Quorn Business Travel (QBT) and GTAssociates join forces to provide overseas Fam Trips.
QBT will arrange the Fam Trip flights while GTAssociates’ DMCs will organise hotels and the ground programme. In addition QBT will share its flight management expertise with GTAssociates’ Fam Trip guests and this will include global flight access profiles for the destinations visited.
In addition, given that many of the enquiries we receive require flight access from multiple departure countries/cities we see the provision of timely in depth flight access information as a valuable added service for many of the agencies we work with.
David Wheeler Head of Group Transportation at QBT says that working with GTA is ideal in that unlike Fam Trips via hotels, airlines, CB’s etc a Representation Company and their DMC’s can provide visits to the widest range of hotels, dinner venues and experiences of great incentive/team building activities. As a consequence of QBT’s working relationships with the widest range of airlines QBT is able to offer more flight alternatives than sponsorship via a single airline could.
We have always recognised that during and post the recession event organisers and their employers have increasing difficulty in managing diary time. Fam Trips, while desirable, take second place to winning and managing events.
To work for the agencies Fam Trips have to add to agencies’ destination knowledge while producing a memorable experience that are of value to the agencies in winning, retaining and operating events. In addition the Fam Trip must provide a showcase for the third party suppliers who provide and deliver content/provide support.
We believe that there is nothing to equal feeling, tasting and seeing a destination, its hotels, venues, food and wine whilst meeting potential partners. Working with David at QBT means that we can more easily include agencies from across the UK in a single Fam Trip. We will no longer be reliant on using a single airline and/or all travelling from the same airport. Working with David means that instead of agencies in the UK regions travelling to London for a flight, we may offer regional flights as well as London flights.
Contact Alan or Gill at GTAssociates (01527 401625) or David at Quorn Business Travel (0844 736 3663) if you wish to be included on our 2014 Fam Trip invitation lists.