Public (ASX: FLT) | |
Industry | Travel |
Founded | 1982; 35 years ago |
Headquarters | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Area served
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Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and China |
Key people
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Graham 'Skroo' Turner (Managing Director) |
Revenue | A$2.36 billion (2015) |
Profit | A$257.0 million (2015) |
Number of employees
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approx 18,500 (2015) |
Website | flightcentre.com |
Flight Centre Travel Group(FCTG) is the largest retail travel outlet in Australia. The company was founded in 1982, and is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia.
FCTG has about 2,800 shops and businesses in Australia as well as locations in New Zealand, the US, Canada, the UK, South Africa, Hong Kong, India, China, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.In the United States, Liberty Travel and GOGO Vacations are part of the FC USA portfolio, along with StudentUniverse, Worldwide Traveler, Travel Associates and FlightCenter.com. Corporate Traveller, ciEvents, Campus Travel and Stage & Screen are Flight Centre specialty brands. Student Flights, Escape Travel, Quickbeds.com, and Cruiseabout are also FCTG brands.
The company has been listed on the , has an annual turnover of more than $17 billion and employs more than 18,500 people worldwide. It has licensee arrangements in a further 80 countries under its FCM corporate brand. In the United States, FCTG has office locations in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Ramsey, NJ, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, Denver, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Diego and Los Angeles.