Cloud-Based Platform Helps GTC’s Travel Advisors Design and Manage Custom Trips for Their Clients

NEW YORK (March 19, 2024) – Global Travel Collection (GTC), a high-service premium and luxury travel agency serving corporate, leisure and entertainment travel, today unveiled a collaboration with PlanitEasy, a cloud-based travel planning platform that enhances services for travel advisors by combining the powers of technology with human interaction.

Global Travel Collection’s core focus is on nurturing human connections with travelers who seek out the guidance of a GTC travel advisor when planning their trips. The PlanitEasy partnership improves advisors’ capacity to adapt and respond to the ever-changing, technology-driven landscape of the travel industry while also maintaining personalized, high-touch service for consumers – an essential part of delivering meaningful travel experiences.

PlanitEasy is a dynamic customer relationship management (CRM) solution with a suite of planning tools that keep all trip planning information in one place. Exclusively designed to meet Global Travel Collection’s advisors’ needs, the partnership offers such features as a software system to manage client and supplier profiles, a trip planner to create customized proposals and itineraries, a mobile app for clients to access itineraries while traveling, and real-time air updates for clients to receive notifications of flight changes.

“We prioritize empowering our travel advisors through continuous investments in tools and products, as demonstrated by the introduction of new programming for 2024,” said Angie Licea, President of Global Travel Collection. “Our industry continues to navigate daily changes prompted by ever-evolving technology. With the PlanitEasy product, our advisors can stay ahead of the curve, ‘elevate’ their expertise and continue leading the way in shaping the future of the travel industry.”

“The combination of cutting-edge technology with the personalized service excellence offered by Global Travel Collection advisors has the potential to genuinely revolutionize the travel industry,” said PlanitEasy CEO, Christopher Eriksen. “Our platform merges essential travel management tools alongside a vibrant social network, forging stronger connections within the travel industry.”

PlanitEasy’s integration with the Sabre GDS allows a more seamless and comprehensive travel booking experience. Security is also of paramount importance to GTC advisors, and PlanitEasy’s robust privacy and security measures align with GTC’s and the company’s travel partners’ standards.

Advisors interested in learning more about an affiliation with Global Travel Collection can contact joinus@GlobalTravelCollection.com.

About Global Travel Collection

Global Travel Collection (GTC), part of Internova Travel Group, is the most influential collection of international luxury travel agencies. Approximately 1,300 GTC advisors are industry leaders in providing premium travel services to leisure travelers, corporate executives and the entertainment industry. GTC’s combined global reach and leverage translate into value, recognition and preferential treatment for its world traveler clients.

About PlanitEasy

PlanitEasy (PIE) is a web-based travel planning platform that makes travel planning easy. The platform is designed to streamline the travel professional’s workflow by integrating all of the necessary planning tools into one system. Agents and tour operators no longer need to juggle multiple, non-integrated and archaic technologies that force them to re-enter information across platforms. Planiteasy allows the user to run their entire company on one platform.