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About Telios

Built on 40 years of travel-industry heritage.

Telios is a boutique corporate travel management company headquartered in Miami. We exist because mid-size companies deserve the same quality of service luxury travelers have always had — built for the corporate world.

Our story

From luxury leisure to corporate travel — the same standard, a different world.

Forest Travel was founded in 1986 by David Mendal on a simple idea: treat every client like a friend, not a transaction. That philosophy built one of the most respected luxury travel agencies in the country — and grew into Forest Hospitality Group, spanning private aviation, luxury cruising, and high-end vacations.

Over the years, Forest Travel's corporate clients began asking for something more: a structured, technology-enabled way to manage their employees' travel with the same care their executives got booking leisure. Enterprise TMCs weren't built for mid-size companies, and managing travel by hand meant no real support.

In 2022, Telios Travel was founded under the Forest Travel umbrella as a dedicated corporate travel management company, partnered with SAP Concur — bringing that white-glove standard into corporate travel.

Treat every client like a friend, not a transaction.
David Mendal · Founder & Chairman, Forest Hospitality Group

Why Telios exists

The gap between enterprise TMCs and doing it yourself

Enterprise TMC

Built for $5M+ programs

RFPs, procurement teams, and dedicated travel managers — with a call center for everyone who isn't one of them.

Doing it yourself

No real support

Booking by hand across consumer sites, no negotiated rates, and leakage no one is tracking.

Telios

The space in between

For companies with $100K–$2M in travel spend

One account manager, five named agents, SAP Concur, proactive negotiations, and quarterly reviews — the service mid-size companies couldn't get anywhere else.

In practice

The same service a Fortune 500 gets — built for your size

One named account manager

Your single point of contact — knows your business and owns your program end to end.

QBRsNegotiationsPolicyReporting

Five named travel agents

Not a call center. The same team every time, who know your travelers by name.

The same team, every booking

SAP Concur, done for you

Set up, transferred, or repaired — end to end.

Certified Travel Partner

Proactive vendor negotiations

Hotel and car rates negotiated from day one — you benefit.

From day one

Quarterly business reviews

Spend data, savings opportunities, and policy recommendations.

Every quarter

Bilingual, US & LATAM

English and Spanish support across the Americas.

EN / ES

Part of a group that serves 150,000+ travelers a year

40 yrs

of travel-industry heritage (since 1986)

300+

travel experts across the group

150,000+

travelers served annually

$400M+

in annual group sales

How we operate

The principles behind how we work

  1. 01

    Service that feels personal

    You work with the same people every time — your account manager knows your business, your agents know your travelers, and nothing falls through because someone new picked up.

  2. 02

    Proactive, not reactive

    We flag savings opportunities, negotiate rates before you ask, and bring insights to every quarterly review — so your program keeps improving.

  3. 03

    Technology that works for your team

    We set up SAP Concur, configure your policy, and make sure adoption actually happens — a tool travelers use and finance can see.

  4. 04

    Accountability you can measure

    We track response times, resolution times, Concur adoption, and policy compliance — and share the numbers. We don't just claim to be responsive; we prove it.

No call center · no rotation · the same people every time

The people your company will actually work with

Travel advisors

Common questions

About Telios

Telios is a boutique corporate travel management company headquartered in Miami, serving companies with $100K–$2M in annual travel spend. It's the corporate arm of Forest Hospitality Group, founded in 1986, and launched in 2022.

Mid-market companies — the bracket enterprise TMCs underserve and online-only platforms can't support. If you're spending roughly $100K–$2M a year on travel, you're our fit.

Enterprise TMCs use rotating call-center agents. Telios assigns the same five named agents and one account manager to your program — so they know your travelers, your policy, and your CFO's questions before you ask them.

Yes. Telios is part of Forest Hospitality Group — a Miami luxury-travel company founded in 1986 that serves 150,000+ travelers a year and generates $400M+ in annual sales. Telios brings that white-glove heritage to corporate travel.

Let's talk

See how Telios works for a company like yours

We'll walk you through what a Telios program looks like for your team — no commitment required.

Boutique service · $100K–$2M spend · No lock-in

Trusted by finance and travel teams across the US & LATAM