Academy for Travel

Mini-MBA: Corporate Travel in Australia

A commercially rigorous, practitioner-focused professional programme explaining how corporate travel actually operates — economically, operationally and strategically — within the Australian and Asia-Pacific context. This programme is not theoretical business education. It is an applied commercial operating manual for the corporate travel ecosystem.

10 modules
13h 7m learning time
Workbook checkpoints
Certificate included
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What you'll gain

  • Explain the corporate travel value chain in plain English.
  • Distinguish managed from unmanaged travel.
  • Understand money flows and TMC revenue structures.
  • Recognise Australian structural realities.
  • Explain why distribution strategy affects control, service and data.
  • Place a programme on a maturity ladder.

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Course curriculum

Explore each module's learning outcomes and content depth below.

01

How the Corporate Travel Industry Operates

Foundation 57 min learning 29 min audio

System Economics and Structural Overview

Learning outcomes

  • Explain the corporate travel value chain in plain English.
  • Distinguish managed from unmanaged travel.
  • Understand money flows and TMC revenue structures.
  • Recognise Australian structural realities.
  • Explain why distribution strategy affects control, service and data.
  • Place a programme on a maturity ladder.

Content depth

4,226 word lecture
Practitioner workbook
02

Roles and Incentives of Key Participants

Foundation 1h 30m learning 32 min audio 27 min workbook checkpoints

Understanding Commercial Motivations and Tension

Learning outcomes

  • Identify the distinct motivations of key travel stakeholders and predict their behaviours.
  • Apply a structured template to analyse stakeholder incentives and predict their actions.
  • Assess the priorities and performance metrics driving corporate buyers' decisions.
  • Evaluate the sources of friction and leverage in corporate buyers' predictable behaviours.
  • Interpret the operational and economic priorities of Travel Management Companies (TMCs).

Content depth

4,599 word lecture
Practitioner workbook
03

How TMCs Actually Operate

Foundation 1h 25m learning 30 min audio 27 min workbook checkpoints

Operational Mechanics and Value Creation

Learning outcomes

  • Describe the TMC operating model in plain English
  • Explain why ‘changes’ drive cost
  • Diagnose a TMC using the six operational pillars
  • Spot margin compression risks in a pricing proposal

Content depth

4,256 word lecture
Practitioner workbook
04

Corporate Travel Procurement Strategy

Foundation 1h 22m learning 27 min audio 27 min workbook checkpoints

Airline RFP Mechanics and Contract Structures

Learning outcomes

  • Explain the core procurement terms used in corporate travel sourcing.
  • Assess whether a travel programme is ready for more advanced procurement commitments.
  • Identify what belongs in an airline RFP pack.
  • Compare share-of-wallet options without over-promising supplier commitments.
  • Spot risky or incomplete contract clauses.
  • Apply simple hotel and ground transport sourcing logic.

Content depth

4,170 word lecture
Practitioner workbook
05

Airline Corporate Sales & Revenue Management

Foundation 1h 29m learning 31 min audio 27 min workbook checkpoints

Yield Management, Discount Logic and Loyalty Economics

Learning outcomes

  • Understand the components and value of airline corporate deals
  • Identify risks and benefits in airline proposals
  • Evaluate the impact of discounts, rebates, and share targets
  • Assess the importance of distribution channels and servicing parity
  • Analyze data, reporting, and governance in airline contracts

Content depth

4,607 word lecture
Practitioner workbook
06

Technology & Distribution Transformation

Foundation 1h 23m learning 28 min audio 27 min workbook checkpoints

GDS, NDC, Direct Connect and AI Servicing Models

Learning outcomes

  • Explain why NDC readiness is more than access to airline content.
  • Distinguish content, servicing, data and economics risks in NDC adoption.
  • Identify where friction sits across airline, GDS, aggregator, OBT, TMC and corporate programme layers.
  • Choose sensible adoption pathways: adopt, pilot, restrict, or avoid.

Content depth

4,140 word lecture
Practitioner workbook
07

Risk, Duty of Care & Governance

Foundation 1h 14m learning 24 min audio 27 min workbook checkpoints

Legal Obligations, Crisis Response and Traveller Tracking

Learning outcomes

  • Translate duty of care into practical travel controls in the Australian WHS context.
  • Use escalation levels to decide when travel disruption becomes an incident or crisis.
  • Apply a crisis playbook to international unrest and advisory changes.
  • Explain disruption cost, ERM alignment, insurance, assistance and compliance in executive language.

