Company Profile
key people
Luca Patani, President of UVET GBT
Enrico Rovelli, CEO, UVET GBT
Paul Abbott, CEO of Amex GBT
Drew Crowley, Commercial Director, Amex GBT
Jason Gill, Senior Vice President and General Manager, EMEA, Amex GBT
Mark Holyhead, President of Egencia
Key Industry Sectors
Technology, communications, professional services, financial services, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, healthcare, government, retail, utilities, energy, mining, marine, consulting, insurance, automotive, media and entertainment
Other services
Consulting and business process outsourcing and optimization services. Comprehensive meeting and event services including sourcing, planning, production, contract negotiations, budgeting, expense management, reporting and standard setting
Transactions are handled online
74% (Amex GBT), 90% (Egencia)
office locations
Milan, Rome, Turin, Bologna, Treviso, Florence, Agrat Brianza. Global Headquarters: London and other main offices include New York, Paris, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Madrid, Phoenix Arizona, Seattle, Chicago, Mexico City, Toronto, Sydney, Singapore and Bangalore
Association and Network Membership
AFTM, BTA, DBTA, DRV, FBTA, GBTA, NBTA, SBTA, VDR, ITM, GEBTA, NATM, BATM, SRV
full time employees
16500 (Amex GBT, globally)
GDS
Amadeus, Saber, Travelport
Online booking tools
Amadeus cytric, GetThere, Serko, SAP Concur, Traveldoo, Neo (proprietary), Egencia, Deem, Argo, GBT Automated Booking Manager
Expense management tools
Certificate, Chrome River, Expensify, SAP Concur, Traveldoo, Neo (proprietary), Neo1 (proprietary). Egencia provides an account API to integrate with third-party account tools
Other techniques
Air Re-shop Expert Reshop Tool AirTrack Expert Unused E-Ticket Management Amex GBT Mobile App Trip Proper Customizer Tool Pre-Trip Auditor Expert Care Travel Downtime Management The Global Travel Platform Dedicated to GBT Account, Sustainability Green Compass Platform Hotel Re-Shop Expert Re-shop Tool Automated Peer Travel Insights (PTI) Software Benchmarking Tool Premier Insights Business Intelligence and Data Visualization Tool Travel Vitals Covid and Safety Information Resource Center Virtual Payment Expert Solution Reserve workspaces for a flexible day Work and meeting spaces for individuals and small teams. The Egencia platform is integrated with third-party travel risk management solutions such as International SOS, Crisis24, Drum Cussac, WorldAware and Anvil as well as third-party data integration such as PredictX and Palantir.
NDC content
GBT delivers NDC content via GDS’s connection with GBT’s Supply Marketplace. Booking is possible in GBT’s Neo travel solution and offline via our travel advisors.
Major innovations in 2021
Launching the Green Compass sustainability platform and collaborating with CVENT to standardize the RFP process to gather information on the sustainability of suppliers and DE&I programmes. Egencia has launched a new set of APIs for third-party developers and customers. It also launched the air versus rail shopping policy and the dynamic hotel price travel policy.