ATPI Philippines has been named Specialty Travel Agency of the Year: Marine Industry at the inaugural TDM Travel Trade Excellence Awards Asia 2025, recognising its decades-long contribution to marine travel and logistics. The award highlights the company’s more than 30 years of expertise in managing complex maritime travel, providing innovative solutions that keep vessels moving efficiently and seafarers protected, while delivering highly personalised and tailored travel experiences.
The Philippines is the world’s top supplier of maritime crew, and ATPI Philippines plays a central role in supporting this workforce through its 24/7 World Support Centre in Makati. The company’s proprietary technology solutions, including the Traveler Tracking System, CrewHub, and CrewLink, enable seamless end-to-end management of crew travel, addressing cost efficiency, compliance, sustainability, and seafarer wellbeing.
ATPI Philippines combines cutting-edge technology, personalised service, and operational expertise to manage complex crew changes and large-scale operations. This approach has led to a 98 percent marine client retention rate, up to 20 percent annual savings, smarter crew rotation strategies, faster workflows, and high client satisfaction. By analysing booking patterns and combining preferential marine fares with evidence-based practice changes, the company has helped clients achieve a 17 percent cost reduction at high-expense ports, while strategic shifts of off-signing activities to Asia increased Asian off-signers by eight percent year-on-year in 2025.
The award reflects ATPI Philippines’ long-term impact on maritime travel, as clients increasingly adopt its people-first itinerary design prioritising seafarer wellbeing, which delivers tangible safety benefits across fleets. The company plans to further deepen sector specialisation, expand AI and data-driven technology, and extend end-to-end crew change capabilities to streamline operations and deliver long-term value for shipowners, operators, and seafarers. Its recent acquisition by Direct Travel strengthens global resources and technology infrastructure, supporting a combined travel volume exceeding USD 6 billion, while preserving local advantages such as fast response times, cultural fluency, and strong port authority relationships.