Owners of growing businesses know the feeling. The financial year ticks over, the travel budget resets, and somehow it feels smaller than it did 12 months ago. Airfares have gone up, teams are back on the road, and finance managers are being asked to do more with the same money, sometimes less.
For the smaller operator, opportunity doesn’t wait. If it means catching a plane, the bags get packed, and finding a good deal along the way is a real bonus.
The lockdown years taught us something too: face-to-face still matters. You can build a relationship over zoom, but you can’t always close a deal, win a client or bring a team together the same way you can in person. For plenty of small and medium businesses, travel isn’t optional anymore. It’s mission critical.
For Australia’s SMEs, travel is how deals get closed, how teams get built and how…
