Melbourne Cup Carnival
2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019
An icon on the Australian racing Calendar is the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
Representing the luxury brand GH Mumm champagne for Pernod Ricard, F2T orchestrates the movement of their 500+ guests across a week of racing fixtures. A glamorous crowd of celebrities, personalities, influencers and VIP business associates are treated to the GH Mumm marquee experience with our help.
F2Ts attention to detail, accurate planning and personalised service delivers happy guests and brand satisfaction every year. From the distribution of event invitations, management of all travel reservations and hosting all on-ground activities in the city of Melbourne, F2T delivers a complete guest management service.
"Working with F2T has been a game changing element for our sponsorship events. The team is efficient and dedicated, friendly and pro-active. We all enjoy working with them. They approach challenges with a positive attitude and are very good at providing efficient solutions in a short deadline.“
– Managing Director Australian Pacific Pernod Ricard
Australian Open
2011 – 2012 – 2013 – 2014 – 2015 – 2016 – 2017 – 2018 - 2019
Tennis enthusiasts flock from all over the world to the Australian Open. The first of four international Grand Slam tennis events held each year, it precedes the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. The best in the world are in town and Melbourne turns on a show every January to welcome them.
At AO, our clients rely on our team to be on the ground to deliver a complete hospitality package for their VIP guests and all incentive and reward based promotions.
We manage the ticketing, reservations, transfers, security details and on-ground logistics on behalf of clients that include: Blackmores, Coopers, Jacobs Creek and MasterCard
“F2T have worked on everything from small projects to large scale events for hundreds of our guests. The team have juggled our many requests, always with a smile and a can-do attitude. It has been an absolute pleasure working with F2T who worked tirelessly to ensure our objectives were not only met but exceeded.”
– Sponsorship Manager Blackmores
Rugby World Cup
2015 | 2019
The 2015 Rugby World Cup was an extraordinary opportunity for a trade incentive that Pernod Ricard Australia and New Zealand offered their industry trade partners.
A two week long tour to the vineyards and distilleries of G.H. Mumm, Chivas Regal, Glenlivet, Jameson's Whiskey and Beefeater. Pernod Ricard’s guests visited brands across France, Ireland and the United Kingdom for a first hand encounter with their production, soul and history.
With the timings strategically organised, each Pernod Ricard location was also host to a Rugby World Cup blockbuster match. The ingenuity of merging Pernod Ricard’s premium brands with world-class international rugby was a huge success for Pernod Ricard and an unforgettable way to thank their industry supporters.
F2T took on a full reservations, hospitality and chaperone role to aid the success of this unique luxury travel incentive. Arranging flights, accommodation, transfers, dinners, tours, tickets to games and the chaperoning of all on ground activities.
It was such a success, that F2T is hosting several different incentive groups across games in Japan for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
AREC
Gold Coast | 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2021
AREC is Australia’s largest annual Real Estate Conference with an attendance of more than 4000 delegates. The brainchild of John McGrath from McGrath Real Estate, it is a showcase of industry talent. Personal triumphs of the worlds foremost real estate identities are shared amongst a forum of visionary ideals and innovative thinking.
F2T is responsible for the registration and package fulfilment of this entire event. From the moment we press send on the AREC invitations we manage each request for accommodation packages, transfers and flights. Additionally, we manage the travel, transfers and accommodation for AREC’s international and domestic guest speakers.
To ensure all attendees receive the best possible customer care, we provide a dedicated phone and email hotline to ensure our F2T staff are always on hand. Details like this help us guarantee a successful event for AREC year after year.
“We have enlisted Free2Travel for the last 4 years to manage registration, VIP movements, accommodation blocks and large scale transfers for all of our events, and it has never been as smooth a process as it currently is. The team are dedicated, friendly and solution driven. They have also forged strong relationships with our delegates that provides a level of trust in what can be a stressful time when traveling to and from events. A positive, can do attitude and a big smile is what we’ve become accustomed to when having the team on site, in offices and on coaches. Our logistical success is in large part from the dedicated F2T team”
- General Manager of Total Real Estate Training and McGrath Events
Australian Grand Prix
G.H. Mumm Champagne | 2012 – 2013 - 2014 – 2015
St Hugo Wine | 2019
Fast and furious Formula One – Australia’s Grand Prix is a premier motor racing fixture on an international scale. It attracts a wide range of celebrity interest and ofcourse all the glamour and heat of prestige brands and sponsorship.
GH Mumm is the official Champagne of Formula One worldwide, so managing the travel and logistics of Pernod Ricard’s most senior global directors and their guests requires platinum organisation and service. At F2T, we take representing their brand as seriously as they do.
From personalised invitations, to chauffered airport transfers for more than 150 international and domestic VIPs; dinner reservations, personal shoppers, room drops and welcome packages. F2T delivers a 5 star luxury experience for the brands GH Mumm and St Hugos wine on behalf of Pernod Ricard.
