Our sponsors BUSINESS TRAVEL AWARDS 2017
in 1995, there has been a revolution in low- cost travel that is changing the way we do business, truly enabling Europe to be your office. We fly to more primary airports on the top 100 European routes than any other carrier, our on-time performance is one of the best in the industry – and we can save your company an average of 45 per cent on our top 50 business routes. We do this all while delivering flexible products and a comfortable, efficient experience backed by award-winning service.
easyjet.com
EDWARDIAN HOTELS LONDON Edwardian Hotels London has luxury five- and four-star hotels in iconic locations in central London, Manchester and Heathrow, each with its own distinctive personality and atmosphere. When guests, whether on business or leisure, spend time with us they are promised an exceptional experience with our UK hotel brands – whether time is of the essence, or time is delightfully relaxed. Edwardian Hotels London owns and manages the Radisson Blu Edwardian London hotels (11 properties) and The May Fair Hotel.
edwardian.com
FLYBE Flybe is once again delighted to be a sponsor of the Business Travel Awards 2017. As Europe’s largest regional carrier, Flybe operates over 200 routes with more UK domestic services than any other airline. High-frequency routes, an ongoing expansion programme from regional airports and a top spot in the 2015 CAA punctuality statistics report is why over 40 per cent of Flybe’s passengers travel for business-related purposes. Flybe is also far more than just a point-to-point airline, offering seamless global connectivity with nine codeshare and a further 15 interline partners.
flybe.com
GROUNDSCOPE Groundscope is a global booking service that lets business travellers choose from over 600 local taxi companies across the world to book the safest, most reliable and cost-
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effective option for their trip. Groundscope brings together a powerful online booking platform, available on web, mobile, GDS and proprietary OBTs, which provides rigorously- vetted ground transport partners supported by Groundscope’s experienced staff offering 24/7 customer support. Groundscope’s mission is to manage, streamline and simplify the fragmented ground transportation landscape for clients, and offer a seal of quality that guarantees a licensed, insured, competitively priced and high-quality service in every taxi booked.
groundscope.co.uk
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL Marriott International is a leading global hospitality company with more than 4,500 properties in 87 countries and territories. The Marriott portfolio includes a diverse range of brands, including Bulgari, Edition, Ritz- Carlton, JW Marriott, Marriott Hotels and Resorts, Renaissance Hotels, Courtyard by Marriott and Marriott Executive Apartments.
marriott.co.uk
MELIÁ HOTELS INTERNATIONAL Founded in 1956 in Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Meliá Hotels International is one of the largest hotel companies worldwide, and the leader within the Spanish market, with more than 370 hotels throughout more than 40 countries and four continents under the brands: Gran Meliá, Meliá Hotels and Resorts, Paradisus Resorts, ME by Meliá, Innside by Meliá, Tryp by Wyndham and Sol Hotels. The strategic focus on international growth has allowed Meliá Hotels International to be the first Spanish hotel company with a presence in key markets, such as China, the Arabian Gulf and the US, as well as maintaining its leadership in traditional markets such as Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.
meliahotelsinternational.com/en
PORTMAN CLARITY Portman Clarity is the seventh largest TMC in the UK employing more than 700 people across the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands with a turnover in excess of £400m. It was
created by the merger of Portman and Clarity in November 2016. Portman Clarity serves customers across a wide range of sectors, including corporate, public sector, retail, sport, charity and offshore. Its range of products includes the award-winning Portman One and the market leading Go2 suite of software. The business is owned by Mawasem Travel and Tourism, the UK arm of the Saudi-based Al-Tayyar Group.
portmantravel.com
SIXT RENT A CAR Sixt Rent A Car is a leading international provider of high-quality mobility services for business and corporate customers as well as private travelers. Its premium hire car services are accessible via a global car rental fleet at more than 4,000 locations across more than 100 countries. Over 85 locations can be found in the UK alone. It maintains alliances with famous names in the hotel industry such as Hilton Hotels and Marriott, leading airlines like Condor and Virgin America, and numerous prominent service providers in the tourism sector. The company is family owned in the fourth generation and offer more than 100 years experience.
sixt.co.uk
TRAVELPORT Travelport is a Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment, mobile and other solutions for the global travel and tourism industry, with a presence in approximately 180 countries and with over 3,700 employees. Travelport facilitates travel commerce by connecting the world’s leading travel providers with online and offline travel buyers in a proprietary business-to- business travel marketplace. Travelport has a leadership position in airline merchandising, hotel content and rate distribution, mobile travel commerce and a pioneering business- to-business payment solution. Travelport also facilitates technology services, through which it provides critical IT services to airlines, enabling them to focus on their core business competencies and reduce costs.
travelport.com
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