Content depth

3,509 word lecture
Practitioner workbook
08

Sustainability & Carbon Accountability

Foundation 1h 23m learning 28 min audio 27 min workbook checkpoints

Scope 3 Emissions, SAF Economics and ESG Reporting

Learning outcomes

  • Explain why business travel usually sits in Scope 3 and why that matters for governance.
  • Recognise the difference between estimate, measure, manage, reduce and optimise maturity.
  • Describe SAF economics, offsets, in-sector reduction and credible claims language.
  • Apply cost, carbon and traveller/productivity trade-offs to supplier and policy decisions.

Content depth

4,198 word lecture
Practitioner workbook
09

Data, Analytics & Performance Measurement

Foundation 1h 13m learning 23 min audio 27 min workbook checkpoints

Spend Analytics, Savings Validation and Supplier Scorecards

Learning outcomes

  • Design supplier scorecards with a limited number of high-signal metrics.
  • Balance commercial, operational and traveller experience measures.
  • Use trends, weighting and governance consequences rather than isolated snapshots.
  • Translate travel analytics into actions, decisions and supplier accountability.

Content depth

3,469 word lecture
Practitioner workbook
10

The Future of Corporate Travel (2026–2035)

Foundation 1h 11m learning 36 min audio

AI Evolution, Platform Consolidation and Structural Foresight

Learning outcomes

  • Apply the Structural Shift Horizon framework to 2026-2035 decisions.
  • Explain the evolution of AI servicing from assist to automate, orchestrate and optimise.
  • Assess airline distribution restructuring, sustainability constraints and volatility scenarios.
  • Synthesize the full Mini-MBA into practical 90-day actions.

Content depth

5,313 word lecture
Practitioner workbook

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  • P Peter Harbison Co-Founder & Lead Faculty, Academy for Travel One of the most influential figures in global aviation strategy, Peter founded CAPA – Centre for Aviation, the world's leading provider of…
  • D Derek Sadubin Co-Founder & Director of Programmes, Academy for Travel A highly respected strategist with over 25 years at the forefront of aviation commercial development and corporate travel advisory.
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What's included

  • 12 months access from enrolment
  • Verified digital certificate
  • Sofia AI learning assistant
  • Audio lectures for on-the-go learning
  • Practitioner workbook for every module
  • 100+ master infographics across the Mini-MBA
  • Workbook checkpoints to reinforce learning
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How you'll learn

Lectures you can hear. Slides you can use. A workbook that makes them stick.

  1. 01

    Listen

    Studio-narrated lectures, built to be heard. Play them at your desk or on the way to a client — the argument does not depend on staring at a screen.

  2. 02

    See

    Master infographics that build in step with the narration. The slides on this page are from the course — open any of them full size.

  3. 03

    Use it

    A practitioner workbook and checkpoints in every module, then a verified certificate when you finish. Progress follows you from one screen to the next.

Your faculty

Taught by practitioners, not theorists.

The people teaching this course have held senior roles in travel. They teach what they have done.

Peter Harbison

Peter Harbison

Co-Founder & Lead Faculty, Academy for Travel

One of the most influential figures in global aviation strategy, Peter founded CAPA – Centre for Aviation, the world's leading provider of independent aviation market intelligence. A former IATA Commissioner and Chairman of Greener Airlines, he has shaped policy and commercial thinking across the industry for over three decades. As co-organiser of FACTS (Forum for Australian Corporate Travel Sellers), Peter brings unmatched insight into the dynamics between airlines, corporates, and intermediaries.

Aviation StrategyCorporate TravelIndustry EducationAirline NegotiationsSustainability
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Derek Sadubin

Derek Sadubin

Co-Founder & Director of Programmes, Academy for Travel

A highly respected strategist with over 25 years at the forefront of aviation commercial development and corporate travel advisory. Derek has held senior roles advising airlines, airports, and travel buyers on market positioning, route economics, and procurement strategy across Asia-Pacific. As co-organiser of FACTS, he plays a central role in connecting industry stakeholders and driving best practice.

Commercial StrategyAviation AnalysisCorporate TravelFACTS Event LeadershipSupplier Negotiations
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