Flight Centre Travel Group’s new invite-only agency member group has expanded.
Link Travel Group, which Flight Centre owns the majority of — alongside Goldman Group and Spencer Group of Companies — launched in May this year. The joint venture aims to combine forces of individual agencies to leverage buying power, while providing access to its own product and distribution capabilities “at a time when considerable change is taking place.”
In other words, staffing shortages persist, and airlines are gaining an upper hand in selling directly, meaning fewer kickbacks.
Since May, the new group has added Reho Travel, Platinum Travel Management, Entourage Travel Group, Mobilise Travel, Mosman Travel and Mary Rossi Travel.
However, this month it announced Eden Corporate Travel had joined, according to reports. Travel Beyond Group will join in 2023.
Flight Centre has been on a roll of late, growing its corporate business, while last month it was forced to quash rumors of an acquisition.
Its home base of Australia is also poised for recovery, after more than two years of tough trading conditions. Rival Corporate Travel Management even managed to make a profit this year.
Tags: australia, corporate travel, flight centre, luxury, travel management companies