INTRODUCTION
Brightsun Travel (UK) Ltd. provides travel-related services
in the UK through its network of offices in Hounslow, West London, Birmingham, and
Manchester. It also provides travel planning services for UK based clients predominantly
to Eastbound long-haul destinations. The service industry in the UK, including travel
agencies, has been and continues to be one of the fastest growing business sectors
of the economy. Brightsun Travel (UK) Ltd. has capitalised on the success of this
industry by breaking into tailor made packages to over twenty-five destinations
such as Dubai, Maldives and Mauritius.
COMPANY'S ACHIEVEMENTS
The company was formed in 1987. At that time there were three
staff and the operations were predominantly seat sale and with the trade. From then
on the company has grown to handling over 55,000 passengers to all destinations
around the globe, and has diversified into corporate, holidays, and incentives.
By identifying key markets we have managed to grow the business and are consistently
striving to improve the service to our clients.
OUR TEAM AND NETWORK
Between the offices the number of staff exceeds 100. The the
back office processing is accompanied, by ticketing, and sales via a call centre
in INDIA. This enables us to have expertise in almost all travel
fields. We are equipped with Galileo, Worldspan, Amadeus and Sabre reservation systems
in our offices. All these connect with our back office system which controls accounts,
reservations, pre flight options and therefore we are able to generate our analysis
and reports instantly. Through the back office, we are also able to distribute our
products through telesales, and online channels. Brightsun Travel also provides
24 hours emergency support services for clients and airlines alike.
OUR PRODUCTS
We chose our markets carefully after studying the needs of our
clients and identify those carriers that fit within our market expansion plan. From
our database we keep reviewing destinations of our passengers. Below are some of
our forty-airline partners:
Air India, Air Mauritius, Air France, Alitalia, British Airways, Emirates, Etihad
Airways, Indian Airlines, KLM, Lufthansa Malaysian Airlines, Qatar Airways, Sri
Lankan, Swiss, Thai Airways etc.
Our strategy has been to grow with our airline partners. With these diversified
products, we are able to channel different type of markets.
GUARANTEES AND WARRANTIES
All passengers booked with Brightsun Travel (UK) Ltd. are protected
financially by the UK Civil Aviation Authority bonding scheme known as ATOL. Furthermore
we hold ABTA license, and also IATA licence in all the offices to enable instantaneous
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