Phillipines' First Travel BPO

Dec. 22, 2009 - PRLog -- InterGlobe Technologies (IGT), India’s leading provider of IT and BPO solutions to the travel and transportation industry celebrates the opening of new BPO delivery centre today in Manila, Philippines.
IGT's Manila facility was inaugurated by Her Excellency Ms. Lilia De Lima, Director General, Philippine Economic Zone Authority. Speaking on IGT's launch in Manila, she said, “Government of Philippines extends complete support and cooperation to IGT. PEZA is a one-stop, non-stop partner for IGT's growth and success in the Philippines.”
Mr. Kapil Bhatia, Executive Chairman, InterGlobe Enterprises said that the group highly regards the immense talent and commitment to work in Filipinos. He reiterated his commitment towards Philippines and to invest further in near future.
Speaking in the launch, Mr. Vipul Doshi, CEO, IGT, said “IGT caters to global clients across six continents. We are building multiple service and delivery centers as part of our global delivery model. Our expansion in Manila is an important addition to our global footprint. It will also help our clients take advantage of global redundancy and service capabilities.”
Mr. Johnathan de Luzuriaga, Business Process Association of the Philippines (BPAP), said that in the outsourcing industry just being good is not acceptable. IGT exemplifies professional excellence.
“IGT will be the very first BPO specializing in Travel and Hospitality processes in Philippines. We have a solid mix of the best of both worlds in our Leadership team and we not only offer a job but a career to all our associates. InterGlobe Technologies has lived up to its ‘Great place to work’ reputation in Philippines as well. ” said Deanne Calma, Program Director, InterGlobe Technologies Philippines Inc.
A few key facts about the new IGT BPO facility in Manila
1.Total investment of over US $3 million in creating the facility
2.500 seat service delivery center with complete training facilities, enabled with state-of-the-art technology and built with complete amenities
3.Expansion plans by next year
4.Best in class IT and telecommunications infrastructure
5.Employee friendly working atmosphere and facilities in line with IGT's global standard
6.Located in booming Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City, Metro Manila – The Philippine’s top city in the “Ease of Doing Business Index” rankings by the World Bank International Finance Corporation
IGT has the plan to further grow its delivery infrastructure and enhance its access to a wider resource base for its clients by instituting new facilities in other parts of the world like Romania, Poland, Brazil and Spain.
InterGlobe Technologies (IGT) provides services and solutions to corporations worldwide in the areas of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Information Technology (IT). IGT's gamut of offerings spread across the entire technology spectrum. With some 2500 global employees operating in facilities located in India, North America and Europe, InterGlobe was ranked by The Great Place To Work Institute as the best travel company of India. In 2009, Deloitte and Touche recognized IGT as one of the fastest growing companies in Asia Pacific and The Black Book of Outsourcing ranked IGT as one of the top 3 Travel BPO & IT companies in the world. www.igt.in

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IGT is one of the leading travel technology suppliers . IGT is a SEI CMMi Level 5 company, with distinct expertise in the areas of software solution frameworks, services and business process outsourcing (BPO) services across the travel domain.