Meon Valley Travel

COMPANY PROFILE

Key staff 

James Beagrie, managing director
David Thomas, head of sales
Tony Mcdaid, head of account management
Velichko Ganchev, chief technology officer

Main industry sectors

Defence and aerospace, engineering, financial and professional services, healthcare and pharmaceutical, information technology, manufacturing, media and entertainment, retail

Services in addition to business travel

Consultancy, group travel, incentives, leisure travel, meetings and events, VIP travel

Type of company

Private limited company

Awards and accreditations

• GHG verified
• Cyber Essentials Accredited

Online transactions

70%

Transactions

Air 60% | Hotel 30% | Rail 5% | Car 5%

Trips

Short-haul 50% | Long-haul 50%

Top destinations

Short-haul: Spain, Germany, Portugal, Hungary, Romania
Long-haul: USA, India, UAE, South America, South Africa 

Office locations

Petersfield, Ireland

Association and network membership

Advantage Global Network, Advantage Travel Partnership, Focus Travel Partnership

Full-time equivalent staff

50

Average length of service

12 years

Average industry experience

15 years

ESG/CSR/DEI policies

• Meon Valley wants to enable the world to go on travelling, to meet in-person, to experience and be enriched by different cultures and to learn new and more productive ways to do business in a way that will, with the participation of clients, create a more climate positive future for everyone
• Committed to achieving SBTi Net Zero (Scope 2) by 2027
• To promote equality in the workplace and make mental health and wellbeing in travel a way of life

GDS

Travelport

Online booking tools

Atriis, SAP Concur

Expense management tools

SAP Concur

Other technology (I=in-house, T=third-party)

Air reshopping I 
Business intelligence I, T 
Data visualisation T 
Hotel reshopping I, T 
Mobile booking app I 
Mobile itinerary app I, T 
Pre-trip approval I, T 
Profile management T 
Quality assurance T 
Sustainability reporting T 
Traveller tracking I, T 
Travel risk management I, T 
Unused ticket management T 

Technology strategy 

To offer unbundled inhouse and third party platform solutions  

NDC content

NDC and direct connects

Biggest innovation of 2022 

Process automation to reduce costs and enrich customers’ experiences