IN UNDER a year of
operations FlightSiteAgent
has already broken its
three-year target of signing
up 3 000 travel agents.
FlightSite, a subsidiary
of Club Travel, launched
FlightSiteAgent.co.za – a
booking platform that
enables anyone to become
an Independent Travel
Consultant (ITC) – in March
last year.
Successful growth
aside, founding director of
FlightSite, Rian Bornman,
says the most satisfying
aspect of the company’s
journey thus far has been
seeing people who have
never been involved in travel
before, starting up their own
businesses and living out
their dreams.
“Together, with our
partners, our long-term goal
is to drive growth, whereby
anyone is able to break
into the travel industry in
South Africa. We plan to
do this by giving proactive
entrepreneurs a ‘business
in a box’ or, in other
words, the tools to start
a financially viable travel
business today,” he says.
No travel agent
qualifications, GDS or travel
industry experience are
required. Sign-up is free.
No deposits or sureties
are needed, nor contracts
or start-up fees. All that
is required is a cellphone
number and an email
address. Sign-ups have to
load money into an account
and then have access to
the best nett fares drawn
from Travelport, aggregators
and airlines, and are able to
determine their own markups,
making them more
competitive than traditional
travel agencies.
FlightSiteAgent’s
considerable success has
prompted the company to
extend its offering to also
provide agents with access
to new inventory, including
car hire, bus tickets, and
bed and breakfast and
guesthouse options.
