Flight Centre celebrates female leadership

Photography by andre&dominqiue

Apparently, we’re not the only ones still jumping in our seats from all the excitement of the Women in Travel Awards last Thursday.

Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) is celebrating the success of their Chief Operating Officer, Melanie Waters-Ryan, who walked away with the top accolade in the ‘Power List’ and Jess Anscombe, General Manager for Corporate Traveller, who took out the ‘Corporate’ category.

Waters-Ryan said she was delighted to accept her award.

“I’m absolutely thrilled to have won this award,” Waters-Ryan said.

“There was strong competition in terms of the number of women and also from the calibre of female talent in this group.”

Melanie said she’d had many proud moments in her career with Flight Centre having started with the company in 1987 as a travel consultant.

“From being a top novice in my first three months of employment with Flight Centre to now being the COO and role model for many of our up and coming female leaders – I’ve had a rewarding professional journey with Flight Centre.”

“It really was a lovely honour for me to win on behalf of all the amazing women in the Australian travel industry and of course all the women at FCTG!”

Carole Cooper, FCTG’s global Peopleworks leader, said FCTG was thrilled to learn of the news, given the large number of women that work in the travel industry and the fierce competition for these awards.

“With almost 230 entries and 130 finalists across the categories, it is an exceptional achievement to be named a winner. We are very proud of all these women and delighted they have been recognised for their worthy contribution to our company,” Carole said.

“This is exciting news and on behalf of everyone at FCTG … congratulations!”

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