33 | Travel Planners International

T0622TRAVELPLANNERS_C_350 [Credit:  Travel Planners International]
2025 sales: $725 million
Previous ranking: 35
Employees: 54 full-time

1740 Fennel St.
Maitland, FL 32751
(407) 331-3888
Website

Executives

CEO: Ken Gagliano
COO: Tony Gagliano Jr.
PRESIDENT: Jenn Lee

COMPANY FACTS

* Privately held.
* Host agency, with a franchise division.
* Ken Gagliano and Tony Gagliano Jr. are the owners.
* Works with 5,800 independent contractors.
* 100% of sales completed by hosted advisors.
* Sales: 80% leisure, 20% corporate.
* Owns Vacation Planners, franchise division, with $2.5 million in sales not included in overall number.

DEVELOPMENTS

* Adjusted business model to connect Vacation Planners, Travel Planners Academy and Vacation Specialist entities, bringing marketing under TPI umbrella, and launching the "Sell Travel Your Way" campaign.
* Integrating with Tern technology, enabling advisors to submit their sales to the company and manage their back office within the customer relationship management technology. 
* Launched a hyper-focused luxury division, Luxe House, inviting several dozen advisors and preferred partners to join.

LOOKING AHEAD

* Growing the Vacation Planners division, inviting experienced advisors to purchase and claim their area.
* Further integration with Tern.
* Planning additional technology integrations and moving into a larger facility in Q4.
* Seeing a surge of advisors launching more robust and thoughtful agencies within the company's network. 
* Luxury sales are increasing dramatically with Luxe House's launch.


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