Travel Weekly's 2015 Power List


13 | Altour

Altour
2014 Sales: $1.92 billion
Employees: 840
Previous Ranking: 13

1270 Ave. of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
T (212) 897-5000
F (212) 897-5134
Website

Executives

CEO/PRESIDENT: Alexandre Chemla
EVP/COO: Barry Noskeau
CFO (FINANCE, HR): Sherman Snyder
EVP, GLOBAL OPERATIONS: Joseph Oppold
PRESIDENT, THE TRAVEL AUTHORITY: Lee Thomas
EVP & CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER: Ron Dileo
EVP & CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER: Suzanne Aaronson
PRESIDENT, ALTOUR AIR: Wynona Dyer
PRESIDENT, ALTOUR MEETINGS AND INCENTIVES: Mary Sue Leathers
GENERAL MANAGER, ALTOUR JAPAN: Toshi Iwama
PRESIDENT, PASSAGEWAYS TRAVEL SERVICES: Tom McIntyre

2014 Developments

• Sold $90 million in new corporate business.

• More than doubled meetings and incentive business, to $25 million.

• Expanded Altour Global Network worldwide.

• Upgraded and implemented Duty of Care alert notifications.

• Upgraded and implemented new reporting data tools.

• Introduced unused ticket-tracking system.

• Implemented new online portal for corporate clients.

• Developed “Open Bridge” application to provide interface between Open Source Bookings, Concur and Altour.

• New agreements with GNS/American Express resulting in 21 global sites in France and Africa and 10 new domestic sites.

Company Facts

• Majority of business is direct sales of travel products to consumers, but with a substantial minority portion of the business as a host agency.

• ARC sales of $990 million.

• 74% of sales from business travel, 15% leisure, 11% other.

• Owns Altour Travel Master, Altour Air, Altour Entertainment, Altour Japan, Altour Meetings and Incentives: SwiftTrip, Passageways Association and Event Management.

• Member of Altour Global Network and American Express U.S. Representative Network.

• Privately held.

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