BA teams up with agents to develop management portal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journal: TWUK	Section:
Title:	Issue Date: 14/08/00
Author:	Page Number: 72
Copyright: Other

 

 

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Corporate travellers

 

BA teams up with agents to develop management portal

BRITISH Airways is working with business travel agents to launch a travel management portal for small and medium-sized corporate clients.

 

 

The portal, due to go live in October, will enable corporate clients to manage their own travel on-line.

 

 

Agents pay a flat fee of £3,500 to allow them to co-brand the portal with their clients or link it to their own home Web site.

 

 

BA is holding a series of e-commerce seminars in September. Agents wishing to attend should contact Spencer Brace on 020-8738 7173.

 

 

News of the portal comes as BA announced a loss of £50 million in pre-tax profits for the three months to June 30.

 

 

Meanwhile, BA has extended the period for merger talks with Dutch carrier KLM. A final decision will be made next month.