2016 sales: $2.58 billion
Employees: 1,596
Previous ranking: 14
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, HUMAN RESOURCES): 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, MARKETING, MEETINGS MANAGEMENT, INCENTIVE TRAVEL SERVICES): Mary Sue Leathers
GM, ALTOUR JAPAN: Toshi Iwama
2016 Developments
Growth in all business sectors; welcomed several independent contractors and independent agency groups in several areas of the U.S.; and launched offices in Germany and Japan.
Launched messaging app that enables clients to communicate to agents via a dashboard on their desktop. The app gives agents the ability to provide travel options to clients and create an organized and contemporary itinerary within the app and can also email the itinerary as a PDF. Goal is to provide an all-in-one application for clients.
Company Facts
ARC sales of $1.5 billion.
Majority of business is direct sales of travel products to consumers but with a substantial minority portion as a host agency.
82% of sales from business, 11% leisure, 7% other.
Owns Altour Entertainment (film and TV production, music band touring, Broadway show touring, fashion); Altour Travel Master (consolidator specializing in the French community); Altour Air (air charter brokers); Altour Japan (division focused on Japanese corporate clients doing business in U.S., U.K. and Japan); Altour Meetings and Incentives (performance reward marketing, event management); SwiftTrip (travel technology subsidiary).
Member of Radius; American Express U.S. Representative Network.
Privately held.