ATMC prepares the industry for busy year ahead at monthly meeting

ATMC prepares the industry for busy year ahead at monthly meeting

The Association of Travel Management Companies (ATMC) is primed for a big year ahead with members gathering in Sydney to discuss key focus areas.

Reinforcing the importance of TMCs now more than ever remains the primary theme and the meeting covered two areas of significance:

  • The rapidly evolving landscape of Sustainability in Aviation and helping corporate Australia make informed decisions around minimising environmental impact;
  • Supporting a competitive landscape.

David Wills and Steve Limbrick from Envest Global, an international carbon reduction strategy and investment management company updated members on the state of sustainability in the aviation sector.

ATMC has a busy year ahead as it continues to grow market awareness of the depth and breadth of services and support offered by members.

The Association of Travel Management Companies represents 22 corporate travel agencies in Australia supporting 26,000 companies with an annual corporate travel spend pre-COVID of $6.5 Billion.

“ATMC’s first event of the year was highly informative and relevant given the rapidly changing nature of the corporate travel landscape,” ATMC chair Tass Messinis said.

“We had a strong turn out and, as usual, there was a detailed and frank conversation about the opportunities and the challenges ahead. ATMC is proud to be the independent voice for TMCs including with corporates and suppliers as we continue to reinforce the important role of TMCs in supporting corporate travellers.”

“A big thank you to our speakers, David Wills and Steve Limbrick from Envest Global and Dean Long, CEO of AFTA.”

Long briefed attendees on recent submissions to the ACCC and Government.

“AFTA’s work in positively shaping the landscape for the benefit of the entire Travel Sector including across the key areas of workforce rejuvenation and ensuring a competitive landscape means we are already off to a busy start to the year.

“While ATMC’s members are all AFTA members, the opportunity to engage in this very focused forum is another way we can ensure we are capturing the priorities of our corporate members.”

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