Sponsored by Fifo Capital
This award recognises a business that has shown resilience, adaptability and leadership in the last year.
This year’s Smart50 Resilience Award winner is Untitled Group, Australia’s largest independent music and events promoter. Sponsored by Fifo Capital.
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When international travel halted in March 2020, 100% Aussie-owned Inspiring Vacations’ turnover hit $0 in four weeks. It had already sent 10,000 customers overseas but suddenly faced another 12,000 forward passengers needing to be cancelled.
Exhaustive customer repatriation efforts meant that none of its customers were left stranded. Alongside creating a new product line — sourced and contracted differently to other domestic tours in the market — Inspiring Vacations has continued to retain and grow new customers.
From humble nightclub event beginnings between friends in Melbourne, Australia, Untitled Group has evolved to become Australia’s largest independent music and event promoters. The company has developed and grown esteemed event brands, and fostered the career of domestic and international touring artists alike from debut tours all the way to headline arena shows.
During the pandemic, Untitled Group pivoted and diversified outside of music including launching a marketing agency and venture capital arm which has invested in Australian startups Mr Yum, The Daily Aus, CHARM, Tixel, 20v, Shouta, Muso and Rently.
