Mumbai : In a significant announcement Germany's Lufthansa City Centre (LCC), one of the fastest growing international travel networks in the world, has appointed New Delhi headquartered Pearl International Tours & Travel Limited (PITT) as a new Business Plus licensee in India. The Rs 540 crore PITT is a group company of the Pearl Pet business house.

Business Plus LCC offers professional planning and advice before, during and after a trip, with detailed management information reports indicating all components of a professional travel management system. Employing state-of-the art Management Information Systems (MIS), Business Plus ensures a transparent and clear presentation of all customer travel expenses, supporting the companies to efficiently optimise travel budgets. Furthermore, the service portfolio includes an own international Hotel Programme with more than 13.000 hotels world-wide, a 24 hour helpline service number for emergencies, state of the art systems and procedures.

The Business Plus Lufthansa City Centre offers tailor-made solutions to suit the needs of corporate travellers. "The LCC Business Plus License will further strengthen PIIT's hold in the fast growing corporate travel space. It allows us to access a network of over 600 offices of LCC in almost 80 countries besides deploying state of the art systems and processes at par with international standards," said Arjun Seth, Executive Director, Pearl International Tours & Travels Ltd.

According to Michael Marx, Head of Business Plus, Lufthansa City Centre, "With PITT as a Business Plus partner in India, we are represented in an economic metropolis that has a huge potential. I am confident to enlarge our customer portfolio and offer a value proposition in addressing the demands of one of the fastest growing corporate travel markets in the world."