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ITP eNEWSLETTER February 2016

Posted in: ITP eNEWSLETTER|February 10, 2016

Introducing New ITP Partners


Increased Coverage in South Asia
Aroma Travel is amongst the Top Five TMCs in Pakistan with broad national coverage and a strong focus on business travel.. Faisal Naeem, Director of Aroma Travel, said, “It is indeed a very exciting prospect to join hands with ITP. It provides Aroma Travel Service with a global affiliation and a very strong support network. Being part of a global travel network makes it easier for Aroma Group to service its customers anywhere in the world. We look forward to having a long term and meaningful relationship with ITP and its partners”.



Expansion in Eastern Europe
	ITP – International Travel Partnership, is very pleased to announce the recent appointment of ETN Slovakia as ITP’s travel partner in Slovakia. ETN Slovakia is an independent Travel Management Company (TMC) established in 1994. Decades of experience, data-driven approach and innovative technologies are the main reasons why we are a preferred partner for corporate customers seeking travel management provider with an emphasis on stability and business excellence


ITP Partners’ Induction Training Seminar
ITP HQ Eton, 28-29 January 2016 The programme is designed to ensure that new and current ITP partners are fully aware of ITP’s range of features and benefits and derive maximum value from their partnership with from joining the network. It is also suitable for new employees with established ITP partners or simply those who would like to ‘refresh’ their knowledge and update themselves on recent developments. The comprehensive agenda was intended to enable participants to have a full understanding of ITP’s features and benefits to maximise value of partnership and in turn optimise travel management services and value to their corporate clients. The Participants (left to right): Milivoje Jocic (ETN Slovakia – ITP Slovakia), Charlotte Kyed (Top Rejser – ITP Denmark), Ludovit Gernic (ETN Slovakia – ITP Slovakia) ,Lotte Birkegaard Hansen (Top Rejser – ITP Denmark), Ladislav Toth (ETN Slovakia – ITP Slovakia) Amer Al-Najjar (Al Jaber Travel – ITP UAE), Mahmoud Wahid (Al Jaber Travel – ITP UAE)

News from ITP Partners…


ITP Ireland – J.Barter Travel Awarded
J. Barter Travel held off competition from a strong field of finalists to land the prestigious Cork “Business of the Year” * award at the Cork Business Association’s annual gala dinner on Jan 23, 2016. We earned the award while celebrating an incredible 150 years in business. With a staff of professionals that has traveled to over 100 countries around the world, J.Barter continues to provide continuous training to all their travel consultants to further enhance their knowledge and professionalism in the travel industry. The award will not only continue to motivate the customer service staff to be extremely responsive, but it will also enhance the efforts of the J.Barter team to continue providing positive travel experiences and high quality service to all of their customers in and around Cork. *Medium Business Category award winner as determined by the Cork Business Association (CBA). The Cork Business of the Year Awards are sponsored by O’Callaghan Properties and the Irish Examiner.



ITP Latvia – Averoja/Kolumbs – Official Travel Partner
	In 2016 the men’s world floorball championship will take place in Riga, Latvia. ITP Latvia – Averoja/Kolumbs is the official partner for all travel & accommodation requests. For further information about this event, please contact with: Evija Ravina ITP Latvia – Averoja/Kolumbs Evija@kolumbs.lv


ITP India – Thomas Cook – Key Updates
‘Thomas Cook Mini’, a strategic deployment of small technology assisted outlets was launched to aggressively harness the growth potential emerging from India’s Tier III markets. The outlets have been designed optimising space and will be manned by a small team, equipped with technology via mobile devices/tablets for seamless online connectivity to central systems, thus facilitating quick customer transactions. This unique model delivers on a two pronged strategy of efficiencies of quick market penetration and scale-up. Thomas Cook also launched a new application: To tap into India’s m-commerce growth opportunity, the Company launched India’s first end-to-end Holiday-App, India’s first mobile app that allows customers to search, select and buy their Holidays instantly; together with foreign exchange, visas and insurance and backed by online inventory and seamless transactions.

ITP Preferred Suppliers Highlights



Etihad Airways
	New First Class Lounge in Abu Dhabi In May, your First Class customers will be able to enjoy a spectacular new First Class Lounge at Abu Dhabi International Airport’s Terminal 3. The new lounge will be a cornerstone of the premium airport experience that Etihad want to deliver.


Air Transport World Airline of the Year 2016
Etihad Airways has won the Airline of the Year award from the prestigious US-based industry publication Air Transport World (ATW). It is a great honour to be selected by ATW’s editorial board and we are very proud of this achievement.


2016 ITP Preferred Hotel Programme
Shangri-La Hotel Group We are delighted to announce that Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts are participating in the 2016 ITP Preferred Hotel Programme. The Shangri-La story began in 1971 with their first deluxe hotel in Singapore. The name Shangri-La encapsulates the serenity and service for which their hotels and resorts are renowned worldwide. Today, Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group with over 90 hotels and resorts throughout Asia Pacific, North America, the Middle East, and Europe. The Shangri-La Group has a room inventory of over 38,000 with new hotels under development In Mainland China, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Myanmar, Philippines, Qatar and Sri Lanka. Experience Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts’ hallmark hospitality. ITP negotiated rates at selected Shangri-La hotels are available for bookings via the local ITP partners’ sales consultants and online.