By Agiito We’ve always been more than a TMC. Formerly, Capita Travel and Events and NYS, we are now ‘Agiito’: a single brand that unites our extensive experience, people, values, personality and culture. We’ve started a new chapter of our story. We’re the same award-winning company, the same creative thinkers and the same no-messing problem […]

Capita Travel and Events has announced the appointment of Donna Fitzgerald as Chief Operating Officer. She will also become an executive team member and her new role will commence on May 1st. Capita Travel and Events is evolving its propositions, products and services to improve operational delivery and service excellence for its customers. The COO […]

Village Hotel Club, Virgin Atlantic Airways, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) and Lime Venue Portfolio were all winners at the Smarter Working Wellbeing Awards, the first wellbeing awards in the travel and MICE industries. The winners, as announced at the awards ceremony on 6 February at the Mercure Hotel in Nottingham, were: Village Hotel Club […]

Capita Travel and Events’ customer service excellence has been recognised and given ‘gold’ status by BAE Systems, a key Capita client that specialises in the multinational defence, security, and aerospace sectors. Out of BAE Systems’ 6,000 UK suppliers, Capita were among the select few to win a gold status following a nomination by their UK […]

Margarita Berga, Strategic Account Manager for Capita Travel and Events, has scooped the highly sought-after Rising Star of the Year Award at the Business Travel Awards 2020.  The Rising Star of the Year category recognises the talented individuals who have achieved significant success in their short time in the business travel industry. Judged by a […]

Capita Travel and Events says its clients and their travellers are benefitting from easy bookings, enhanced wellbeing and cost savings as a result of new solutions added to their suite of technology (iris) in 2019. The iris suite features communications to influence booking behaviours; the iris:go mobile app providing travellers access to their accommodation, air […]

A third of people in the UK have felt ill or suffered from a lack of sleep as a result of travelling for work. The news comes from a survey carried out by Capita Travel and Events in support of its Unnoticed Impact of Business Travel report, which explores how the UK workforce feels about the culture of […]

Employees from Capita Travel and Events have been working with Village Hotels to keep those less fortunate warm over the winter season.  Over 400 coats as well as 50 winter accessories were donated by team members from across the company’s five nationwide sites as part of Village Hotels’ Hope for a Coat campaign.  Sharon Bannister, […]

Capita Travel and Events says its One Call service will see homeowners experience less stress in the event of an accident rendering part of a home out of action, while also saving costs for insurance companies. The travel management company has joined forces with The Temporary Solutions Group, which specialises in temporary kitchen, bathroom and storage solutions, […]

Capita Travel and Events is helping its customers optimise their travel programmes and encourage positive behavioural changes by running a series of Smarter working workshops and providing a unique set of tools and data insight. The company is using its expertise and technology to work alongside customers to address the wellbeing agenda of their travellers […]

Capita Travel and Events’ talented teams have been shortlisted as the UK’s Best TMC (Over £200 million UK sales annually)’, Best Sales Account Management Team and the Rising Star of the Year. We join several others in the final for the prestigious Business Travel Awards 2020, which recognise the achievements of companies and individuals in […]

Most businesses spend more than they realise on meetings, with just a small proportion going on direct costs such as venues, technology and equipment. The remaining, a whopping average of 85%, is eaten up by travel and other ancillaries. Today’s meeting planners have to define their events’ objectives more clearly so investment can be focussed on achieving those […]

Teams from across Capita Travel and Events offices recently came together for Volunteering Week to make donations to their local food banks, helping to feed dozens of families around the country.  The company, which normally supplies fresh fruit baskets in their offices on a weekly basis, made the decision to swap the fruit deliveries and […]

Capita Travel and Events have launched the first wellbeing awards in the travel and MICE industries: The Smarter Working Wellbeing Awards.  The Awards are open for all suppliers to recognise and celebrate supplier excellence in delivering significant improvements to traveller wellbeing across the accommodation, venue, air transportation, rail and ground transportation sectors.  There are six […]

By Matthew Holman, Head of Traveller Wellbeing at Capita Travel and Events It’s 03:00, I am in bed at home and my alarm goes off. It is time to get up.  This is not a ‘normal’ day. It is a business travel day and need to fly to Amsterdam for a meeting. I need to catch the 06:40 flight […]

Capita Travel and Events is opening doors for the next generation of travel consultants through an Employee Academy programme with Derby College Group (DCG). Capita Travel and Events, whose head office is in Derby, has worked with DCG for the past four years under the college’s innovative partnership programme to better prepare students for the […]

Capita’s specialist meetings and events brand NYS has raised over £3,100 for UK charity Buses 4 Homeless, a low-cost holistic solution to homelessness.  The events team took part in a sponsored sleep out, an initiative supported and led by Buses 4 Homeless. The funds raised will go towards refurbishing decommissioned buses into spaces for eating, […]

The business travel industry is often based on booking habits and policy compliance. Unfortunately, not enough businesses are questioning if they are spending the right amount on their travel programme and travelling in the right way, or even considering the impact travel has on their employee wellbeing and the overall productivity.  Capita Travel and Events […]