Tag: travel management companies

  • News: Hotelrez announced as latest GTMC partner

    The GTMC, the UK’s leading professional industry body representing travel management companies, has welcomed global hotel representation company HotelREZ as a partner.  The corporate provides hotel GDS distribution and internet distribution, revenue, sales and marketing support to over 1,000 independent hotels and small groups of hotels.

    GTMC chief executive Paul Wait said: “The GTMC is growing in strength both with an expanding membership and with its partnerships with key, quality industry suppliers.  HotelREZ has the advantage of being our only hotel representation partner, giving the corporate unique access to a convincing group of travel management companies with formidable buying power.”

    HotelREZ executive director Daniel Simmons said:  “HotelREZ, as an expanding hotel representation company, is delighted to be an official partner of the UK’s leading professional body for travel management companies, The Guild of Travel Management Companies. This relationship outlines our commitment to the company travel industry and our goal is to constantly improve the experience and repair offered to the agents and travelers.”

    The GTMC now has thirty partners drawn from a various range of suppliers including airlines, hotel companies, rail and car rental companies, technology companies and some of ancillary service providers.

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  • News: GTMC new member: Uniglobe top flight travel

    The GTMC has announced that Uniglobe member Top Flight Travel has become the thirty – eighth member of the organisation.  The announcement comes only days after Meon Valley Business Travel signed up for membership to the UK’s leading professional industry body representing travel management companies.

    Top Flight Travel was incorporated in August 1992 and is Uniglobe’s largest affiliate within Europe. The corporate has its headquarters in Reading, Berkshire and in addition has an office in London and employs over 60 members of staff.

    Uniglobe Top Flight Travel’s founder and chief executive Barry Baty said: ” On this rapidly changing industry it’s ever important to align oneself and share information with the simplest inside the business and membership of the GTMC will afford us that – so we’re delighted to become members and hope to make a favorable contribution to the organisation. The GTMC membership clearly stands and speaks because the voice of the industry.”

    GTMC chief executive Paul Wait said:  “We warmly welcome Uniglobe Top Flight Travel to the GTMC and it’s very encouraging that during these times of post recession and consolidation throughout the TMC community we’re attracting new members. The advantages of membership are far reaching and include unrivalled opportunity to determine networks, and exchange views and experiences, with peers, suppliers and key industry stakeholders including attendance on the ultimate networking experience the GTMC overseas conference, which this year happens later this month in Barcelona.”

  • Hotelrez announced as latest GTMC partner

    The GTMC, the UK’s leading professional industry body representing travel management companies, has welcomed global hotel representation company HotelREZ as a partner.  The corporate provides hotel GDS distribution and internet distribution, revenue, sales and marketing support to over 1,000 independent hotels and small groups of hotels.

    GTMC chief executive Paul Wait said: “The GTMC is growing in strength both with an expanding membership and with its partnerships with key, quality industry suppliers.  HotelREZ has the advantage of being our only hotel representation partner, giving the corporate unique access to a strong group of travel management companies with formidable buying power.”

    HotelREZ executive director Daniel Simmons said:  “HotelREZ, as an expanding hotel representation company, is delighted to be an official partner of the UK’s leading professional body for travel management companies, The Guild of Travel Management Companies. This relationship outlines our commitment to the company travel industry and our goal is to constantly improve the experience and repair offered to the agents and travelers.”

    The GTMC now has thirty partners drawn from a various range of suppliers including airlines, hotel companies, rail and car rental companies, technology companies and several ancillary service providers.

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  • News: Gray Dawes keeps Travelport as technology provider

    Travelport, the business services provider to the worldwide travel industry, has today announced a brand new multi-year agreement with Gray Dawes, a number one travel and expense management company, and member of the Guild of Travel Management Companies (GTMC), inside the Uk. Apart from this renewal, Gray Dawes also intends to integrate Travelport Universal Desktop into its roadmap. 

    “We thought hard and long about what we wanted from our travel technology provider and decided that Travelport’s product suite and rich content fitted perfectly with our requirements and growth strategy,” said Suzanne Cockburn, CEO of Gray Dawes. “We’re very excited to be moving to Travelport technology so that it will deliver increased efficiency to our business and enable us to present an excellent better service for our clients.”

    “We are delighted to be continuing our strong working relationship with Gray Dawes. Travel Management Companies must put money into leading point-of-sale solutions, and grey Dawes is a brilliant example of a forward-looking business,” said Simon Ferguson, Regional Director UK & Ireland, Travelport. “With their excellent service model and support infrastructure paired with our technology, content and support, we glance forward to continuing our strong relationship going forward.”