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Organization: Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (UK)
TMC partners: Clarity Travel Management, Diversity Travel, Key Travel and Selective Travel Management
contract: Starting April 1, 2024
detail:
The Southern University Purchasing Consortium has appointed Clarity Travel Management, Diversity Travel, Key Travel and Selective Travel Management in its latest travel management service framework to be implemented from April 1, 2024. All four were part of SUPC's previous framework, which was launched on August 19, 2019. Travel Park is the only agency that will not be reappointed. SUPC helps universities “buy smarter.” Our membership includes over 150 institutions and our combined purchasing spend exceeds £3 billion a year.Learn more
Organization: England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)
TMC partners: travel destination
contract: Contract performance completed (February 28, 2024)
detail: Following a competitive bidding process, the ECB appointed Travel Place to develop its corporate travel program and the world's leading international team for senior men's teams, senior women's teams, disabled teams, young cricketers and umpires to compete in the UK and around the world. Appointed to manage team travel. . The main focus areas are travel policy and sustainability. B Corp certified TMC specializes in travel management for the sports, entertainment and media sectors.
Organization: Co-op (Switzerland)
TMC partners: Kuoni Business Travel
contract: Extension (announced in February 2024)
detail: Swiss retailer Coop has renewed its contract with Kuoni Business Travel, TMC announced in February. Samuel Gander, project leader for Co-op's corporate development strategy project, said the partnership between the two companies was characterized by “professionalism, reliability and a customer-centric approach”. The TMC spokesperson added: “We look forward to further deepening our collaboration in the future and creating innovative solutions for the future of business travel.”
Organization: Canadian Olympic Committee
TMC partners: ATPI Sports Travel
contract: Extension (announced in February 2024)
detail: ATPI's Sports Travel division has been reappointed by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) as its official travel logistics services partner to coordinate travel for athletes, teams and staff for two years. “Team Canada” [Olympic] “The Games are an incredibly complex logistics operation, and we couldn't do this without the support of partners like ATPI,” said Jacqueline Ryan, Chief Brand and Commercial Officer, Canadian Olympic Committee. Ta. “This is going to be an exciting year and we look forward to working with them on the path to Paris 2024 and beyond.”
Organization: Warner Bros. Discovery
TMC partners: american express global business travel
contract: New Amex GBT registration in 2023
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Warner Bros. Discovery was named as a new customer by AmEx GBT CEO Paul Abbott during the company's third quarter earnings call in November 2023. Additionally, the company's 2023 earnings report, released on March 5, 2024, cited it as a “significant” success in new business. Warner Bros. Discovery ranked No. 31 in Business Travel News' Corporate Travel 100 report last year, with $60 million in U.S. booked air travel spending for 2022. Amex GBT's 2023 new business acquisition valued him at $3.5 billion, and his customer retention rate was 96. %, an increase of 1 percentage point over the previous year.
Organization: Fortescue
TMC partners: american express global business travel
contract: New Amex GBT registration in 2023
detail: Australian mining and energy company Fortescue was named as a new customer by Amex GBT CEO Paul Abbott during the company's third quarter results announcement in November 2023. Additionally, Fortescue was cited as a “significant” new business success in the company's 2023 earnings report, released on March 5, 2024. Amex GBT's new business acquisition in 2023 was valued at $3.5 billion, and customer retention rate was 96%, an increase of 1% year-on-year. In its 2023 report, Fortescue reported Scope 3 emissions from business travel at 30,000 tonnes of CO2e, which is only a fraction of its overall Scope 3 emissions of 267.6 million tonnes of CO2e.
Organization: Blackstone
TMC partners: american express global business travel
contract: New Amex GBT registration in 2023
detail: American wealth management company Blackstone was named as a new customer by American Express Global Business Travel CEO Paul Abbott during the company's third quarter earnings call in November 2023. Blackstone says it is the world's largest alternative asset manager, with $1 trillion in assets under management. In its annual report published in February 2023, the company noted that increased travel and entertainment spending was one of the main reasons for the increase in operating costs in 2022.
