American Express Global Business Travel

Blue Cube Travel

=27th in the UK
Gross UK sales 2022 £36 million

Unit 5, Provenance Wharf, 8 Kew Bridge Road TW8 0FJ  
bluecubetravel.co.uk 

COMPANY PROFILE

Key staff 

Mel Phaure, founder/director
Kenny Stirling, founder/director
Nayan Patel, finance director
Tracey Wilson, operations director
Kevin Trill, director of transformation, technology and security
Sumit Gupta, head of client management
Nick Pratt, head of sales

Main industry sectors

Construction, engineering, financial and professional services, oil and gas, retail

Services in addition to business travel

Consultancy, group travel, incentives, leisure travel, meetings and events, passport and visa services, sustainability programmes, traveller well-being services, venue sourcing, VIP travel

Type of company

Limited

Online transactions

20% 

Transactions

Air 40% | Hotel 40% | Rail 12% | Car 4% | MICE 3% | Other 1%

Trips

Short-haul 75% | Long-haul 25%

Top destinations

Short-haul: London, Paris, Amsterdam, Geneva, Glasgow
Long-haul: New York, Johannesburg, Dubai, Lagos, Sao Paulo 

Office locations

London, Glasgow, Ghana

Association and network membership

Advantage Global Network, Advantage Travel Partnership

Full-time equivalent staff

46

Average length of service

12 years

Average industry experience

12 years

ESG/CSR/DEI policies

  • Blue Cube conducts its operations in an open, honest and ethical manner
  • It recognises the importance of protecting all human, financial, physical, informational, social, environmental and reputational assets
  • Committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment
  • All employees and contractors are responsible and accountable for contributing to a safe working environment, for fostering safe working attitudes and for operating in an environmentally responsible manner
  • Blue Cube does not engage or tolerate unlawful workplace conduct, including intimidation, discrimination or harassment
  • Committed to ensuring all are treated equally and not being unlawfully discriminated against
  • Committed to valuing diversity, seeks to offer employment and development to all 
  • The company believes that the working environment should always be supportive of the dignity and respect of individuals
  • It is also the responsibility of all staff to promote these values in their daily actions, decisions and behaviour  

GDS

Sabre

Online booking tools

Atriis

Other technology (I=in-house, T=third-party)

Air reshopping I 
Auditing
Business intelligence
Data visualisation
Disruption management
Hotel reshopping I 
Meetings management
Peer benchmarking
Personalised trip recommendation
Pre-trip approval
Profile management I 
Quality assurance
Sustainability reporting I 
Traveller tracking
Travel risk management
Unused ticket management

Biggest innovation of 2022 

Blue Cube has enhanced and grown its high-touch offering in line with demand. More educated, knowledgeable senior staff. The company has spent the last 12 months focusing on its people, ensuring they are well supported, trained and readily available to the client base. Blue Cube is working with local colleges on their curriculum to ensure future generations of travel consultants harness the same skill set