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SALES: £94m GRAY DAWES TRAVEL


27 Middleborough, Colchester CO1 1RA 0844 855 3700 gdg.travel


sales@gdg.travel Twitter: @GrayDawesGroup


UK business travel gross sales 2016 £94m


Key personnel Suzanne Horner Chief executive officer Allison Knight Head of operations David Chappell Head of technology Gavin Sanderson Head of account management


Main industry sectors of clients Finance, fashion, energy, construction and professional sport.


Services offered in addition to business travel Conferences, venue finding, incentive travel, expense management, trade conference accommodation, sports and luxury leisure.


Number of transactions in 2016 290,000 Air 50% • Hotel 27% • Rail 17% Car 2% • MICE 2% • Other 2%


Transactions handled online 55%


Locations and networks Colchester, London, Leamington Spa, Cambridge, Amersham and Stoneleigh. Radius, Advantage, GTMC.


UK full-time equivalent staff 147 Average length of service 13 years Average industry experience 16 years


Technology offering Travelport. GDBookonline (Traveldoo), TravelHub (SABS), expense management (Traveldoo), management reporting (PowerBI)


Biggest innovation in 2016 Became a member of the Radius Travel Network which has further enhanced the company’s ability to deliver truly global travel management solutions.


TMC description Gray Dawes is a fiercely independent business with a firm focus on combining the highest levels of service with cutting-edge technology. The acquisition of Travel Management Group and Cambridge Business Travel has helped enhance its service offering in luxury leisure and sports travel and widened the company’s UK geographic presence.


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SALES: £86.4m


6th floor, Armstrong House, 38 Market Square, Uxbridge UB8 1NG • 01895 450701 businesstraveldirect.co.uk sales@businesstraveldirect.co.uk Twitter: @biztraveldirect.co.uk


BUSINESS TRAVEL DIRECT


UK business travel gross sales 2016 £86,398,000


New business 2016 £5.5m


Key personnel Julie Oliver Managing director Peter Reglar Chief executive officer Vanessa Bailey Partnership director Andy Pay Operations director Adrian Williams Partnerships and marketing director


Main industry sectors of clients SMEs to FTSE 250 companies, marine, services, security, multinationals, education and medical.


Services offered in addition to business travel Marine, consultancy, conference and event, venue finding, online hotel RFP management, risk management, planning, VIP group travel and corporate leisure.


Number of transactions in 2016 285,000 Air 48% • Hotel 37% • Rail 10% Car 2% • MICE 3%


Transactions handled online 41%


Locations and networks Uxbridge, Oxford, Fareham and London. Advantage Corporate Premium, GTMC, ITM, WIN, ATG.


UK full-time equivalent staff 122 Average length of service 12 years Average industry experience 16 years


Technology offering Sabre, Amadeus, Travelport. Concur Travel, Mid Office Trip Link and Risk Manager; SABS Corporate, Cytric, Smart Booker portal; Smart Buyer hotel RFP and venue and events tool (ABC), Conferma, Trainline, Evolvi, Ibank, Smart Insights analytics (in-house), TripBam and Fairfly.


Biggest innovation in 2016 Integrating Fairfly airline rate drop alert and fare auditing into its work flow and standard client offering.


TMC description Business Travel Direct is “an innovative and pioneering travel management and travel services company”. It aims to offer exceptional customer service and bespoke configurations, from travel to expense management, open bookings to complex policy.


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7th floor, 111 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 2HY 0333 444 1284 cti.co.uk


sales@cti.co.uk Twitter:@_BusinessTravel


UK business travel gross sales 2016 £75,235,000


New business 2016 £8.1m


Key personnel Clive Wratten Chief executive officer Vicky Godliman Finance director Melanie Quinn Commercial director Matthew Adderley Head of sales and client management Matt Lambert Operations director


Main industry sectors of clients Telecoms, manufacturing, retail, fashion, IT, legal, engineering, financial services and FTSE 250.


Services offered in addition to business travel Meetings and events, group travel, air delay refund, female business traveller safety, hotel RFP management and airline loyalty management.


Number of transactions in 2016 413,327 Air 30% • Hotel 46% • Rail 20% Car 2% • MICE 1% • Other 1%


Transactions handled online 21%


Locations and networks Manchester, Liverpool, Hull, London, Bristol and Leeds. TWIN alliance (56 countries). GTMC and TravelSavers.


UK full-time equivalent staff 117 Average length of service 5.9 years Average industry experience 16 years


Technology offering Sabre. Online booking and mobile app (Concur), 3D Analytix MI (Travelogix), expense management (Concur Expense), online rail booking (Evolvi) and Traveller Tracking.


Biggest innovation in 2016 CTI launched an air disruption compensation service which has identified over £500k of potential refunds.


TMC description CTI is one of only three Concur Preferred Partners in the UK. CTI believes in forming partnerships between clients and suppliers to deliver real value to their travel programme.


SALES: £75.2m


Trusted Travel Partner


92 BBT May/June 2017


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