Aussie corporate travel company opens in UK

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In its first international expansion plans, Australian corporate travel platform Travelport Locomote has launched into the UK ahead of opening in Europe and the US.

The Melbourne-based company said the move was triggered by investment in the Locomote business last year by global travel commerce platform, Travelport which first took a majority stake in the company in 2015.

The platform is currently used across a range of industries including education, legal, banking, insurance and not-for-profit; with clients such as World Vision Australia, University of Melbourne, Allen & Overy and Credit Union Australia.

The growth strategy will be spearheaded by CEO Sandra McLeod, who has 35 years of experience in the international travel industry — 27 of which have been with Travelport — and driven by the recently-appointed Director of Sales & Support UK, Vicki Mills, with her 20 years of experience within both the corporate and leisure travel industries.

“Travelport Locomote’s technology was built with a global mind-set from the very beginning”, McLeod said.

“We see the UK as being crucial to Travelport Locomote’s success with a population of early technology adopters and a focus on innovation. In addition to that, we benefit from the unwavering support from our parent, Travelport, which is headquartered in the UK and has an extensive presence of travel experts here.

“The corporate travel industry is changing rapidly, driven by a shift in travellers’ expectations and booking behaviours as well as a demand for technology to address companies’ need for increasingly efficient business solutions”, she added.

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