2017 sales: $3.2 billion
Employees: 1,610
Previous ranking: 13
2120 S. 72nd St.
Omaha, NE 68124
T (402) 399-4500
T (800) 228-2545
Website Executives
CEO: Kevin O'Malley
PRESIDENT/COO: Tim Fleming
EVP & CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, INFORMATION SERVICES: Mike Kubasik
SVP, ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT: Nancy Rissky
SVP, OPERATIONS: Nancy Miller
SVP/LEGAL COUNSEL: Mike King
SVP & CFO: Josh Weiss
SVP, HUMAN RESOURCES: Jim Winterscheid
SVP, SPECIALTY DIVISIONS: Jeff Cain
2017 Developments
Increased sales and grew its workforce.
Announced the acquisition of London's Statesman Travel. The combined companies have over 1,600 employees and total annual global sales of over $3.2 billion. The combined organizations have longstanding relationships supporting mutual clients, especially in light of Travel and Transport's 2012 acquisition of Ultramar, which will be enhanced by Travel and Transport's global technology platform.
Data Visualization Intelligence continued strategy development and rapid expansion on visualization of data.
Continued to invest in technology development, adding to Dash Mobile the option for clients to have direct access to the Hilton Honors app, with access to Hilton Honors loyalty details and Hilton's Digital Key.
Company Facts
ARC sales of $1.94 billion.
$9.9 million in sales from hosted agents.
89% of sales from business, 2% leisure, 9% other.
Owns Travel and Transport Events, providing meetings, group and incentive planning; Loyalty, providing loyalty marketing and fulfillment; Travel Design Lounge, a unique concept in leisure travel; and Data Visualization Intelligence. Annual sales volume for subsidiaries of $380 million.
Member of Radius and Virtuoso. Travel and Transport is one of two main shareholders of Radius.
Privately owned, 100% employee-owned.
Looking Ahead
Plans in 2018 to grow in markets including Canada, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Australia, Mexico and Brazil, via startup operations, full or partial acquisitions or through the strategic placement of embedded resources within a Radius partner agency in a specific market.
Plans continued API integrations in mobile and will focus on dashboard reporting, push technology and development of new solutions to provide greater flexibility for travel managers to communicate with travelers. Travel and Transport plans further focus on the implementation of omnichannel technology research into AI and voice recognition.
Plans enhancements to agency CRM tool Bartt (Booking Agent Reservation Technology Toolbox), which anticipates the information agents need during the reservation process.