Bangkok--29 Oct--eTurboNews Access More through the Power of Partnerships By John Henry, Senior Vice President Global Development, UNIGLOBE Travel International Since UNIGLOBE Travel introduced its international affiliation program in the spring of 2006, I have logged more time in the air than most of my fellow passengers-and possibly more time than some of the pilots flying my aircraft. In the past year, we have enlisted business travel agencies in Dubai, France, Malaysia, Venezuela, Philippines and Peru. We are now in talks with top agencies/TMCs in Mexico, Brazil, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. As the pages of my passport will attest, I have been globetrotting at a furious pace. In fact, wherever a UNIGLOBE Travel franchise network does not already exist, my team and I are seeking serious agencies who want to leverage their local success to grow their corporate business far beyond their own borders. This is what our Global Partnership Program (GPP) offers, an international presence built on our well-recognized brand. We are giving the best, most successful independent agency owners in previously untapped regions access to our UNIGLOBE Travel network without having to franchise themselves. UNIGLOBE Travel is the leading global travel management system specializing in the mid-sized corporate market with more than 700 locations covering the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, and annual system-wide sales of over $2.2 billion. But what makes a Global Partnership affiliation with us so attractive is not just the name recognition that says 'we're global' and our buying power. It is the enduring opportunity for growth in a competitive, ever-expanding global marketplace. Our Global Partners can promote, share and sell their travel products to other UNIGLOBE Travel agencies. They can access booking and management tools that are faster and far more sophisticated than their current technology. They can use our UNIGLOBE Hotel Program, which provides a listing of 14,000 hotels worldwide. Backed by our resources and expertise, these agencies are perfectly positioned to win lucrative new corporate accounts, particularly at government and multinational levels. Agencies that are serious about business travel partnerships are a good fit for our program, and I am talking to more of them all the time. They are impressed by our reputation, our worldwide presence, our profitability and our years of experience. But what stays with them is our "small-company" feel, and the fact that we are driven by our customer service culture. You call us, we respond. You partner with us, we partner with you. None of our competitors, and certainly no other corporate travel entity, offers an equivalent to UNIGLOBE Travel's Global Partner affiliation program. No one else does what we do and I have the frequent flyer miles to prove it. To learn more, please contact me at [email protected]