Travel Weekly's 2007 Power List, 11-20

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11. OMEGA WORLD TRAVEL

2006 Sales: $1.4 billion

Employees: 1,380

Previous Ranking: 12

3102 Omega Office Park

Fairfax, VA 22031

T (703) 359-0200

F (703) 359-8889

E-mail: [email protected]

www.owt.net

Executives

  • CEO/President: Gloria Bohan
  • COO: Dan Bohan
  • CFO: Michael Peranio
  • Executive VP, Sales and Services: Goran Gligorovic

    2006 Developments

  • ARC sales of $853 million.
  • Continued international expansion and upgrading of technology.
  • Expanded Bahrain office and opened office in Kuwait.
  • Acquired several large international accounts (names withheld per nondisclosure agreements.)
  • 86% of sales from business, 6% from leisure, 8% from meetings.

    Company Facts

  • Owns Cruise.com, Omega Meetings and Incentives, TourDeals.com and TravTech, with combined annual sales volume of $310 million.
  • One of largest members of Radius.
  • Member of ABC Corporate Services, WATA, Vacation.com.
  • Member of ARTA, ASTA, Travel Institute, PATA, SGTP.
  • Privately held.

    Looking Ahead

  • Celebrating 35th anniversary.
  • Opening an office in Dubai.

    12. STA TRAVEL

    2006 Sales: $1.19 billion

    Employees: 450

    Previous Ranking: 13

    750 State Highway 121

    Dallas, TX 75067

    (T) 972-538-8800

    (F) 972-315-9578

    www.statravel.com

    Executives

  • President: Scott Hayden
  • VP, Business-To-Business: James Bell
  • VP, Marketing/E-Commerce: Kristen Celko
  • VP, Retail Sales: Dan Lawing

    2006 Developments

  • ARC sales of $890 million.
  • 90% of sales from leisure, 10% from business.
  • Strategic marketing shift from offline to online media targeting students and youth.
  • Completed relocation of corporate headquarters to Dallas.

    Company Facts

  • Member of International Student Travel Confederation, Student Air Travel Association, Federation of International Youth Organizations.
  • Privately held.

    Looking Ahead

  • Completing rollout of a new point-of-sale system.
  • Launching a Voiceover Internet Protocol solution (VoIP) with enhanced call routing/management.
  • Leveraging Web 2.0 technologies and commonalities to develop marketing relationships with customer base.
  • Expanding retail presence.

    13. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT

    2006 sales: $868 million

    Employees: 715

    Previous Ranking: 16

    2120 S. 72nd St.

    Omaha, NE 68124

    T (402) 399-4500

    F (402) 398-9290

    www.tandt.com

    Executives

  • CEO/President: William Tech
  • Executive VP, Sales, Operations and Client Service: Tim Fleming
  • Executive VP/CFO: Kevin O'Malley
  • Senior VP, Strategic Business Development: John King

    2006 Developments

  • ARC sales of $653.6 million.
  • 90% of sales from business, 5% from leisure, 5% from meetings.
  • 22 outside travel sellers produced $5 million in sales.
  • Signed more than $50 million of new corporate business for the third year in a row.
  • Expanded reservations center in Fargo, N.D., and opened a new office in Houston.
  • Purchased a high-end leisure agency, Regency Travel, in Omaha, Neb.

    Company Facts

  • Owns Meeting Trends (sales of $37 million), Loyalty Innovations ($58 million) and eTTek Solutions (N/D).
  • Member of Radius, Virtuoso.
  • 100% employee owned.

    Looking Ahead

  • Will continue to develop and enhance technology products for eTTek Solutions, a suite of technology products and services.
  • Will continue to grow through internal sales and acquisitions.

    14. CARLSON LEISURE GROUP

    2006 Sales: $822.7 million

    Employees: 946

    Previous Ranking: 17

    701 Carlson Parkway

    Minnetonka, MN 55305

    T (763) 212-5000

    www.cltsloyalty.com, www.carlsonconnected.com, www.carlsontravel.com/travelagent

    Executives

  • CEO/President: Michael Batt
  • Executive VP, Carlson Vacation and Business Travel: Tom Baumann
  • Executive VP, Carlson Travel Franchise Group: Roger Block
  • Executive VP, Carlson Leisure Travel Services: Eric Burdon
  • Senior Director, Business Development: Don Kennedy

    2006 Developments

  • ARC sales of $567.7 million.
  • 80% of sales from leisure, 20% from business.
  • Acquired CWT/Ocean-Air Travel.
  • Introduced Cruise Specialists-operated Luxury Travel Network, a host agency network for approved, luxury-focused, home-based agents.
  • Introduced Luxury Travel Network Web site.
  • Partners in Travel announced a new 100% commission option for their home-based program.
  • Partners in Travel introduced new booking and client-management technology for its home-based program.

