Travel Weekly's 2016 Power List


24 | Vision Travel

Vision Travel
2015 sales: $675 million
Employees: 750
Previous ranking: 26

251 Consumers Road, Suite 700
Toronto, ON M2J 4R3
T (416) 487-5385
Website

Executives

CEO: Arend Roos
PRESIDENT: Joel Ostrov
COO: Brian Robertson
SVP, FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION: Bob Potter
EVP, CLIENT & INDUSTRY RELATIONS: Michael Broadhurst
EVP, LEISURE TRAVEL: Stephanie Anevich

2015 Developments

Launched revamp of www.visiontravel.ca

Acquired Travel TST in Richmond, British Columbia.

Launched DMC division of Strategic Meetings & Incentives.

Launched Vision Engage, an employee engagement program.

Company Facts

Direct sales of travel products to consumers and businesses; host agency.

ARC sales of $425 million.

70% of sales from business, 25% leisure, 5% other.

200 outside agents.

Owns Strategic Meetings & Incentives; Voyages Ideal; New Wave Travel.

Member of Radius Travel.

Member of Virtuoso.

Privately held. Owned by Vision 2000 Travel Solutions and Le Groupe Voyages Vision 2000.

Looking Ahead

Vision Assure enhancements, including WiFi, texting, geolocating using GPS, instant itinerary change requests and traveler communication with 24-hour agency help desk.

Adopting uMapped itinerary management tool.

Adopting CheckMate and Engage communications tools

Rollout of QVidian Sales Execution Software within salesforce.com platform

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