CT Business Travel
=27th in the UK
Gross UK sales 2022 £36 million
Units 8 & 9, Orchard Business Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3XF
ctbusinesstravel.co.uk
COMPANY PROFILE
Key staff
Mark Kempster, CEO
Clare Collins, managing director
Thomas Kempster, technical director
David Bevan, financial director
‘Willow’, wellness director
Main industry sectors
Charity and not for profit, construction, education, financial and professional services, food, drink and tobacco, healthcare and pharmaceutical, information technology, manufacturing, media and entertainment, mining, music and film touring, oil and gas, property, retail, sport, transport sector and logistics
Services in addition to business travel
Consultancy, group travel, incentives, leisure travel, meetings and events, passport and visa services, sustainability programmes, traveller wellbeing services, venue sourcing, VIP travel
Type of company
Limited company
Awards and accreditations
IATA, ABTA, ATOL, Investors in People, ISO, Cyber Essentials
Online transactions
32%
Transactions
Air 62% | Hotel 24% | Rail 5% | Car 4% | MICE 5%
Trips
Short-haul 57% | Long-haul 43%
Top destinations
Short-haul: Paris, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Madrid, Munich
Long-haul: New York, Los Angeles, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Singapore
Office locations
London, Tunbridge Wells, Cardiff
Association and network membership
Uniglobe, The BTA, GlobalStar
Full-time equivalent staff
73
Average length of service
7 years
Average industry experience
11 years
ESG/CSR policies
- CT works with clients to engage them in a credible sustainability policy together with offset policy
- Became a partner with KLM on SAF
- Works with staff to encourage environmentally sustainable employment with the company
Online booking tools
Atriis, SAP Concur
Expense management tools
SAP Concur
Other technology (I=in-house, T=third-party)
Auditing I
Business intelligence I
Data visualisation I
Disruption management I
Hotel reshopping T
Meetings management I
Mobile booking app T
Mobile itinerary app I
Personalised trip recommendation I
Pre-trip approval I
Profile management I, T
Quality assurance I, T
Sustainability reporting T
Traveller tracking T
Travel risk management T
Unused ticket management T
Technology strategy
CT invests as much as it can by way of time and money to create new innovative ideas and stay relevant
NDC content
Yes, via booking tool and consultants
Biggest innovation of 2022
Client workflow process and visibility creation of offline bookings progress