CWT, Business Travel Management Limited partner to expand travel frontiers

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The frontier for corporate business travel was today expanded as two firms, Business Travel Management Ltd. (BTM) has gone into partnership with CWT (formerly Carlson Wagonlit Travel), the business-to-business-for-employees (B2B4E) travel management platform.

Operating under the CWT brand in Nigeria, the firm aims to elevate the standard of travel management in the region and, by partnering with a global B2B4E travel management platform, BTM will bring further focus and cohesion to positively impact the continent, enhancing value and service delivery levels.

Business Travel Management Ltd.’s (BTM) Predecessor travel management company started in 1979. In 1998 it joined a global travel group which evolved in 2006 to specialize in corporate travel and pushed the envelope for Managed Travel in the region. Business Travel Management Limited (BTM) has earned a reputation as a ‘one stop shop’ for everything travel related. Our core focus and strength being the provision of excellent corporate travel services to our clients, for over 20 years of being in existence.  BTM has been an ISO certified company since 2008.

Our Management team consists of the most experienced travel professionals, especially as BTM is a member of the GHI Assets Group of companies (airline representatives and travel management specialists). The travel business is now in its third generation with a staff strength of close to 200. BTM has operations in Nigeria and Angola.

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Benefits derived from representing the CWT brand in Nigeria include BTM’s ability to now deliver a global standard of service, travel technology and efficiencies, locally. The company continues to be the pace setter for Travel technology in the region. BTM will now have the ability to provide enhanced customer advice and services without compromising on ethics. We will continue to operate in a developing market and improving industry standards with the support of a Globally Dominant Partner with sustainable business methodology.

 “Nigeria has a rich cultural and economic heritage, especially in natural resources, and corporate travel is a key facilitator of industry here. With BTM, we would like to build on our long-standing reputation for successful travel delivery in the country, and want our brand to be as synonymous with corporate travel as Zuma Rock is with Nigeria,” said Francisco Nunez, CWT’s Vice President of Global Partners Network.

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L to R – Francisco Nunez, Vice President & Global Head of CWT Global Partners Network; Lola Adefope, Managing Director, BTM and Raphael Pasdeloup, Senior Vice President & Global Head of CWT Energy, Resources & Marine during the BTM unveiling of CWT in Lagos.
L to R – Francisco Nunez, Vice President & Global Head of CWT Global Partners Network; Lola Adefope, Managing Director, BTM; Raphael Pasdeloup, Senior Vice President & Global Head of CWT Energy, Resources & Marine and Olufemi Adefope, Chairman, BTM during the BTM unveiling of CWT in Lagos.
L to R – Olufemi Adefope, Chairman, BTM; Bola Adefope, Executive Director BTM; Lola Adefope, Managing Director, BTM; Francisco Nunez, Vice President & Global Head of CWT Global Partners Network and Raphael Pasdeloup, Senior Vice President & Global Head of CWT Energy, Resources & Marine during the BTM unveiling of CWT in Lagos..

 

 “Business Travel Management Limited is proud to Partner with CWT. There have been some very exciting changes within the global company that we are looking forward to being a part of. Our company has operated in the Managed Travel space for almost forty Years as a TMC (Travel Management Company). This is what we do best, efficient service delivery, innovative ideas and cutting-edge travel technology,” says Lola Adefope, Managing Director of CWT in Nigeria (owned and operated by Business Travel Management Limited).

 “The evolution of the travel industry is inevitable. With technology underpinning everyday life it is obvious that corporate travellers are going to want the same efficiencies in their Travel Programme that they get in their every day life. Partnering with CWT in Nigeria allows our company to bring new travel technology and ideas to the table. This partnership allows Business Travel Management Limited to remain at the forefront of Travel Technology in the region” says Olufemi Adefope, Company Founder & Chairman of Business Travel Management Ltd.

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Amongst the long-term goals of the partnership between BTM and CWT is for Business Travel Management Ltd to encourage Corporate Brands in Nigeria to improve the efficiency of their travel programme and experience truly professional, open and honest travel services.

At an elaborate corporate event at the Civic Centre in Lagos on September 10th, 2019, the CWT brand will officially be launched as being operated by Business Travel Management Limited in Nigeria.

After a welcome evening cocktail, and delightful entertainment the “Who’s Who” of Nigeria’s travel industry and corporate brands will sit to dine, celebrate and learn about evolution of service delivery in the corporate travel space and the new look and products from CWT.

 The brand launch is sponsored by BTM partners; Africa World Airlines, Air Cote d’Ivoire, Amadeus, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Air France, Emirates, Kenya Airways, Lufthansa, Radisson Blu, RwandAir Limited, South African Airways & Virgin Atlantic.

Wole Shadare