New UNIGLOBE Brazil regional president Patrick Tytgadt and UNIGLOBE Travel International president Martin Charlwood announced the new franchise region last week in Sao Paulo, along with key partners.
VANCOUVER, CANADA – UNIGLOBE Travel International has opened master franchise headquarters in Brazil with a goal to expand to 90 locations in the next decade.
New UNIGLOBE Brazil regional president Patrick Tytgadt and UNIGLOBE Travel International president Martin Charlwood announced the new franchise region last week in Sao Paulo, along with key partners.
Business travel spending in Brazil has tripled since 2000, and the Global Business Travel Association forecasts double-digit growth in 2014. The GBTA currently ranks Brazil as the eighth largest business travel market in the world.
Founded in 1980, UNIGLOBE is a family-owned travel franchise organization headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with annual global sales of more than $5 billion. Says Charlwood, “Under the UNIGLOBE Travel brand, member agencies collaborate on international accounts using their intimate knowledge of local markets. We look forward to working with Patrick and our partners to expand service to inbound and outbound travellers across Brazil.”
Brazil joins UNIGLOBE master franchise regions in Belgium and Luxembourg, the British Isles, Canada, China, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Italy, Mexico and Central America, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, the South Asia sub-continent, Sub-Saharan Africa and the USA.
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