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Eton Travel Update - January 2022

At Eton Travel Group, we’re starting the New Year on a high note with the exciting news that we have a new owner, Chris Thelen.   Chris is an entrepreneur and highly-experienced travel industry executive and he’s stepped in to support our business and invest in our future, to ensure continuity of service to our clients.   With Chris at the helm we have many exciting projects planned and with new investments in all areas of o... ...

Weekly Newsletter 15th October

ETON NEWSLETTER Friday 15th October 2021 This week we bring you a new interactive map courtesy of Lufthansa, an update on US and India travel restrictions, BA A380's expansion and anyone can be scammed...     BA ramps up capacity A380 flights will resume in November with extra capacity on key US transatlantic routes. The A380 will operate on th... ...

Weekly Newsletter 16th July

ETON NEWSLETTERFriday 16th July 2021     Red, amber and green list rules for entering England TRAVEL UPDATE  From 4am 19 July, the following destinations will be added to the below sections on the traffic light list. RED CubaIndonesiaMyanmarSierra Leone AMBER The Balearic IslandsThe British Virgin Islands GREEN ... ...

Eton aquisition

UK based Travel Management Company Eton Travel Group acquires Irish travel company Internet Leisure & Corporate Ltd (ILC).   Ken Thompson, Eton Travel Group Managing Director said “ILC came to the attention of the Eton Travel Group earlier this year and is an ideal addition to our portfolio and for our continued expansion across EMEA and will join the rest of the group and our global networks which service clients ranging from SM... ...

Eton Travel introduces a cutting-edge, interactive MI & Traveller Tracking system

Eton Travel demonstrates its commitment to providing clients with state of the art technology by significant investment and development of a cutting-edge, Management Information System (MIS).   What is DATA SENSE? DATA SENSE is an interactive, online, MIS, which enables clients to have 24/7 access to their real-time travel data. The system is accessible on any device (computer, tablet, phone) and is populated with pre-defined data criteri... ...

Low Cost Airlines

// By Chris Klinker, Director, Eton Travel Group Low cost airlines have changed the dynamics of European travel and have been pivotal in driving down flight costs. For consumers, carriers such as EasyJet, Ryanair and Norwegian are now a staple of everyday life, however, corporate sectors, like the events industry, have sometimes been a little cautious in approach. Unfortunately, “budget” carriers don’t often get... ...

Numbers, people and opportunity: A Q&A with our Managing Director, Ken Thompson

// Ken is Eton Travel Group’s Managing Director and led the team in the staff buy out in 2001. From leaving school at 15 and taking up an apprenticeship as a trainee accountant, to going on to enjoy 45 years in the travel industry, Ken’s head for numbers and a belief in the power of people has helped him steer the organisation through good times and bad. We interviewed Ken in the lead up to our 50th anniversary. In this Q&am... ...

Eton Travel Group secures prestigious American Express Global Business Travel Partnership

Combining local expertise with global clout, customers set to reap rewards Eton Travel Group (ETG) has announced it has been selected as only one of three American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) Partners based in the UK, following 12 years as an American Express Travel Partner Network Official Representative. The evolving partnership between the two organisations sees ETG further expanding its international reach, expertise and negotiatin... ...

A new horizon in compliance

// Business travel costs are one of the biggest areas of indirect spend for the pharmaceutical industry and, as a result, come under frequent scrutiny by finance directors and management accountants alike.  Consequently, many of our clients are now project managers, not meetings planners, reflecting a need for providing the detail, and providing it well. Planners are being turned off by the healthcare space because it has become d... ...