The closed sign on Flight Centre stores said: “We’re celebrating our people this weekend”. And if any company knows how to party, it’s FCTG.
Flight Centre Travel Group businesses around Australia closed from midday on Saturday 8 July 2023 to allow support and frontline team members from across the country to travel to Brisbane for the second outing of Flichella.
The EOFY Flichella music fest saw more than 4,000 Flighties converge on Brisbane’s Riverstage to celebrate everything FCTG has accomplished this year.
With a neon theme that referenced the company’s ‘Brightness of Future‘ ethos, festival-goers got a glow-up – including Skroo in a neon-yellow hoodie – and got among the musical acts at the Riverstage in Brisbane City.
What went down
After the Welcome to Country, the all-Aussie lineup included singer-songwriter Chris Tamwoy, Furnace & the Fundamentals and The Jungle Giants.
DJ sets from DJ Wildflower, Havana Brown and Dave Goode (The Potbelleez) brought the party tunes while Ciaran Gribbin rounded out the entertainment with fave rock anthems.
Hearing thousands of Flighties belt out a Queen song is something Bris Vegas won’t forget in a hurry!
Supplier-sponsored stalls were also a hit with the likes of Viking, Virgin Australia and Rail Europe adding their touch to festivities with activations, food trucks and pop-ups.
Viking’s 360-degree photo booth (complete with ‘hot Vikings’) was a fave along with Singapore Airlines’ bar and Sabre’s light sabers (of course).
Rail Europe also had a photo booth while Air Canada provided a pop-up body paint bar, TTC had a glow bar and Air New Zealand created a chillout zone for Flighties.
Everyone tripped the light fantastic with illuminated roving entertainment, dancers and even pyrotechnics lighting up the Brisbane night sky.
It was the fitting warm-up for Flighties going to the annual Global Gathering in Bali on 14–16 July 2023. Stay tuned…
