Partnership Travel Consulting announces new strategic partnerships and expansion

PRINCETON, New Jersey – (July 21, 2008) Partnership Travel Consulting (PTC) a leading business travel consulting firm today announced partnerships with The Corporate Solutions Group, founder of Hotel Solutions^tm, and Sirius Management Limited. With this alliance, these three companies become the only authorized consulting entities to provide Hotel Solutions directly to the worldwide corporate travel market.

“This new cooperation gives us the edge in hotel management services and support. Our consulting team will be looking for smaller international independent hotels that require an all-in-one tool to manage sales and commissions,” said Andrew W. Menkes, President of PTC. The Corporate Solutions Group CEO, Robert Langsfeld founded Hotel Solutions. They are a hotel compliance and commission recovery technology firm that provides point-of-sale preferred hotel auditing software, as well as a global hotel commission recovery system.

In a related move, PTC announced an exclusive partnership with Sirius Management Limited, a UK based travel management consultancy founded by Tom Stone, former Chairman of the UK’s Institute of Travel Management. Under this partnership, each of the consulting firms can collaborate on global client projects, and bill in any currency of the client’s choosing. PTC is the exclusive US partner of Sirius Management Limited, and Sirius is the exclusive EMEA partner for PTC.

Partnership Travel Consulting (PTC) Reopens

Founded by Andrew W. Menkes in 2001, PTC was sold to Hogg Robinson Group in April 2006, when Menkes joined Eos Airlines in July 2006. Menkes repurchased the company soon after Eos Airlines ceased operations on April 28, 2008. Rejoining Menkes at PTC are Senior Consultants Evan Newman, Chief Information Officer, and John Asselta, Senior VP of Consulting. PTC is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

“We are glad to have PTC and Andy back in the consulting arena, and this new partnership with the three firms creates a unique synergy in the corporate market”, said Bob Langsfeld. “I’ve known Andy for over a decade and we’ve always wanted to formalize a partnership, so the timing could not be better”, said Tom Stone.

All three companies will make a formal joint announcement at the upcoming NBTA Conference in Los Angeles later this month, where they will be exhibiting at the Hotel Solutions Booth.

For more information contact Andrew Menkes, CEO of Partnership Travel Consulting at +1 609-443-8460 or via email to info@partnershptc.com or visit the website at www.partnershiptc.com

About PTC

Partnership Travel Consulting, LLC (PTC) was founded in 2001 by Andrew W. Menkes. The management team is comprised of travel industry veterans with expertise in Global Travel Management, Airlines, Hotels and Travel Technologies with an average of 20 years industry experience.

This travel management consulting firm specializes in travel supplier sourcing and negotiations, global agency and data consolidation, business process reengineering, CTD accreditation and travel technology. They also specialize in travel agency and selection on a national or global basis. PTC is also a member of The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) and The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE).

PTC is involved with all the major travel industry associations, both as Board Members, Officers and speakers and with their corporate travel expertise; they provide a unique insight into the specialized culture of the industry. Their management team has served as officers and on board positions with both ACTE and NBTA.

About Sirius Management Limited

About Sirius Management - Sirius Management was formed by Tom Stone in 2003 to provide professional outsourced travel management and strategic sourcing consultancy. The firm has a diverse range of clients with travel budgets of all sizes.

Prior to launching Sirius Management, Tom held global and multi-national travel management positions with several blue chip organisations.

About The Corporate Solutions Group®, LLC

The Corporate Solutions Group®, LLC helps companies large and small optimize travel procurement and management. With more than 100 years of collective travel management expertise, the partners of The Corporate Solutions Group® offer an unprecedented level of subject knowledge.

In more than 35 years, they have assisted with the management of key business processes for hundreds of organizations, including numerous public and private sector engagements focused on procurement. What attracts most of these clients is The Corporate Solutions Group's exception combination of skills, resources, experience, vision and scale. Unparalleled experience also means a powerful combination of technology acumen, niche specialties, and industry expertise.