2015 sales: $2.51 billion
Employees: 1,070
Previous ranking: 13
1270 Ave. of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
T (212) 897-5000
Website Executives
CEO/PRESIDENT: Alexandre Chemla
EVP/COO: Barry Noskeau
CFO (FINANCE, HR): Sherman Snyder
EVP, GLOBAL OPERATIONS:: Joseph Oppold
PRESIDENT, THE TRAVEL AUTHORITY (LEISURE DIVISION SUBSIDIARY): Lee Thomas
PRESIDENT, ALTOUR AIR: Wynona Dyer
PRESIDENT, ALTOUR MEETINGS AND INCENTIVES (PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT, MEETINGS MANAGEMENT, INCENTIVE TRAVEL SERVICES): Mary Sue Leathers
GM, ALTOUR JAPAN: Toshi Iwama
2015 Developments
Launched Altour24 UK, providing 24/7 access for U.K. clients.
Launched Altour (ENT) program to offer clients in entertainment, film, media and music specialist hotels that understand their requirements.
Launched new consumer leisure web site, TTA.com.
Joined Radius Travel Network.
Launched Altour University; students who complete the program are partnered with an Altour mentor.
Altour Hotel Collection now has over 12,000 properties.
Meetings & Incentive division experienced a 50% growth rate.
Company Facts
Direct sales of travel product to consumers; a substantial minority portion of business is as a host agency.
ARC sales of $1.4 billion.
80% of sales from business, 10% leisure, 10% other.
Owns: Altour Travel Master (consolidator specializing in French community), Altour Air (air charter brokers), Altour Entertainment (film and TV production, music band touring, Broadway show touring, fashion), Altour Japan, Altour Meetings and Incentives and SwiftTrip (travel technology subsidiary).
Member of Altour Global Network, Radius, American Express U.S. Representative Network
Privately held; majority stockholder Alexandre Chemla.