FCm Travel Solutions’ drive to grow its global network continues apace this month with the signing of serious new partner agreements within the travel management company’s rapidly expanding Africa region in addition to eastern Europe.
FCm can now offer clients local services and expertise in Ghana after formalising an agreement with Stellar Travel, a number one corporate and retail travel agency in West Africa.
In addition, FCm has extended its partnership with the worldwide TMC’s Romania affiliate, Happy Tour Group, to open a brand new office inside the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.
FCm first partnered with Happy Tour Group in 2009.
Based in Ghana’s capital city of Accra, Stellar Travel was a chief player within the corporate and retail travel market since 1991.
While Stellar Travel offers quite a lot of travel services, the corporate is principally all in favour of the company travel market.
The business is a part of the Stellar Group, that is a big supplier of support services to the travel, logistics, hospitality, retail, ship broking and mining sectors in West Africa.
The company has over 110 staff and services a broad portfolio of blue chip clients that work around the oil, gas and mining industries, shipping, finance, government and personal sector.
FCm’s new Bulgarian office is found inside the city’s central business district and should offer end-to-end travel and account management services to companies across a number industries including pharmaceutical, finance and banking, construction and marine and offshore firms.
General manager of FCm’s Middle East & Africa network Ciaran Kelly said: “Our new colleagues in Ghana bring specialist business travel skills to FCm’s regional network in Africa.
Their knowledge of the local travel market and customs, visas and entry requirements in addition to their supplier relationships is important to a lot of our clients that ought to travel to Ghana for commercial purposes.
“Ghana is a key marketplace for companies inside the resources industry and a growing business travel hub,” he added.
“FCm can now offer clients on-the-ground services from travel industry professionals we will be able to place confidence in and trust for exceptional local service.”