Fishburners Brisbane / Flight Centre Data Hackathon

Fishburners is hosting the first Data Hackathon with Flight Centre here in Brisbane! Up for grabs for the winning team is $10k in prize money and all teams will have a chance at future collaboration with Flight Centre for the right idea.So, who should attend this event? We’re looking for a mix of business people, marketers, developers, designers and people who can generally make stuff happen.You’ll be provided with test endpoints to develop against and access to agents and Flight Centre technical staff through the weekend.The hackathon will take place in Fishburners new Brisbane office located right in the heart of Queen St Mall and will kick off on Friday 24th March at 6pm.The Challenge:How can Flight Centre assist agents in delivering further improved travel advice through data availability?Flight Centre has a well-developed process for providing premium travel advice using 6,000 experienced retail travel agents across Australia.During this process, agents combine their expertise with data and references to develop a high-quality experience for their customer.We’re looking for teams ready to find ways of using the purchase history of the customer, plus any data sources they can find and use responsibly, to further equip agents with useful insights to share with customers while planning their travel. The teams solutions will be evaluated by a judging panel including Flight Centre management.     Be sure to reserve your interest for this event by hitting the RSVP buttons below and providing your individual or team details. We’ll send all succesful applications an email with more details in the lead up to the event.