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Bert Verschoor, Managing Director ZuidasTravel.nl
THE BUSINESS TRAVELLER DOES NOT WANT TO COLLECT RECEIPTS The ZuidasTravel.nl website allows travellers to book tickets, hotels, trains and cars online. And the staff can take care of complicated trips and visa. But the company can also take over part of the tedious paperwork involved in a business trip. ‘When someone has made, say, a trip to Munich, he will have to deal with all of the paperwork when he gets back. For instance, he may have paid for his hotel or other expenses and will need to claim all of it back,’ says Verschoor. ‘Things are forgotten and receipts get lost. But if the tickets and hotels are booked through ZuidasTravel.nl, the business traveller does not have to worry about the big bills. They are dealt with directly with the company’s accounts department.’
LIVING ON A PLANE
Last year, ZuidasTravel.nl was one of the winners of an FD Gazellen Award, a nomination as one of the fastest growing companies in the Netherlands. The agency may now call itself an ‘FD Gazelle’ for the duration of one year. ZuidasTravel.nl director Bert Verschoor sees the award as a recognition of his company’s innovative drive in the area of online booking. ‘The award is a great boost to the team who work very hard to provide the right support to corporate travellers wherever they are. Our added value comes from the way we continually check ticket prices and airline schedules to save companies money. Our enormous growth comes from word of mouth advertising by happy customers.’
Verschoor says some of his clients seem to be constantly on the move as if they practically spend their whole life on a plane. ‘Many international companies have offices all over the place and it can mean you are on a plane for 50 weeks a year. You come back from Dubai and have to leave for New York the next day. I prefer the plane to the car myself, but 50 weeks would be pushing it for me. I find it fascinating that you can be in a completely different culture or environment in hours. Perhaps people are like birds and were not meant to stay in the same place.’
Text: Romy Lange • Photography: nadiafotografeert
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