On our Titans Of Travel series, we have on Andy Menkes of Partnership Travel Consulting, LLC. We talk travel RFPs and how they need to be reinvented. How to become a business travel consultant. Andys journey - and a whole lot of jokes! Find Andy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-menkes-a166243/ Find PTC: https://www.partnershiptc.com/ About PTC: Unbiased Global Solutions We've been providing global travel and expense consulting services for 2 decades. Now more than ever business travel requires an innovative and strategic approach to balancing safety service and savings. Partnership Travel Consulting, LLC (PTC) was founded in 2001 by Andrew W. Menkes. Our 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. About Andy: Andrew has a 4 decade history in the travel industry, with a varied background in Airline, Travel Agency Corporate Travel Management and Consulting. Andrew's travel agency background started a the age of 29, as founder and CEO of Priority Travel, Inc. a New York based agency with international offices in London and Hong Kong. Menkes also served in various regional and executive positions with a number of large corporate travel agencies. Mr. Menkes joined Republic New York Corporation in January of 1997 as their first Vice President of Global Travel Management. One year after Republic merged with HSBC, Andrew formed PTC. Mr. Menkes was one of the 6 Founders of ACTE and has served as Vice President of Finance and Vice President of Administration as well as the Board of Directors of the National Business Travel Association (now GBTA). Mr. Menkes has received recognition as the first Travel Manager to be accredited by ARC as a Corporate Travel Department (CTD), which he helped ARC to create. He also pioneered the first corporate-direct (internet-based) Electronic Ticket purchase with British Airways. Andrew has twice made the BTN Top 25 Most Influential Travel Executives. In 1999, Business Travel News named Andrew Menkes Travel Manager of the Year. In December of 2014 Andrew was inducted into the Business Travel Hall Of Fame as the first travel manager to be recognized for this new award category. Need help with a business travel challenge? Connect with me on LinkedIn or email me at [email protected] The company is exclusively a travel management consulting firm and does not provide travel agency services, nor handle travel agencies as clients. Our areas of expertise are in travel supplier sourcing and negotiations, global agency and data consolidation, business process reengineering, CTD accreditation and travel technology. PTC is also involved with The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and The Association of Corporate Travel Executives. Our involvement in all of the major travel industry associations, both as Board Members, Officers and speakers, provides a unique insight into the specialized culture of our industry. Our management team has served in officer and board positions with both ACTE and NBTA. ---------- Michael and Eric Okon operate a global transportation business that is 100% family owned. With locations in multiple states and 100's of employees, the Okon Bros. talk about navigating life, growing up in a family business, writing books, content creation, self-help, law of attraction and more... Here are our websites: Our main company, BLS - https://www.blsco.com Michaels self-help books - https://www.samuelsbooks.com Michaels fiction books - https://www.michaelokon.com Eric Okon LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericokon Michael Okon LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-okon-b02b60162