A double win for eNett at the 2017 Global Business Excellence Awards
July 25, 2017
eNett International, a leading provider of integrated B2B payment solutions for the travel industry, has won awards for ‘Outstanding Executive’ and ‘Outstanding Fast-Growth Business’ at the 2017 Global Business Excellence Awards.
eNett founder and CEO Anthony Hynes won the Outstanding Executive Award for his entrepreneurial mindset and leadership of an equally passionate team. Anthony set up eNett in 2009 after recognising the unique payment challenges affecting travel companies, and continues to take the company from strength to strength.
In the past year, Anthony has led expansion into new markets, signed innovative new partnerships and extended eNett’s already broad currency suite, taking fast, easy and safe payments even further around the globe. In addition to commercial successes, Anthony launched the ‘Repay the eNett Way’ CSR programme, aiding underprivileged communities in high tourism growth countries.
Under Anthony’s leadership, eNett has also won an award for being an ‘Outstanding Fast-Growth Business’. With its secure Virtual Account Numbers (VANs) enabling travel agencies to efficiently pay their supplies through an automatically generated unique Mastercard number. Over the past 5 years, eNett has enjoyed an average revenue growth rate of 68%.
eNett founder and CEO, Anthony Hynes, said: “We are an ambitious company, and our growth is all down to a passionate team who go above and beyond what is expected to deliver the best possible experience for our customers. This has propelled us to become a high-growth business, processing tens of billions of dollars* in payments via VANs. There is huge global demand for fast, easy and safe travel transactions, and we will continue to set the pace for innovation.”
The chairman of the judges said: “Anthony Hynes has to be congratulated for revolutionising the business-to-business payment system in the travel business. He set up eNett in 2009 to provide fast, efficient payments through a virtual credit card system and his company is now a global, high growth company with more than 800 customers across 50 countries.
“In addition to great leadership, eNett and its team must also be applauded for achieving this growth. 2016 was a defining year for eNett — net revenue increased 64% in line with an increase in customers and transactions. With consumers seeking to travel to new destinations, global demand for fast and efficient back-office payments in growing rapidly and eNett is set to be a leading global operator.”
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About the Global Business Excellence Awards
The Global Business Excellence Awards are open to private, public and third sector organisations of all sizes, based in any country around the world. Entrants to the Global Business Excellence Awards do not have to be operating globally to enter the awards, entries are judged against other entries from the same country. There are four rounds each year with quarterly deadlines being the last working day of February, May, August and November and winners for each round hold their title for twelve months.
