Travel Weekly's 2018 Power List


43 | AmTrav

AmTrav
2017 sales: $204 million
Employees: 122
Previous ranking: 47

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

Executives

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

2017 Developments 

Launched a2b, a corporate booking tool.

The company built a multicarrier, branded-fare shopping display, including a Compare feature that compares attributes, amenities, rules and fees across multiple flights and/or fare brands.

Launched an interactive, real-time corporate reporting tool.

Company Facts

Operate two main brands: AmTrav, a travel management company, and CheapAir.com, a consumer-facing OTA

ARC sales of $137.6 million.

Less than $1 million in sales from hosted agents.

55% of sales from business, 43% from leisure and 2% from other retail.

Member of International Travel Partnership.

Privately held; Jeff Klee holds 57% of the company and Craig Fichtelberg holds 33%.

Looking Ahead

Focused on exploring technological solutions to deliver more, better and richer content.

Expects to achieve NDC Level 3 certification and will continue to embrace supplier connections that deliver better content.

Investing to grow its software development and corporate sales teams.

Dedicating development resources on post-booking functionality, including expanding premium seat offerings within booking tools, enhancing self-service ticket change options and integrating additional ancillary services.


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