31. CORPORATE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT GROUP
2006 Sales: $283
million
Employees: 150
Previous Ranking: 33
450 E. 22nd
St.
Lombard, IL
60148
T (630)
691-9100
F (630)
691-1088
www.corptrav.com
Executives
Owner/CEO:
Bonnie Lorefice
President: Jane
Batio
Executive VP:
Jim Wasson
Senior VP: Lisa
Donavan Berry
2006 Developments
ARC sales of
$179 million.
80% of sales
from business, 15% from meeting/group travel for corporate clients,
5% leisure.
Received
first-ever Luminary award from GetThere for 136% increase in online
booking transactions in 2006.
Company Facts
Affiliated with
GlobalStar Travel Management.
Member of ABC,
Travelsavers.
Privately
held.
Looking Ahead
Will grow
global travel alert program.
32. (tie) TRAVEL
STORE
2006 sales: $241
million
Employees: 151
Previous Ranking: 35
11601 Wilshire
Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
90049
T (310)
575-5540
F (310)
575-0542
www.travelstoreusa.com
Executives
CEO/President:
Wido Schaefer
Executive
VP/CFO: Osvaldo Ramos
VP, Leisure
Sales & Marketing: Dan Ilves
VP, Corporate
Sales & Marketing: Jim Wright
2006 Developments
ARC sales of
$151 million.
$59 million in
sales from hosting outside agents.
60% of sales
from business, 35% from leisure, 5% from meetings, groups and
incentives.
Acquired three
California agencies: House of Travel (Sacramento), Bridge Travel
(Emeryville), In Transit (Santa Clara).
Company Facts
158 outside
travel sellers.
Part of BCD
network.
Member of
Ensemble.
Privately
held.
Looking Ahead
Will
concentrate on consolidation in the Bay Area.
32. (tie) RICH WORLDWIDE
TRAVEL
2006 Sales: $241
million
Employees: 97
Previous Ranking: 34
500 Mamaroneck
Ave.
Harrison, NY
10528
T (914)
835-7600
F (914)
835-1666
www.richtravel.com
Executives
Chairperson:
Ina Rich
Co-President:
Nathan Devore
Co-President:
Richard Esman
Executive VP:
Michele Rich Esman
Executive VP:
Donna Devore
2006 Developments
50% of sales
from hosting 203 outside agents.
ARC sales of
$156 million.
50% of sales
from business, 40% leisure, 10% other.
More online
bookings by more accounts as a method of reducing
expenses.
Corporate
accounts now have full access to all their travel
reporting.
Company Facts
Member of
Global Connect.
ember of
Virtuoso, ABC, Vacation.com, CBTG.
Privately
held.
Looking Ahead
Looking to grow
corporate business as well as incentive and group
meetings.
34. KINTETSU INTERNATIONAL
2006 Sales: $240.8
million
Employees: 255
Previous Ranking: N/A
1325 Avenue of
Americas, Suite 2002
New York, NY
10019
(T)
212-259-9585
(F)
212-259-9580
www.kintetsu.com
Executives
CEO: Yuichi
Yokoyama
CFO: Tomomichi
Yokoiwa
President:
Frank Lee
2006 Developments
ARC sales of
$75 million.
65% of sales
from business, 25% leisure, 10% meetings and
incentives.
Company Facts
Part of KNT, a
multiservice, multiproduct global company with interests in hotels,
travel agencies, car rental firms and nontravel
companies.
Member of
Travelsavers.
Looking Ahead
Kintetsu plans
to change its logo, slogan and Web site this year.
35. YTB INTERNATIONAL
2006 Sales: $226.1
million
Employees: 202
Previous Ranking: N/A
1901 E.
Edwardsville Road
Wood River, IL
62095
(T)
618-655-9520
(F)
618-659-9675
www.ytb.com
Executives
President: J.
Kim Sorensen
CFO: John
Clagg
VP, Marketing,
YTB Travel Network: Shelly Coppersmith
Director,
Travel Management, YTB Travel Network: Tami Goad
2006 Developments
ARC sales of
$52.1 million.
$93.7 million
of sales fulfilled by third parties.
$175.2 million
of sales from hosting outside agents.
80% of sale
from leisure, 10% from business, 10% other.
300% growth in
sales and representatives each of last three years.
Company Facts
Operates YTB
Marketing, an organization with independent marketing
representatives who enroll travel agents, most of them
home-based.
Operates YTB
Travel Network, which handles travel processing, document
distribution and commission payments.
Operates
Rezconnect Technologies, which includes a travel franchise system
and software and services. The company also develops Web sites for
travel agents.
Publicly
held.
Looking Ahead
In 2007 and
2008, the emphasis will be on training thousands of
representatives, both online and on site.
Will focus
heavily on group travel.
36. PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL
2006 Sales: $222.6
million
Employees: 223
Previous Ranking: 37
25000 Great
Northern Corporate Center #170
North Olmsted, OH
44070
T (440)
734-8800
F (440)
734-1241
www.protrav.com
Executives
President/CEO:
Robert Sturm
Executive VP:
Rob Turk
Director of
Operations: Lynn Pfeiffer
2006 Developments
ARC sales of
$182.7 million.
85% of sales
from business, 8% leisure, 7% meetings and incentives.
Significant
growth in business; acquired major customers, including the largest
in company history, a $30 million account with a global
company.
Hired 20 people
in the last year.
Expanded
home-based employee network.
Integrated
Internet phone system.
Launched
call-routing system.
Broadly
implemented Cornerstone's iBank reporting system with
auto-ticketing features.
Company Facts
Hosts 18
outside travel sellers.
Employs
corporate agents in 14 states.
Member of
Radius, Virtuoso.
Privately
held.
Looking Ahead
Looking to
expand group and meeting business by expanding online registration
and reconciliation process.
37. SHORT'S TRAVEL MANAGEMENT
2006 Sales: $219.4
million
Employees: 133
Previous Ranking: 38
7815 Floyd
St.
Overland Park, KS
66204
T (913)
677-7777
F (913)
831-1405
www.shortstravel.com
Executives
CEO: Camille
Hogan
President/COO:
David LeCompte
CFO: Elizabeth
Davis
COO: Eric
Brasch
VP, Human
Resources: Susan Rice
2006 Developments
ARC sales of
$95.5 million.
74% of sales
from business, 1.6% from leisure, 24.3% from groups.
Company Facts
Owns Passport
Incentives and Meetings and PlanningPoint Meeting & Event
Software (total sales of $53.2 million).
Affiliated with
Hogg Robinson Group.
Member of
Hickory Travel Systems.
Privately
held.
Looking Ahead
Will continue
to grow sports division, based on experience working with the
National Collegiate Athletic Association. Will provide travel
services for the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Lexington,
Ky.
Will continue
to add dashboard capabilities to its portal, providing a wealth of
easily accessible information for clients.
38. QUALITY REWARD TRAVEL, A MARITZ-AFFILIATED
COMPANY
2006 sales: $206
million
Employees: 137
Previous Ranking: 41
Box 43
Washington, MO
63090
T (636)
827-7200
F (636)
239-0218
www.maritz.com
Executives
Owner: Donna
Speckhals
Owner: Rich
Speckhals
Director of
Operations: Wendy Mcdaniel
2006 Developments
ARC sales of
$194 million.
All sales from
reward and incentive travel.
Company Facts
Privately
held.
39. TRAVELEADERS
2006 Sales: $201.1
million
Employees: 202
Previous Ranking: N/A
2151 LeJeune
Road, Suite 300
Coral Gables, FL
33134
T (305)
455-2999
F (305)
567-8939
www.traveleaders.com
Executives
Managing
Director: Jeff Scott
CFO: Omar
Jimenez
VP,
Sales/Account Management: Mark Elias
2006 Developments
ARC sales of
$154.6 million.
$31 million in
sales from hosting outside agents.
Company Facts
70% of sales
from business, 15% from leisure, 15% from meetings and
incentives.
Now offering
corporate clients branded leisure Web sites to enable online
booking for proprietary vacation products and
services.
Member of
GlobalStar.
Member of
Hickory Travel Systems.
Subsidiary of
American Leisure Holdings, a resort development company
headquartered in Orlando.
Looking Ahead
Will continue
focus on the midmarket client.
40. UNIGLOBE TRAVEL PARTNERS
2006 Sales: $200
million
Employees: 120
Previous ranking: N/A
111 Howard Blvd.,
Suite 210
Mount Arlington,
NJ 07856
T (973)
601-1127
F (973)
601-1170
www.uniglobetravelpartners.com
Executives
President/CEO:
Marie Magliano
CFO/Treasurer:
Doug Carpenter
Corporate
Secretary: Mary Hanigan
2006 Developments
ARC sales of
$90.7 million.
$32 million in
sales fulfilled by agency for third parties.
$38 million in
sales from outside agents.
57% of sales
from business, 35% leisure, 8% meetings and
incentives.
Company Facts
Nine Uniglobe
agencies and the CPU division of Uniglobe Travel USA merged to form
Uniglobe Travel Partners.
Hosts 184
outside travel sellers.
Affiliate of
Uniglobe Travel.
Member of
Vacation.com.
Privately
held.
Looking Ahead
Aims to retain
entrepreneurial management of each office.
Recently
concluded negotiations with its preferred technology suppliers. A
major focus for 2007 will be to conduct operations analysis at each
office to implement best practices.
Will expand
reach by targeting larger national and global
accounts.
Aims to extend
its leisure business.