RANKING/GROSS GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL SALES
2nd globally €11.4 billion (€11.4 billion in 2024)
CONTACT DETAILS
globalstartravel.com / [email protected]
UK Thanet House, 231-232 Strand, London WC2R 1DA
KEY PEOPLE
James Stevenson, chief executive officer; Julian Russell, executive director information technology and supplier relations; Marcus Bell, Director, strategic partnerships & client success; Rachel Ball, global implementation and operational development manager
NUMBER OF MEMBERS GLOBALLY
55
NUMBER OF LOCATIONS GLOBALLY
2500
KEY NETWORK MEMBERS
DER Business Travel (Germany), e-Business Travel (Netherlands), Go Travel (Romania), In Out Travel (Spain), Lingmerths (Sweden), Mangaard Travel (Denmark), Omega World Travel (UK), Profitravel (Poland), Take2Eton Group (UK), travel counsellors (UK), TravelDesk (Italy), Triton Travel (Belgium)
TECHNOLOGY OFFER
Full suite of products and services provided to our members, including a global travel portal, multi POS airfare tool, traveller tracking solution, consolidated reporting tool, air and hotel savings product, AI productivity suite, GDS solutions, mid-office workflows and a significant number of OBT’s and content providers.
AIR PROGRAMME
FareStar powered by eGlobalfares provides access to local content in more than 80 countries
HOTEL PROGRAMME
The GlobalStar Hotel Collection comprises of properties from all areas of the world in all the main GDS providers (Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre and Worldspan). Post Covid the programme has consistently grown year-on-year and has now expanded to over 46,000 properties. This is complemented by a direct agreement with RateHawk to provide our partners with a market-leading global pre-pay/credit-based hotel booking platform.
OTHER MEMBER BENEFITS
A full suite of sales, marketing, global account management, global implementations, global IT support and global supplier agreement benefits is provided to members
BIGGEST INNOVATION IN 2025
GlobalStar has run a successful networking programme identifying new and retention opportunities within the existing Partner client network resulting in new or retained business without any competitive RFP. This delivered maximum value to the corporate clients’ and the GlobalStar Partners. GlobalStar capitalised on a strong new partner pipeline with new GlobalStar members soon to be announced in key strategic driver markets in Europe.