Travel Weekly's 2016 Power List


51 | Amtrav

Amtrav
2015 sales: $166.1 million
Employees: 89
Previous ranking: 51

26707 West Agoura Road, Suite 204
Calabasas, CA 91302
T (818) 436-3900
Website

Executives

CEO: Jeff Klee
PRESIDENT: Craig Fichtelberg
EVP: Eric Fichtelberg

2015 Developments

21% year-over-year increase in corporate travel revenue, even higher in Q4

Completed a redesign/rebuild of CheapAir.com, updating the look and feel, improving mobile and tablet experiences.

Released a white-label version of corporate booking tool.

Began offering online flight booking for the Cuba market, selling both charter inventory and dynamically constructed itineraries through third countries.

Company Facts

Three business components: corporate travel management (AmTrav brand), retail online travel agency (CheapAir.com) and software development and hosted booking solutions for third parties (e.g. custom booking engines for credit card loyalty offers).

Three outside agents.

ARC sales of $118.6 million.

Less than $1 million in sales from hosted agents.

53% in sales from business, 47% leisure.

Member of the International Travel Partnership.

Privately held. Owned by Jeff Klee (57%), Craig Fichtelberg (33%) and Eric Fichtelberg (10%).

Looking Ahead

Will be migrating corporate booking tool, agent desktop tool and other websites to new technology platform to which CheapAir.com moved last year. It is more powerful, open and agile.

Developing new visual reporting tool to simplify duty of care and data analysis.

Will continue to enhance air shopping capabilities, with a particular focus on making new airline branded fares easy to compare and buy.

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