International Expansion
T
ravel Leaders has announced a
major international expansion
for the organization. Dozens of
major travel agencies from Europe,
Latin America, the Middle East and
Asia have become new members of the
network. Many of these new international
partners are the largest travel agency in
their respective countries. This expansion
quickly transforms Travel Leaders into
a robust international player in the
managed travel sector.
Combined, the network now has agency
representation in over 60 countries. The
increased international coverage allows
Travel Leaders to service companies with
travel volume in the $100 million range
that need continuity of service as their
employees travel around the globe. “The
addition of this group of international
agencies enables Travel Leaders to service
multi-national travel fulfillment contracts
backed by one of the largest networks
in the world. I’m glad to be working with
this robust team of top-level professional
travel agencies and will be adding more
regional coverage to our organization
over the coming year,” said Angeles
Yugdar, SVP of International Markets
for Travel Leaders, who is leading the
expansion efforts and overseeing the new
regional team members.
Other global travel management
companies tend to organize themselves
with a main headquarters where all of
the decisions and strategy are also based.
Regional partner markets are not as
involved in business decisions. In contrast,
Travel Leaders has decentralized key
positions from our main headquarters.
Sales directors are deployed in every
region and this configuration allows the
support for a global organization while
giving local partners the flexibility to
create regional opportunities. Our main
office and regional teams operate very
differently from other TMC’s. We’ve
combined coverage and flexibility in a
way that no other travel management
company can offer.
“We are currently signing an exclusive
Travel Leaders partner in key countries
around the globe where our customers
need us to be. We are engaging partners
who can offer a full portfolio of corporate,
leisure and events services and are
recognized in their country and by their
peers as service-oriented, successful
agencies,” said Roger E. Block, CTC,
president of Travel Leaders Network.
Clients will be serviced by local agencies
who are leaders in their markets providing
premium corporate travel services that are
supported by our vast array of technology
solutions. Members will be able to support
both international accounts and local
customers through Travel Leaders’ end-to-
end technology suite that provides client
management, online trip authorization,
data consolidation and analytics, meetings
technology and customer reporting tools.
Our new international member
agencies will also have access to Travel
Leaders’ comprehensive resources. These
include the company’s extensive hotel
program, including its highly-curated
SELECT Hotels & Resorts collection,
its network of international destination
companies and access to education and
training resources.
Compared to other travel management
companies with aging technology
solutions, our suite of technology tools is
very agile and modern. Travel Leaders
has continued to increase its distance
from other competitors by adding to its
industry-leading products and services like:
∙ ∙ CARE, an innovative 3rd party Duty
of Care solution to help corporations
keep their business travelers secure
and informed around the globe;
∙ ∙ Business Travel Insights,
which uses streams of travel data
to create easy-to-understand, quick
to action, personalized dashboards
for travel managers and business
executives; and
∙ ∙ Travel Leaders has partnered
with YES to create a unique and
comprehensive Meetings & Events
offering in order to support our clients.
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