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GlobalStar Travel Management

GlobalPoint is recognized among national industry groups as one of the premier Travel Management Companies in the nation. This fact is manifest in a number of key operational areas, with none more apparent than our role in GlobalStar Travel Management.  GlobalPoint is a founding member and shareholder of GlobalStar.

The formation of GlobalStar was designed to create a worldwide joint venture partnership of leading independent travel management companies that are linked together in a formal business structure and share a common mission. The mission statement is as follows:

To provide corporations that require travel or travel related services an effective network to connect people and compete in today's global marketplace with a flexible, integrated and professional travel management partner of the highest quality that delivers services, information, knowledge and strategic pricing advantages in a culturally relevant manner.

GlobalStar Statistics:

• $6 billion in annual travel volume
• Four million tickets generated per year
• Over 1,250 locations worldwide
• Agency representation in 70 countries and growing

GlobalStar's international network presents an opportunity for its clients to consolidate travel management with a set of agencies that are committed to consistent service levels, similar technologies, and information sharing. The common desire to engineer a truly effective global entity has created a superior partnership of some of the strongest travel management companies in their respective markets. All members have established business relationships with each other that facilitate the consolidation of travel management. These associations allow us to create cohesive relationships through which the sharing of information, vendor contracts and reporting are seamless to our customers.

Hickory Travel Systems

Hickory Travel Systems provides an infrastructure that allows its members to take advantage of a variety of services primarily geared to managing corporate travel. These services include:

• 24-hour emergency call centers (powered by CCRA) linked to GlobalPoint Travel's systems for bi-directional access to traveler reservations
• Hickory’s discount hotel program with over 13,000 hotels worldwide of which more than 7,000 can be booked through our systems
• International rate desk to ensure accurate faring and routing
• Remote Desktop allows cross-Global Distribution System (GDS) access among members in order to co-manage accounts and communicate with members across the U.S.
• Numerous supplier agreements designed to reduce costs and enhance efficiencies throughout the membership (discounts for WebEx training sessions, preferred rates for FedEx, preferred carrier rates, etc.)

Signature Travel Network

GlobalPoint Travel is a shareholder and one of the largest agencies in this leisure and vacation travel network of agencies. Preferred pricing on vacation travel is available to employees of our corporate accounts through this well respected consortium.