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The inaugural FACTS Summit & Expo recently at ICC Sydney brought together 1,500 delegates, over 160 speakers, and more than 100 exhibitors from across the global corporate travel, business events, travel payments and aviation ecosystem.
Designed as a platform for groundbreaking ideas and cross-sector collaboration, FACTS launched at a pivotal time for an industry navigating rapid technological change, shifting traveller expectations and increasing sustainability pressures.
According to event co-founder Derek Sadubin: “FACTS was created to give the corporate travel and business events sector a strategic forum equal to the scale of its transformation. The pace of change is now exponential. Whether it’s AI, digital identity, airline retailing, traveller wellness or the decarbonisation challenge, the entire ecosystem is being reshaped. FACTS is about bringing leaders together to share insight, confront the hard questions, and shape what the next decade of travel looks like.”
A timely event
Likewise, Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) chief executive Suzanne Neufang remarked: “Australia is a global leader for business travel, with GBTA’s latest Business Travel Index projecting an annual spend for the market of AU$42.7 billion in 2025. As well as being a trailblazer in its own right, Australia is fuelling the sector’s growth across wider Asia Pacific, currently the world’s top business travel region.”
However, Neufang also pointed out that the global travel sector is currently facing headwinds that are impacting Australia as much as any other country.
She said: “These include ongoing uncertainty around trade policies, inflationary pressures and shifts in global supply chains. Against this backdrop, FACTS 2025, of which GBTA is delighted to be a partner, provides a vitally important and very timely opportunity for business travel professionals and wider stakeholders to come together, share knowledge and insights and innovate, so we can navigate the current uncertainty and ensure the long-term resilience of our sector.”
Association of Travel Management Companies (ATMC) chair Penny Spencer added: “FACTS brings our industry together to share ideas, challenge thinking and shape the future of corporate travel. ATMC is proud to support a forum that sparks meaningful conversations and strengthens our sector for the years ahead.”
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