SUNWAYS BUSINESS TRAVEL
43rd in the UK / £13 million gross UK sales (2023)
Regus House, Admirals Park, Victory Way, Dartford, Kent DA2 6QD
sunwaystravel.co.uk
COMPANY PROFILE
MAIN INDUSTRY SECTORS OF CLIENTS
Chemical industries, Construction, Engineering, Financial and professional services, Food, drink and tobacco, Healthcare and pharmaceutical, Information technology, Manufacturing, Media and entertainment, Transport sector and logistics
ADDITIONAL SERVICES OFFERED
Consultancy, Group travel, Incentives, Leisure travel, Meetings and events, Passport and visa services, Sustainability programmes, Traveller wellbeing services, Venue sourcing, VIP travel
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF
15
NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS IN 2023
20,000
BREAKDOWN OF TRANSACTIONS
Air 66%, Hotel 20%, Rail 3%, Car 1%, MICE 10%
PROPORTION OF ONLINE BOOKINGS
Less than 25%
NETWORK, CONSORTIUM & ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
Advantage Global Network (formerly WIN), Advantage Travel Partnership, Focus Travel Partnership
KEY PEOPLE
Sara Colley, non-executive director
Samantha Nolan, head of business travel
Julie Sandford, head of MICE
Lisa Sharrad, head of leisure travel
Michele Colley, head of finance
AVERAGE LENGTH OF SERVICE
25 years
AVERAGE INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
25 years
GDS PARTNER
Amadeus
ONLINE BOOKING TOOLS
Cytric
EXPENSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Cytric Expense
OTHER TECHNOLOGY (I=in-house, T=third-party)
Auditing T, Business intelligence T, Data visualisation T, Disruption management T, Meetings management T, Mobile booking app T, Mobile itinerary app T, Personalised trip recommendations 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
Carbon offsetting through Trees4Travel and Trees4Events
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
Use third party technology
NDC CONTENT
GDS, aggregator (AirGateway)
BIGGEST INNOVATION OF 2023
Adding a comprehensive groups, meetings and events service