Award winning travel Management Company Portman Travel, continues to expand their European Centre of Excellence in Tralee, with the graduation today of an additional eight new employees from their in-house Academy training programme.
The eight graduates were presented with certificates to mark the successful completion of their training by Steve Allen, CEO of Portman Travel, at a business networking event at Fels Point, Tralee.
Portman has been operating in Tralee from Monavalley Business Park since 1999, under a local management team. The company manages the corporate travel requirements of a growing number of well-known Irish, British and European companies.
Portman’s Academy was created and designed in conjunction with JobBridge, to develop new talent for careers in the business travel industry. Today’s graduates represent Portman’s second Academy training programme, and the company is delighted to announce their plans for a third intake of trainees in July 2016.
CEO Steve Allen said: “I am delighted to be here today to congratulate our eight newest Academy graduates, and to welcome them on board as Portman Travel employees. Our Academy programme, in conjunction with JobBridge, has proven a real success for all concerned. It allows us to source excellent staff in the local area, who we train using our award-winning reservation technology PortmanOne”.
Portman Travel is one of the UK’s largest independent travel management companies, and started 2016 in winning style with two major awards at the recent Business Travel Awards, the industry Oscars held in London for Best Travel Management Company and Best Technology Product for their proprietary PortmanOne online booking tool.
For more information about the Portman Academy and the Portman Travel European Centre of Excellence, please contact Niall Trant the Academy Manager on 0844 844 1326 or email ntrant@portmantravel.com.
