Simba Travelcare joins US travel network

Feb 04, 2020

Travel Leaders Network is North America’s largest travel agency and one of the top travel management agencies in the world.

Declan Peppard

TRAVEL                 EXPANSION

Simba Travelcare has been appointed the Travel Leaders Network exclusive partner in Uganda, in a partnership that will see the organisation provide international corporate travel services to its clients.

Travel Leaders Network is North America's largest travel agency and one of the top travel management agencies in the world. Declan Peppard, the managing director of Simba Travelcare, said with this partnership, the organisation will continue to service existing clients while anticipating new opportunities for expansion as part of the international network.

"This expansion allows us to offer a highly personalised service model to our international travellers with the backing of a leading travel industry company," Peppard said. "While we are joining forces with Travel Leaders, one thing won't change — our customers will continue to receive the highest level of personal attention and service that they've come to expect," he said.

Simba Travelcare is one of the travel management firms around the world that have signed on as part of the ambitious international expansion as Travel Leaders extends its footprint across several continents. "We will continue to service our clients in a highly personalised manner while providing them with the benefits of Travel Leaders' vast suite of technology solutions and other travel management tools," Peppard said.

He said the affiliation to Travel Leaders will provide customers with a proven level of unparalleled travel industry experience and relationships that will further increase the array of travel options available to them. "We will continue to lead the way in travel by offering innovative travel options like our online self-booking tool, our comprehensive suite of management reports and our empathetic understanding that we need to earn the business of corporate customers with every phone call or email enquiry received," Peppard said. Travel Leaders Network has more than 42,000 travel advisors as part of a major expansion of Travel Leaders' international presence.

"We, at Travel Leaders, are excited about our new partnership with Simba Travelcare and the opportunity to expand our services to travellers in Uganda," Roger E. Block, the president of Travel Leaders Network, said.

"Travel Leaders offers a comprehensive array of programmes, combined with innovative thinking and proven best industry practices that will allow travel advisors at Simba Travelcare to seamlessly offer their clients additional services and improved access to international partners."

Travel Leaders' comprehensive suite of programmes includes online booking tools, marketing tools, hotel programmes such as SELECT Hotels and Resorts; an international destination marketing company network and a vast array of education and training resources.

In addition, an end-to-end technology suite will support both international corporate accounts and local customers, including profile management, online trip authorisation, data consolidation and analytics, meetings technology and customer reporting.

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