ITP – International Travel Partnership, one of the world’s fastest-growing travel management consortiums, is very pleased to announce the recent appointment of travel agencies “Kolumbs” and “Averoja” as ITP’s travel partner in Latvia.
“Kolumbs” and “Averoja”, after acquisition in 2013, is now the leading independent agent in Latvia with an experienced team, a broad range of services and a strong focus on Corporate Travel Management.
Ian Epps, Director of Partnership Relations at ITP, said “ITP is very pleased to be working with agents of “Kolumbs” and “Averoja” profile and quality. They will only add to the ITP value proposition in Eastern Europe and beyond and we in turn look forward to supporting them with their existing and prospective clients”.
Kitija Reinfelde, Director of “Kolumbs” and “Averoja”, said, “By combining our know-how and experience with ITP expertise and various specialized travel products, we are now able to provide our clients with even higher service quality, more extensive offers and specific solutions.”
About ITP – International Travel Partnership
ITP is one of the world’s fastest growing networked alliances of independent travel management companies with a strong portfolio of multinational corporate clients. It is a consortium in which most travel management companies are locally owned and managed and each is a market leader. Each ITP partner is able to combine the care and attentive service required on a local basis with a full travel management service for multinational clients.
About travel agencies “Kolumbs” and “Averoja”
“Averoja” was established in 1996 and “Kolumbs” in 1998. Both companies have professional corporate travel departments with high-quality service standards and solid basis of business clientele. “Averoja” specialises in governmental institutions, while “Kolumbs” focuses mainly on large commercial companies, international and national. Besides that, “Averoja” is running an incoming department, and “Kolumbs” has leisure department, with 3 branch offices (two of them located in shopping centres, with long opening hours that is one of the company’s competitive advantages). Moreover, “Kolumbs” is the owner of first and one of the leading online flight booking sites. Both companies have status of IATA agents, are members of the Association of Latvian Travel Agents, and are registered in Latvian travel agency and tour operator databases, as having an insurance policy, securing the deposit paid by the customer.
For more information please contact:
ITP – International Travel Partnership Ltd.
Ian Epps
Director of Partnership Relations
E-mail: ian@itptravel.net
Phone: +44 1753 832033
Travel Agency Kolumbs & Averoja
Kitija Reinfelde
Director
E-mail: kitija@kolumbs.lv
Phone: +371 67212121