Par Excellence Lifestyle
LONDON, UK (November 13, 2014) - Travel Leaders UK has announced that bespoke travel specialist Par Excellence Lifestyle has joined its growing portfolio of concierge-style independent agents and agencies. Danny Akhtar, the founder of the new travel, event and lifestyle management company, has more than 20 years experience serving Blue Chip companies and high-net worth in
dividuals. He joins Travel Leaders UK, whose core brands include Protravel and Tzell UK, from an independent travel management company where he headed the VIP travel team. Akhtar is arguably one of the travel industry’s most complete professionals, having spent his career working for major companies in both the corporate and leisure travel sectors. His CV includes tenures with major intermediaries in the business and luxury leisure travel industries, in addition to senior roles with hotel representation companies and major firms including Unilever, Citi, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and British Telecom where he established bespoke travel services for senior executives. Akhtar said: “Having dedicated my life to serving high-end customers at the pinnacle of the market and developing relationships with the world’s foremost hotel suppliers, I felt now was the right time to start working for myself. Travel Leaders UK, with its Protravel and Tzell UK brands, gives travel professionals such as myself the platform to grow a business, provide the highest standards of service and ultimately to be profitable.
“The Travel Leaders Group’s buying power globally means we as agencies can provide our clients with the most competitive rates and fares available in the marketplace. Making bookings is, of course, the simple part. Having the support of Travel Leaders UK allows us to focus on providing the white glove service that our customers have come to expect,” concluded Akhtar. Travel Leaders UK, part of US-based Travel Leaders Group, opened European headquarters in London in May as part of its strategy to grow the business across the Continent. Barry Whittaker, the company’s Executive Director of Business Development and Acquisition, said the introduction of Par Excellence Lifestyle was another significant step towards establishing the brand in the UK and European marketplaces.
“Danny has not only arranged travel for some of the world’s most iconic celebrities and celebrated sports stars, he also has the rich knowledge that comes with working with leading corporate brands. The introduction of his new agency to Travel Leaders UK demonstrates our ability to attract the industry’s brightest minds. Our model gives agents with established client bases the opportunity to work for themselves and grow successful businesses.”
Specialising in:
Corporate Travel
Exclusive Leisure Travel
Private Jets and Yachts
Lifestyle
Concierge Service
in Association with Protravel
Protravel’s diversity of products, size of annual sales and internationally recognized stature permits them to leverage these strengths to bring the most competitive pricing and aggressive negotiations for our highly diverse client base. It is a company-wide commitment to search for the best possible travel options for our customers. Travel arrangements are personally tailored to take optimum advantage of the most up to the minute changes in the industry. www.protravelinternational.com
Editorials :
http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2014/11/21/51219/readers-lives-danny-akhtar.html
http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2014/11/12/51120/agent-launches-luxury-agency-and-event-management-firm.html
http://www.travelleadersgroup.com/vip-travel-designer-joins-travel-leaders-uk/
