PORTMAN TRAVEL, one of the UK's leading travel management
companies, is pleased to announce that Portman Travel Glasgow was
presented with 'Best UK Business Travel Agent' at the annual SPAA
(Scottish Passenger Agents' Association) Awards.
The 19th SPAA Awards were held on 3 November 2011 at
Glasgow's Thistle Hotel with BBC presenter Bryan Burnett overseeing
proceedings before an audience of 460 representatives from the
Scottish travel sector.
Travel industry suppliers were asked to vote for the best UK
Business Travel Agent office. The voters were asked to consider
staff professionalism, support given to suppliers and the
appearance of the nominees' premises.
With travel management offices in Glasgow, Aberdeen and
Edinburgh, a specialist services office in East Kilbride, in
addition to a central administration centre in Motherwell, Portman
Travel is well represented in Scotland. There are around one
hundred and fifty Portman employees in Scotland, with the award
winning team of fourteen dedicated, business travel professionals
based at Glasgow's West Campbell Street.
Portman Travel's, Scotland-based, Senior Vice President
Operations John Dick said: "I am delighted for the Portman
Glasgow office staff whose work with suppliers has been recognised
with this award. Our commitment to Scotland and our clients based
here is stronger than ever."
"At Portman Travel we are proud of our Scottish roots as
the company originated in Scotland more than fifty years ago as
Motherwell Bridge. We will continue to build on our success,
as recognised by SPAA."
Portman Travel has recently expanded its Scottish team with the
launch of Portman Club, a newly formed team of experts based in
East Kilbride specialising in travel services for companies with
smaller travel budgets. The company's other specialist units:
Portman24 - round the clock care; Portman Medical - Portman's
repatriation service for clients taken ill abroad; Executive Events
- for conferences or team building activity for senior management
and Executive Leisure - Portman's bespoke holiday travel service
are also all based in East Kilbride.
www.portmantravel.com
ENDS
Portman Travel
Portman Travel was founded in 1959 and is one of the UK's
longest-established travel management companies. The company
is headed up by Chief Executive Officer, Michael Hare, who is also
currently Chairman of the Guild of Travel Management Companies
(GTMC). Portman Travel HQ is located at Chertsey, Surrey with
fourteen other UK locations, plus numerous client implants. In
addition, Portman has two wholly owned international operations -
in Tralee, Ireland and in Amsterdam.
Portman Travel is a founding shareholder of RADIUS, the
global network for corporate travel management companies, which has
an annual sales volume of USD $19 billion.
Portman Travel was the only travel management company named
in the Sunday Times Top Track 250 study of the UK's mid market
privately owned companies, published 16 October 2011.
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