Flight Centre Travel Group opened its first academic travel office in Queensland, Australia in 2002. This was closely followed with the acquisition of Kistend Travel in 2003. Kistend Travel was a successful travel business that originated in Hong Kong and developed into a prominent academic travel provider, based out of Melbourne. Kistend re-branded to Campus Travel in 2004. Since then, Campus Travel's growth has seen the brand develop into the leading travel service provider for the academic, research and training sectors in Australia and the US. Campus Travel's team of Consultants and Account Managers provide specialised travel service that is supported by innovative start-to-end travel technologies.