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Corporate travel agency adds partners in south-eastern Africa

The GTMC, the UK’s leading professional industry body representing travel management companies, has announced that it will be recruiting a manager industry partners, to be based at the GTMC offices in London’s Tottenham Court Road and reporting to chief executive Paul Wait.

The GTMC, the UK’s leading organisation representing travel management companies, has announced that Statesman Travel Group’s joint managing director Mervyn Williamson will takeover the role of GTMC treasurer from Travel by Appointment’s Maurice Veronique. Well qualified for the role, Williamson, as did Veronique, had an accountancy background before entering the travel industry. Former GTMC chairman Veronique has resigned from the GTMC executive committee as he is relocating to Los Angeles.

The GTMC has announced its most high profile ever line-up of conference speakers for its 2012 overseas conference, being held in Doha (11th-13th May). For the first time 50% of the speakers and panelists taking part in the two-day business programme will be from outside the travel management sector.

A Fair tax on Flying *(FToF) campaign today announced the addition of two
new members - the Guild of Travel Management Companies (GTMC) and the
World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). The FToF campaign also confirmed that it is in dialogue with a number of other organisations about participation in the group.

The GTMC has published its latest Benefits Survey indicating that TMCs are recruiting again and, with a relatively small pool of experienced staff looking for jobs, are using a diverse range of benefits to attract new employees and to retain existing qualified personnel.

The GTMC, the UK’s leading professional industry body representing travel management companies, has announced that Kwasi Kwarteng MP will be the opening political keynote speaker at the organisation’s 2011 Autumn conference. The all day event will take place on 31st October at London’s St Pancras Renaissance Hotel.

Initial announcement about the GTMC's 2012 conference, sponsored by Qatar Airways.

Announcement of re-launch and graduation

Details of the second Twenty/20 networking event for GTMC members and partners.