Who we are

The 1834 Perth built by Robert Napier in the Tay Estuary

OUR STORY SO FAR

The Dundee, Perth and London Shipping company was founded in 1826 to take passengers to and from London to Scotland by steamship. It is fair to say we have been in the travel business for a long time! All that experience has taught us a lot too and we understand what’s important for the traveller, especially the demands of corporate travel.

We have always placed personal service high as a priority and that is still true today. Our corporate travel consultants are experts in what they do and will always go that extra mile to ensure that our business customers and their travellers have the best possible experience with the least amount of fuss. Our 24-hour emergency help line is still run by our own staff in Dundee and St. Andrews.

We’ve embraced technology as well as we can see the benefits that it brings to the corporate travel booker and traveller alike.

Looking to the future we are beginning to see how climate change and sustainability will have an impact on our industry and so we are helping our customers monitor and adapt to this environmental change.

MEET OUR TEAM

At DP&L Travel Management, we believe in getting to know our customers and travellers requirements. Our diverse team of experts brings unique skills, experience, and dedication to every booking, ensuring that each journey is customised to meet your unique needs. Below you will find a little more about each of our team members who are committed to taking the burden out of corporate travel.

Alick Bissett – CEO

Caroline Runciman

Cheryl Thompson

Brian Kane

Karen Soutar

Gillian Kelly

Helen Wilson

Rebecca McPhee

Shameema Noordali

Amy Knowles

Shabaana Noordali

Kerry Allan

Adam Schonenberger

Debbie Macmaster

Pauline Walker

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OUR VISION

Corporate travel is an essential part of successful organisations, but we recognise that the landscape is changing and there is increasing pressure on businesses to adopt more sustainable policies. We can help companies by calculating carbon footprints, identifying the greenest carriers, and even offering “slow” travel options if required.

Technology is evolving too which will ultimately give more options to the corporate travel booker and to the traveller themselves. We will still be on hand to give the best advice and get our clients the most competitive deals available.

Travel data management reporting will be readily available and fully transparent so that organisations can track costs at any time covering examples such as solving complex

problems in aggregating, consolidating, normalising, cleansing and visualising data for the travel industry.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Travel management company will save you money, streamline your travel booking process, manages your businesses’ travel spend and provides duty of care to your travellers.

First, we will organise a face to face meeting to get an understanding of your business and expectations of working alongside DP&L Travel Management. If you wish to come on board it is a very seamless transaction once you sign the credit agreement, there are two set up routes. –

If you used a TMC previously we can mostly liaise with them and move information across, with your permission, which tends to take 6-8 weeks normally.

If you don’t use a TMC then we will ask if wish to fill out profile forms to ensure all passenger information is transfer over in every booking and can immediately make a booking.