orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . july 2016 fcm travel solutions slogan better travel ideas . greater savings . type public founded june 2004 headquarters brisbane australia number of locations network includes 90 countries which is made up of fcgt owned operations and licensee arrangements . area served global key people graham turner flight centre travel group founder services corporate travel and expense management number of employees over 6 500 parent flight centre travel group website www.fcm.travel fcm travel solutions is the corporate travel business of the flight centre travel group fctg . the company is headquartered in brisbane and operates a network spanning 87 countries across europe middle east africa asia pacific and the americas . contents 1 history 2 part of the flight centre travel group 3 locations 4 references history edit fcm was officially launched to market in 2004 following the consolidation of various corporate travel businesses within parent company fctg . from the mid to late 1990s fctg aggressively grew its organic corporate businesses and at the same time made a number of strategic acquisitions to enhance the group s technology capabilities and strengthen its international market penetration . by 2002 fctg s corporate division included seven different businesses which in 2004 were consolidated to form fcm travel solutions . the reach of fcm s global network broadened significantly with the acquisition of major travel companies including sydney business travel australia internet travel group australia garber travel usa bannockburn usa britannic travel uk american international travel hong kong liberty usa friends globe travels india china comfort china air services international singapore worldwide aviation services malaysia and business travel development b.v. btd netherlands . since 2004 fcm has continued to partner with local travel companies around the world to expand the company s network to 90 countries . fcm has 450 offices worldwide employs more than 6 500 staff and has global turnover of more than us 5 billion . part of the flight centre travel group edit fcm is one of five businesses within its parent company fctg that services the corporate market . sister corporate travel brands within the group include corporate traveller campus travel stage and screen travel services and cievents . fctg is one of the world s largest travel agency groups with more than 16 000 staff and 2500 stores across its leisure corporate and wholesale businesses . the company s turnover in the 2012 2013 financial year was aud 14.3 billion . after starting with one shop over 30 years ago fctg has enjoyed remarkable growth and is now in the top 100 publicly listed companies on the australian stock exchange . fctg operates over 30 retail corporate and wholesale brands making it australasia s largest travel retailer and one of the world s fastest growing travel groups . 1 2 locations edit asia pacific global head office australia regional head offices china hong kong india singapore locations australia bangladesh china hong kong india indonesia japan laos malaysia myanmar new zealand philippines singapore south korea sri lanka taiwan thailand vietnam the americas regional head offices canada mexico united states locations argentina bolivia canada chile colombia costa rica dominican republic ecuador guatemala mexico nicaragua panama peru puerto rico uruguay united states venezuela middle east and africa regional head offices south africa united arab emirates locations algeria angola egypt ghana israel jordan kenya lebanon libya morocco mozambique nigeria oman pakistan qatar rwanda south africa tanzania tunisia united arab emirates yemen europe regional head offices germany united kingdom russia locations austria azerbaijan belgium bulgaria croatia cyprus czech republic denmark finland france germany greece hungary ireland italy kazakhstan luxembourg malta netherlands norway poland portugal romania russia slovakia spain sweden switzerland turkey ukraine united kingdom references edit freed jamie . flight centre expands to continental europe with business travel buy . fairfax media . retrieved 22 june 2016 . studentuniverse acquired by flight centre travel group . retrieved 22 june 2016 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fcm travel solutions & oldid 734092291 categories travel agencieshidden categories orphaned articles from july 2016all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage 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