Partner ofAir Club Travel for a dozen years, BCD Travel is stepping up a gear by acquiring all the shares in the Polish travel agency. Created in 1990, Air Club Travel also represented BCD Meetings & Events on the Polish market since 2016. Air Club Travel and its hundred or so employees are claiming 2,000 customers or so. Often historically linked to their travel agency, the latter will not see their partner disappear for all that. They will, Air Club Travel remains based in Warsaw and retains its own identity.
" Our existing partnership with Air Club Travel is based on a shared commitment to quality and mutual trust." explains Stewart Harvey, President of the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa) at BCD Travel. " Over the last twelve years, we've got to know each other's cultures and growth objectives very well. This acquisition was the natural next step. The expansion of our global network is in line with our strategy. continued pursuit of growth opportunities "continues Stewart Harvey.
For his part, Stanislaw Modlinski, General Manager of Air Club Travel, says he is "delighted to be working with Air Club Travel. extremely enthusiastic about the future opportunities [offered by] this acquisition" . " We're used to working with BCD Travel, so we're opening this new chapter with complete confidence.
BCD Travel has made a number of acquisitions in recent years to expand its global presence, including Ticket Biz, BCD Travel Brazil Turismo, World Travel Services and Zibrant.
