(Surrey, UK, October 4th 2013) – As the UK’s longest standing travel management specialist, Portman Travel have everything required to make business travel as easy and cost-effective as possible. With more than 50 years experience in the industry, Portman can tailor everything to any business’ needs, from multinationals to SMEs.

The Portman Travel philosophy is one of customer service and innovation. As their website states: “Our customers are at the heart of everything we do. Over recent years, we have developed a number of leading industry innovations… ensuring we are adaptable to any situation 24/7/365.” This is an approach that has helped them to be consistently ranked in the top ten travel management companies in the last ten years.

Portman offer “the best service and the best value”, and provide support and expertise across the whole corporate travel process. They can reduce the time spent making a booking by 25%, while the user can choose to use either Portman’s online booking portal or, if they wish, speak to a travel consultant, as well as wider expert teams for more particular or specialist queries. Their support is across the board, from sorting visas to interpretation skills, as well as a range of tailored services via their “Executive Suite” if somebody is in need of a VIP experience.

Roy Gent, Deputy G1 Manager of AEGIS praised Portman, saying: “The service provided is First Class. We could not ask for more.”

As a founding member of global travel management company RADIUS, Portman can boast a network of 3,300 offices in 80 different countries, giving worldwide buying power, leaving their customers with the best possible rates across travel, accommodation and ancillary services.

This connection with RADIUS also offers Portman unrivalled access to key ports, shipping centres and recruitment bases worldwide, as they also offer partnerships as a Travel Manager for the marine and offshore industry. As such an experienced travel management specialist, Portman understand the logistics involved in putting together a workforce in the marine industry, and know how to deliver results to the right location, on time and on budget.

As well as authoritative analysis across the travel management industry, Portman offer their customers 24/7 support, including via their app, which offers help in areas such as weather, currency and airports. In addition to being available on Apple, Android and Blackberry products, a web version of the application is also available online to Windows users.

Portman really do cover all the corporate travel bases. They can tailor the experience they offer as the UK’s longest standing travel manager to provide the best possible business travel experience for everyone, whoever and wherever they may be, and whatever they may need.

To find out more about Portman as a travel manager, visit http://www.portmantravel.com/, email [email protected] or call 0800 731 1627.