is one of the 25 active companies comprising the Marsman-Drysdale Group, a leading and diversified conglomerate whose business operations in the Philippines date back to 1920. Apart from travel and tourism, we are also engaged in agribusiness, food processing and marketing, healthcare, information technology, systems furniture, mining, real estate, and investment management. The Group has total co
nsolidated resources of over P5.0 Billion and a staff complement of more than 5,000 deployed in 12 business locations throughout the country. Marsman’s inbound tour operations began in 1975 in response to the Philippine government’s call to develop this industry and raise much needed foreign exchange earnings for the country. It started as a division of Marsman and Company, Inc., a major trading firm that had consistently ranked among the top 100 corporations in the Philippines. Owing to Marsman’s extensive international contacts and its nationwide presence, its tour operations made immediate and substantial progress. Soon, a travel division was formed to service the increasingly demanding outbound travel requirements of multinational and local corporate clients. In 1979, the two growing divisions were spun off from Marsman and Company, Inc. and were incorporated to give their operations a more concentrated business focus. Since then, the new travel company experienced considerable growth with sales volume increased at an average rate of over 20% per year in the years that followed. Its total commitment and dedication to providing only the highest quality of products and services to its clients and have propelled it to become one of the leaders in travel and tourism in the Philippines. The company’s Outbound Division handles the international travel needs of well over 100 prestigious corporate and institutional accounts and of countless individuals, whether traveling on business or pleasure. It also specializes in incentive tours and group tour packages to different foreign destinations. Its Inbound Division produces high-quality inbound tour packages utilizing the most interesting destinations throughout the Philippines and acts as the ground handler for leading tour wholesalers in Europe, Asia and other parts of the world. It has extensive experience in managing events, conferences and meetings for international organizations, and in handling incentive tours for major corporate accounts. Its high-quality products and services had consistently earned for it the most prestigious foreign and local industry awards. became the exclusive Philippine partner of Business Travel International (BTI), a worldwide partnership of highly successful and respected travel management companies. In 2006, with the decision of the two joint venture partners of BTI (Hogg Robinson and BCD Holdings) to pursue separate business strategies, Marsman joined the Hogg Robinson worldwide network. In 2020, Marsman became the country partner of the Travel Leaders Network, the fastest growing network of travel agency locations. The global network is present in over 70 countries, with more than 6,000 agency offices. Marsman Drysdale Travel Inc. fully subscribes to one basic mission – to be the best in the industry for its service, integrity, and professionalism – and to be recognized as such. This mission has become the benchmark by which the company measures its performance and the mandate for the way it conducts its business.
