Flight Centre recruits boss for entertainment and sports travel arm

A global managing director has been recruited to lead the specialist entertainment and sports arm of Flight Centre Travel Group.

Tiziano (Tiz) Galipo returns to the Australian travel group after most recently working for Netflix as EMEA travel and expense director.

He has rejoined after seven years in the newly-created position based in London heading Corporate Traveller Stage, Screen & Sports, which operates in six regions across the world.

The division handles travel across the entertainment, sports and creative sectors.

Galipo said: “I couldn’t be more thrilled to return to a business that’s always had a special place in my heart. My role brings a focus on true globalisation, while local expert leaders drive growth in each regional market, the potential is truly exciting.

“The USA, UK, and Canada are our biggest opportunities for growth, based on the sheer size of the market – we’ll certainly lean on the success the business has had in Australia. Having a streamlined offering across the globe will be critical to winning and creating efficiencies in each region.

“We’re excited by the complimentary impact that being a part of the Corporate Traveller family has across five of our markets, especially in relation to its world-class technology and operational procedures. But we’ll also be our own bespoke business, maintaining the ‘high touch’ approach our customers have come to know of us.”

Corporate Traveller global managing director Tom Walley added: “We identified the need for a specialist brand within the entertainment and sports sector after great growth in the Australian market and making leaps in the UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa.

“We welcomed Tiz back to the business with open arms because of his incredible knowledge within the industry.

“We’ve brought him in to grow and develop the business and to globally align both the products and services to this specialised sector. Combining that with our own capabilities in each market offers an incredibly exciting vision of what the company can and will be in the future.”