The FACTS Travel Bookers & Event Planners Summit, brought to you by FACTS and Executive PA Media, is a practical two-hour experience for busy EAs, PAs and professionals who organise business travel, meetings and events.
Join us over lunch to learn how to book smarter, spend better and avoid the traps, then explore the FACTS Expo.
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Travel Bookers & Event Planners Summit
FACTS, 25 & 26 November 2026, ICC Sydney
You might not be the Travel Manager or Event Manager, but when an executive needs to travel or an important event needs organising, you’re often the person expected to make it happen.
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Hosted by Russell Peacock from Executive PA Media, this fast-paced Lunch & Learn cuts through the jargon and focuses on the practical knowledge every travel booker and event organiser should have.
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Learn the fundamentals of Travel Management 101 with Clockwise Consulting’s Jakki Govan, including travel policies, booking channels, payments, traveller safety and supplier management.
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Corporate Traveller’s Tom Walley explores how to book smarter and manage executive and VIP travel, including why the cheapest fare or hotel rate isn’t always the best value.
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Then turn to Meetings & Events 101 with Grain Trade Australia’s Janene Wardrop, before AV1’s Kealan Coleman tackles what to do when travel or events don’t go according to plan.
Key themes for 2026
From booking travel to managing travel
Understand how policy, booking, payment, traveller safety, data and suppliers fit together, and why your booking decisions matter.
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Booking smarter and managing VIPs
Look beyond the headline airfare or hotel rate to flexibility, servicing, location, productivity, preferences and total trip cost.
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Planning better meetings and events
Use a simple framework built around Purpose, People, Place, Price and Plan B to approach everything from executive meetings to conferences and incentive trips.
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When things go wrong
Learn the fundamentals of travel and event risk, including cancellations, medical incidents, severe weather, venue issues and supplier failures.
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Above all, the Summit is about giving you practical knowledge and greater confidence to make better decisions when organising travel and events.
Who should attend?
Designed for Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants, Office Managers, Executive Officers, travel bookers and in-house event organisers who arrange business travel, meetings or events as part of a broader role. You don’t need to be a travel or events specialist. If people rely on you to make it happen, this Summit is for you.
Why attend?
Because organising travel and events is often more complicated than it looks.
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In just two hours, you’ll gain practical knowledge that can help you make smarter booking decisions, understand what you’re paying for, manage executives and VIP travellers more effectively, plan better events and know what to do when something goes wrong.
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Lunch is on us, and after the Summit you’ll have time to explore the FACTS Expo and meet hotels, venues, travel providers, event specialists, PCOs and event technology companies.
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Better still, bring a colleague or two and experience FACTS together.
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Two hours. Free lunch. Practical skills. Better travel and events!
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