Beyond Business Travel

BEYOND BUSINESS TRAVEL

41st in the UK / £16.1 million gross UK sales (2023)

 Scottish Provident Building, 7 Donegall Square West, Belfast BT1 6JH
beyondbusinesstravel.com

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COMPANY PROFILE

MAIN INDUSTRY SECTORS OF CLIENTS
Agriculture and other rural, Charity and not for profit, Chemical industries, Construction, Defence and aerospace, Education, Engineering, Financial and professional services, Food, drink and tobacco, Forestry, wood, pulp and paper, Government and public sector, Healthcare and pharmaceutical, Hotels, tourism and catering, Information technology, Manufacturing, Media and entertainment, Mining, Music and film touring, Oil and gas, Property, Retail, Shipping and fisheries, Sport, Telecoms and postal services, Textiles, Transport sector and logistics, Utilities

ADDITIONAL SERVICES OFFERED
Consultancy, Group travel, Incentives, Meetings and events, Passport and visa services, Sustainability programmes, Traveller wellbeing services, Venue sourcing, VIP travel

NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS IN 2023
51,000

BREAKDOWN OF TRANSACTIONS
Air 62%, Hotel 27%, Rail 1%, Car 8%, MICE 1%, Other 1%

PROPORTION OF ONLINE BOOKINGS
50 to 75%

NETWORK, CONSORTIUM & ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
Advantage Global Network (formerly WIN), Advantage Travel Partnership, Focus Travel Partnership, ITM

KEY PEOPLE
Edel Doherty, chief executive officer
Shauna Burns, managing director

AVERAGE LENGTH OF SERVICE
10 years

AVERAGE INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
15 years

ESG & CSR ACCREDITATIONS
Committed to net zero by 2050, EcoVadis Silver

DEI ACCREDITATIONS & POLICIES
Flexible working policy, Recruitment and selection policy

GDS PARTNER
Amadeus

ONLINE BOOKING TOOLS
Concur, Cytric

EXPENSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Concur, Cytric

OTHER TECHNOLOGY (I=in-house, T=third-party)
Business intelligence T, Data visualisation T, Disruption management T, Mobile booking app T, Mobile itinerary app T, Peer benchmarking T, Pre-trip approval T, Profile management T, Quality assurance T, Sustainability reporting T, Traveller tracking T, Travel risk management T, Unused ticket management T

OTHER TECHNOLOGY & TOOLS
Offers Cytric Easy by Amadeus, a business travel and expense management solution designed to streamline corporate travel and expense processes. Integrates with Microsoft 365, enabling users to book travel directly within Outlook and Teams

TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
Act as partner/reseller for other technology providers

NDC CONTENT
GDS, aggregators (AirGateway, Travelfusion)

BIGGEST INNOVATION OF 2023
Enabling cross communication between platforms which allows the company to deliver more insightful reports and dashboards to customers, ensuring timely and comprehensive access to critical information