FCm Travel Solutions Launches In Latin America
FCm Travel Solutions Launches In Latin America
FCm Travel
Solutions has taken another significant step forward
in
developing its global reach by selecting Flytour not
only as its partner
in Brazil, but also to manage its new
Latin America region.
The agreement means that FCm Travel
Solutions has developed a presence on
all continents
around the globe in little over one year since its
launch.
It also completes the global corporate travel
specialist's move into the
fast-growing BRIC (Brazil,
Russia, India and China) countries.
Founded in 1974 by
current president and owner Eloi D'Avila de
Oliveira,
Flytour is the largest ticket issuer in Latin
America with sales in excess
of US$500 million, of which
US$220 million is generated by corporate
travel.
With
headquarters in Sao Paolo, the company has over 100
offices
throughout Brazil. Its corporate travel division
is known in the
marketplace for focusing on service
excellence, state of the art
technology, strong supplier
relationships and a commitment to generating
savings for
clients.
Flytour Business Travel has been particularly
progressive in terms of
online booking tools including
the development of its own site
Flytour.com, which is
customised to meet each clients travel
policy
requirements.
The travel management company's
client list includes 3M, Areva, Avon,
Braskem, Canon,
Credit Suisse, Ericsson, and Givaudan. Flytour
Business
Travel also has some quite large onsite client
locations including
Caterpillar, Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu, Scania and Wal Mart Brazil.
On behalf of FCm
Travel Solutions, Flytour Business Travel will
initially
sign agreements with six other countries in the
region, namely, Argentina,
Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru
and Venezuela. Flytour Business Travel will
therefore
play a strategic role in Latin America providing
regional
management and direction to these new
partners.
FCm Travel Solutions Global CEO Anthony Grigson
welcomed the new Latin
America partner.
This is an
exciting development for the FCm network as it marks
our
official launch in this region. Our aim is to be a
world leader in
corporate travel and expense management,
delivering exceptional service.
We can only be among the
world's best if we partner with local industry
leaders in
each region.
Brazil is one of the fastest growing
economies in the world. However, the
business culture in
Latin America is very different and it is therefore
vital
for us to have the region managed effectively by a local
leading
specialist travel management company.
Flytour
president and owner Eloi D'Avila de Oliveira said the two
partners
shared the same vision of the future.
We
seek growth in sales and productivity, we want to be the
travel
company of choice in all continents, and we
believe that the best path to
globalisation is through
regionalisation.
As Flytour/FCm Travel Solutions Latin
America, I look forward to taking
on the role of Regional
President of Latin America, and accept the
challenge of
developing a strong network of excellent Latin American
TMCs
in order to satisfy the travel service requirements
of our clients, as
well as those of the whole FCm Travel
Solutions
network.
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