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6. First Business Travel

Karl-Wiechert-Allee 23, 30625 Hanover

first-business-travel.de

Key people: 
Holger Bleckmann Head of sales & accounts
Christine Sander Inside sales
Christoph Zilt General manager corporate travel
Birger Thrun Product and process lead
Vanessa Körner Product manager, portal and First Mobile Traveller

Main industry sectors: All including manufacturing, banking, media, energy, fashion and healthcare

Other services: Group and incentive travel, VAT reclaim, travel risk management with International SOS and Trisavo, 24-hour service, visas, executive leisure, insurance

Type of company: Part of TUI Group

Office locations: 70 offices in Germany and Switzerland

Association and network membership: ITP

Germany full-time equivalent staff: 400+

GDS: Amadeus, Travelport

Online booking tools: Atlatos, cytric, onesto, FBT Corporate Rail

Expense management tools: Numiga, Viatos

Other technology: First Mobile Traveller app, ‘bird’ reporting tool, A3M traveller tracking

NDC content: Yes via GDS

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