Leading global travel management and events business ATPI announced that the company in India has grown 13% in 2014 over last year with a number of new corporate account wins during 2014.Part of the ATPI Group, ATP Corporate Travel offers a range of products and solutions to business customers recently bagged four huge global accounts in 2014. The team in India successfully implemented a noted global account – Crompton Greaves (CG), a leading global engineering conglomerate. CG operations have been successfully implemented in Indonesia and Australia, with further travel management centres in Singapore and New Zealand and will complete its consolidation throughout Europe during 2015.
This growth ends a successful year for the company which last month announced the acquisition of international travel company Griffin Travel, increasing the ATPI Group’s network to over 100 locations across the world. This follows the purchase of Australia’s largest independent travel management company, Voyager Travel in January.
Despite a particularly challenging first half of the calendar for the Indian economy as a whole ATP Instone – which offers travel management solutions to the energy, shipping and offshore sectors – has emerged as the leader in this challenging sector in the country. The Mumbai-based operation services more than 30 leading Shipping and Offshore clients and a range of corporate accounts, both locally and across the world – this portfolio will further expand in 2015.
The company recently implemented a number of developments and enhancement of its technology including the launch of the ATPI CrewHub platform. This includes the addition of the Letter of Authority tool which offers clients the option to combine their letter of authority with the airline e-ticket receipts. Plus there have been upgrades to their ATPI On The Go mobile app, both enhancing the practical tools available to business travellers.
ATPI in India has an in-house dedicated proprietary 24/7 team that deals with emergencies specifically for India-based clients. Additionally, their specialist Remote Operations Centre (ROC) runs 24/7, 365 days a year, servicing international clients whenever they may need assistance whilst travelling.