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10 minutes with… Chris Klinker, Fly2Events   In this series of interviews, we delve into the experiences of the professionals in the Take2Eton Group. We start with Chris Klinker, Head of our specialist Fly2Events division. Chris’ team services the travel needs of the MICE sector, academia, and the pharmaceutical industry. He’s worked in the events […]

We’re finalists at the 2025 Business Travel Awards Europe Take2Eton is thrilled to be a finalist for the Business Travel Partner of the Year – Small TMC Category in the 2025 Business Travel Awards Europe. The awards are one of the most prestigious events in the industry showcasing leadership, partnership and innovation and this is

Take2Eton Group featured in BTN 2025 Hotlist!   BTN Europe is one of the corporate travel industry’s leading media outlets and each year produces a list of 25 people, products and trends they believe will drive industry change in the next year. Take2Eton is thrilled to be included in the ‘ones to watch’ category of

Take2Eton Group has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Shelley Mathews in the newly-created role of Chief Commercial Officer.   Shelley Mathews has a strong track record of building high-performing teams, driving revenue growth, implementing effective sales strategies, and achieving ambitious growth objectives, gained during her 20-year career in the business travel industry.

“My name is Sandra Green, and I am Senior Client Solutions Manager for TakeTwo”. About me “I have an extensive career within the travel management sector with various leading TMCs such as Ickenham Business Travel, Chambers and CTM. Chris Thelen and I have been colleagues and friends since the early 90’s and he has been

“Hi, I’m Paul Coghill. I have worked in travel for 33 years after leaving school at 16. My first ten years in travel were spent in high street travel agents booking holidays for customers before I moved into business travel. About me “After joining Chambers Travel (later CTM) I stayed for twenty years before joining

Is your TMC distracted?   Post-pandemic, TMCs are having to adjust to a very different marketplace. Drastically reduced corporate travel budgets, fewer trips, greater focus on traveller wellbeing over cost savings and more scrutiny on the merits of face-to-face meetings. Each is throwing up new challenges. TMCs have been further distracted by the recent spate

Is your TMC viable?   The pandemic has thrown the futures of many TMCs into question. Business fell by an estimated 80 – 90% during lockdown, compared to 2019 levels, a situation that is not sustainable for the sector. Many TMCs responded to Covid-19 by cutting costs, laying off or furloughing staff. The situation was

Is your TMC too big?   Judging by the recent spate of mergers between Travel Management Companies, you’d be forgiven for thinking the current mantra is ‘big is beautiful’. To be fair, for the bigger, truly global travel programmes, a global TMC makes good business sense. But if your travel spend is more modest, do

Is your TMC responsive?   The pandemic made the global economy low touch, as businesses had to incorporate social distancing into their operations. Traditionally high touch sectors like hospitality and aviation suffered huge losses, whilst others sought new ways to engage with their customers. Travel management was wrestling with the high touch vs low touch

Is your TMC collaborative? TakeTwo is a company with soul and we believe that travel management should be a true partnership between TMC, travel supplier and, above all, the client. We also believe that close collaboration shouldn’t be a privilege reserved for key accounts. That’s why we treat every TakeTwo client the same. Faceless In

Is your TMC sustainable? After a couple of false starts, sustainability is now firmly at the forefront of travel buyers’ thinking. However, many TMCs have yet to smell the coffee. Thanks to Greta Thunberg and others, climate crisis is mainstream news. Thanks to the pandemic, companies are signing up to sustainability pledges and travel-related emissions

“Hello, I’m Leigh Shute. I came into business travel via retail (where I won ‘Salesperson of the Year’) because business travel was what I always wanted to do. About me “I first met Julie Cope at Hillgate Travel. She asked me to join Chambers, where we worked together for nine years, which I absolutely loved.