RANKING / GROSS SALES IN 2024
45th in Europe / €126 million
11th in the Nordics / €12 million (estimate)
(€10 million in 2023)
19th in the UK / £106 million
(£105 million in 2023)
CONTACT DETAILS
wings.travel / [email protected]
Norway Koppholen 6, N-4313 Sandnes (Stavanger)
UK
160 Falcon Road, London SW11 2LN
KEY PEOPLE
Tony Sofianos president and CEO, Gary Povey chief operating officer and managing director for Europe, Anthony McCartney chief financial officer, Matt Forbes SVP Growth (professional services), Angelina Bunting commercial director, Cleide Santos head of client services Europe, Kim Parker head of business development, London, Bengt Georgsen general manager, Norway, Rebecca Gunn head of group marketing, global marketing, Pauline Carter head of groups, meetings and events, Europe
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF
86
(Europe), 450 (global)
MAIN INDUSTRY SECTORS OF CLIENTS
Education,
Engineering, Financial and professional services, Healthcare and
pharmaceutical, Media and entertainment, Mining, Oil and gas, Shipping and
fisheries, Sport, Transport sector and logistics
ADDITIONAL SERVICES OFFERED
Consultancy,
Group travel, Incentives, Meetings and events, Passport and visa services,
Sustainability programmes, Traveller wellbeing services, Venue sourcing, VIP
travel
AVERAGE LENGTH OF SERVICE / EXPERIENCE
9 years / 14 years
ESG/CSR POLICIES
Greengage
ECOsmart, ISO 27001 certification, ISO 9000 series certification
DEI
POLICIES
Best
place to work for women accreditation, Equal pay or gender pay gap reporting
policy, Flexible working policy, Own DEI
policies, Recruitment and selection policy
NETWORKS, CONSORTIA & ASSOCIATIONS
Advantage Travel Partnership, The BTA, GBTA, ITM,
NBTA
NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS IN 2024
250,000 (Air
55%, Hotel 25%, Rail 3% Car 4%, MICE 12%, Other 1%)
PROPORTION OF ONLINE BOOKINGS
Less
than 25%
GDS PARTNERS
Amadeus,
Sabre
ONLINE BOOKING TOOLS
Argo,
Atriis, Concur, Cytric, Evolvi, GetThere, Thomalex, Trainline
EXPENSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Certify,
Concur, Cytric Expense, Emburse, Zoho
OTHER TECHNOLOGY
Air
reshopping, Auditing, Business intelligence, Cross-channel and OBT approvals, Data
visualisation, Disruption management, Holistic travel platform, Hotel
reshopping, Meetings management, Mobile booking app, Mobile itinerary app, Peer
benchmarking, Personalised trip recommendations, Pre-trip approval, Profile
management, Quality assurance, Sustainability reporting, Traveller tracking, Travel
policy compliance notifications, Travel risk management, Unused ticket
management, Venue sourcing tool
TECHNOLOGY
STRATEGY
Acquire
third-party developers of technology, Act as partner/reseller for other
technology providers, Build proprietary technology in-house, Hire third-party
developers
TECHNOLOGY
PARTNERS
Amadeus,
Conferma, Crisis24, Emburse, Evolvi, International SOS, Navitas, Sabre,
Trainline, Umbrella
NDC
AND DIRECT CONNECTS
Atriis,
NDC content from GDS, Supplier direct connects, Thomalex, Travelfusion
BIGGEST
INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
Expansion
of the company’s group meetings and events (GME) business and the creation of a
dedicated GME team resulted in record new business in the first two months of
2025. Wings also introduced proprietary tech to improve user experience and
workflows, including integrations with leading online booking tools and finance
systems. The
company also expanded its business to Bogota, Colombia and Argentina, as part of a commitment
to provide wholly owned regional service operations
• See also: Europe's Leading TMCs 2024,
2023,
2022,
2021
& 2020