Travel Leaders Turns to Membership Model for Global Expansion
Photo Credit: Travel Leaders is turning to the membership model to expand its global footprint in the corporate space. Global Business Travel Association / GBTA
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Instead of making costly acquisitions, Travel Leaders is turning to the membership model to expand its global footprint in the corporate space.
This week in corporate travel, we're thinking about the various paths to international growth.
Travel Leaders Group, the largest travel agency in the U.S., is taking new steps to compete on a global level by adding 40 new member agencies — many former Amex partners — to its corporate arm. Travel Leaders already dominates in North America, and is now turning to this membership model rather than franchising or partnerships.
Speaking of global impact, we also have industrywide news straight out of this week's Skift Forum Europe,
