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Mega US TMC joins Advantage
Advantage Travel Centres has signed up US business travel giant Tzell Travel Group.
The independent agent consortium bagged the fourth largest travel management company in the US following the group’s opening of its new UK operation based in Holborn.
Tzell UK focuses on medical repatriation for corporates and insurance companies and arranging VIP travel for celebrities. The agency has four staff and is headed by former board director at Abercrombie & Kent Barry Whittaker.
Said Whittaker: “Being an Advantage Business Travel member gives us access to exclusive market leading rates and the support of like-minded independents. Combining the resources of the Tzell Travel Group, and UK Membership of Advantage, opens up enormous opportunities to us and our clients in the UK.â€
Advantage director of business travel Norman Gage added: “Tzell is a huge player in the US corporate travel scene and has significant international growth plans. Obviously, we are delighted that the business sees Advantage as a playing a vital part in that expansion.â€
By Dinah Hatch
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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