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CIBT, Global Visa and Passport Professionals, and Virgin Atlantic Airlines Announce Travel Document Partnership

Dépèche transmise le 21 septembre 2009 par Business Wire

MCLEAN, Va. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CIBT, the global visa and passport professionals, and Virgin Atlantic announced today a strategic relationship to provide the airline’s customers with a comprehensive line of travel document services including visas and passports.

CIBT’s service offerings, which are now integrated into the Virgin Atlantic website, are especially important for travelers going to countries that require visas.

CIBT offers a simple, one-stop solution for travelers in need of visas, passports and other important documents required for travel to many destinations throughout the world, including China, India, Brazil, Russia, Australia and Africa. CIBT can secure any travel visas to most countries in the world for travellers of any nationalities living in the United States, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany and Canada.

“We are excited to partner with Virgin Atlantic to help their passengers obtain required travel documents, such as visas and passports,” said John Donoghue, executive vice president at CIBT.

Dee Cooper, Director of Product and Service at Virgin Atlantic said, “Virgin Atlantic’s aim is to provide our passengers with a seamless travel experience from booking through to arriving at their destinations so these easy- to-use services from CIBT will really benefit our passengers.”

About CIBT

CIBT is the largest global provider of visa and passport services. CIBT and its subsidiaries service 75% of the Fortune 500 companies as well as the leading travel consortia, tour operators, humanitarian organizations, and cruise line clients operating in more than 30 locations globally. CIBT processed nearly 1 million visa and passport requests last year.

CIBT operates in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands (covering Belgium and Luxembourg), Scandinavia, and Australia. CIBT is privately financed by American Capital (NASDAQ: ACAS).

About Virgin Atlantic

Since it was founded in 1984, Virgin Atlantic has become one of the world’s leading long haul airlines serving the world’s major cities. Based at London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports as well as offering services from Manchester airport, it operates long haul services to 30 destinations worldwide as far apart as Las Vegas and Shanghai. Virgin Atlantic has a fleet of 38 aircraft, which includes thirteen 747-400s and six A340-300s and nineteen A340-600s.