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6th Feb 2020

The Business Travel Association

We are delighted to announce our membership of The Business Travel Association (BTA) via our affiliation with the Focus Travel Partnership. 

The BTA is the UK’s representative association and authority on business travel, working with key industry stakeholders and industry partners to raise the profile of the business travel sector and ensure our voice is heard by government; lobbying on all issues that impact our industry and the business traveller, including taxation, infrastructure, industry affairs, sustainability, regulation and legislation.

The Focus Travel Partnership is the leading business travel consortium for independent travel management companies (TMC): a membership organisation offering centrally negotiated and distributed air fares, including NDC* fares, industry supplier commercial deals and access to cutting-edge technology solutions.

*IATA’s NDC (New Distribution Capability) enables the travel industry to transform the way air products are retailed to corporations, leisure and business travellers, by addressing the industry’s current distribution limitations: product differentiation and time-to-market, access to full and rich air content and finally, transparent shopping experience – all of which can be accessed directly via our online booking tool.

What does this mean for you, our corporate client?

There are many ways in which our corporate clients and travellers will benefit. To compliment the personalised and tailored service only a true independent travel management company can deliver, the partnership’s combined £1-billion-plus purchasing power ensures you have direct access to the lowest fares from most of the world’s leading airlines.

In addition, all Focus members have access to the most competitive hotel and car hire rates and exceptional high-level supplier relationships.

For further information please contact our corporate travel advisers on 0191 285 0346 or email business@travelb.co.uk.