Family-run TMC joins Focus Travel Partnership
Family-run travel management company, Traveleads, has joined business consortium Focus Travel Partnership.
Traveleads has over 100 staff across offices in Leeds, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Southampton.
It arranges travel for corporate clients including those working in sports, media and production, offshore and marine, and schools.
Jeff Claiden, partnerships director of Traveleads, said: "Under the Focus Travel Partnership, not only are we looking forward to access to better deals, but we will be making sure our voice is heard across the business travel sector."
Abby Penston, MD of Focus Travel Partnership, said: "Traveleads are an engaging and progressive company and have expressed a keen interest to be an active member of Focus Travel Partnership so we look forward to including their proactive approach into the structure of the organisation.
"They bring a wealth of experience of different business travel sectors and their knowledge and aspirations for this sector is inspirational. We very much look forward to working with them and collaborating with them to ensure the SME TMC voice is heard effectively."
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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