how their goals are aligned to the core values of the Flight Centre Foundation.  “We’re looking to fund projects that support our three principles areas of concern: Care, Crisis and Climate,” he said.     “The Flight Centre Foundation has been a much-loved initiative of our people for many years so we are proud to see its evolution continue into 2022 and beyond.”   For more information on the Flight Centre Foundation’s Giving Grants Program, visit fcfoundation.org.au  For more information about the program please visit the FC Foundation website.  

Just in case you missed it, we recently unveiled our newest retention program, the Global Recovery Rights (GRR) program. A total of about 7,500 people (excluding board members and senior executives) are expected to receive 1.9 million shares under the program, which is valued at $30 million at today's FLT share price. ⁠   One of our core values at FCTG is Ownership, and this offer gives all of our people the opportunity to take this value to the next level by truly being an owner of shares at FCTG. For more information, you can read the market release to the ASX below.   Global Recovery Rights - ASX Market Release