    Company Facts

  • Operates Carlson Travel Franchise Group and Carlson Destination Marketing services (sales not included in Power List ranking).
  • Privately held.

    15. TRAVIZON

    2006 Sales: $732 million

    Employees: 436

    Previous Ranking: 18

    10 State St., 2nd Floor

    Woburn, MA 01801

    T (888) 781-5200

    F (781) 343-6128

    www.travizon.com

    Executives

  • CEO: Joel Smith
  • President: Jeffrey Smith
  • COO/CFO: Matthew Cummings
  • CTO: Lehi Mills
  • Executive VP, Account Services: Anita Salvatore
  • Executive VP, Business Development: Therese Kelleher

    2006 Developments

  • ARC sales of $389 million.
  • 85% of sales from business, 5% from leisure, 10% from meetings.
  • Opened an office dedicated to VIP services; will enable Travizon to further customize its VIP services.
  • Opened two fully owned Canadian offices in Toronto and Vancouver.
  • Continued to develop and build NexusReporting suite (a data aggregation and analysis tool). Added a dashboard component, providing clients with an at-a-glance, graphical view of all data related to their travel program.
  • Dashboard also allows for a centralized launching point for all analytical reporting, enhancing clients' ability to identify trends, flag and prevent violations, track and adjust contract usage and demonstrate cost savings.

    Company Facts

  • Owns TravizonAbove (leisure division), Travizon Meeting Management, Nexus Reporting (software development firm).
  • Co-founder of G21, a global agency network.
  • Member of ABC Premier, Commonwealth Business Travel Group.
  • Privately held.

    Looking Ahead

  • Will branch out dashboard concept to include more analysis and benchmarking, where clients can benchmark against other companies and programs. The agency will also add risk-management elements, including map of world with locations of employees and risk factors.
  • Rolling out Meeting Command Center, which will enable clients to build different templates for registrations; aiming for launch at end of 2007.
  • Offering carbon-emissions tracking.
  • G21 will continue to grow with focus in Asia/Pacific and Latin America.

    16. WORLD TRAVEL HOLDINGS

    2006 Sales: $730 million

    Employees: 700

    Previous Ranking: 15 (as NLG)

    10 Harbor Park Drive

    Port Washington, NY 10050

    T (516) 621-7666

    www.worldtravelholdings.com

    Executives

  • Co-Chairman/CEO: Brad Tolkin
  • Co-Chairman/CEO: Jeff Tolkin
  • Senior VP, Technology: Jamie Cash
  • VP, Cruise Product & Industry Relations: David Crooks
  • Senior VP, Home-Based Division: Vivian Ewart
  • Senior VP, Sales & Human Resources: Kathleen Federico
  • VP, Business Development: Simon Goodall
  • Senior VP, Finance: Don Graff
  • Senior VP, Customer Service & Operations: Pat Krippendorf
  • Senior VP, Luxury Brands & President, Creative Leisure International: Frank Samson
  • Senior VP, Cruiseonly, Cruise 411, 1-800 Cruises & Cruises.Com: Jeff Sherota
  • VP, Sales: Jeff Smith
  • Senior VP, Partner Brands, Vacation Outlet, Rooms.Com & Marketing Overseas: John Walsh

    2006 Developments

  • In 2006, Brad and Jeff Tolkin, former owners of Travel Impressions and Empress Travel, acquired National Leisure Group (NLG).
  • 100% of sales from leisure.

    Company Facts

  • Privately held.

    17. TZELL TRAVEL GROUP

    2006 Sales: $657.8 million

    Employees: 675

    Previous Ranking: 19

    119 W. 40th St., 14th Floor

    New York, NY 10018

    T (212) 944-2121

    F (212) 944-7100

    www.tzell.com

    Executives

  • CEO/President: Barry Liben

    2006 Developments

  • ARC sales of $506 million.
  • 80% of sales from business, 17% leisure, 3% groups and meetings.
  • Acquired World Travel in New Jersey ($4 million in sales), SailAir in Nashville ($8 million) and Landesman Travel in New Jersey ($6 million).
  • New clients include New York Stock Exchange, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, the Camuto Group.

    Company Facts

  • Owns Professional Sports Tours/ Big Blue Travel (annual sales of $3 million).
  • Member of Radius, Signature.
  • Subsidiary of CNG Travel Group.

    Looking Ahead

  • Completed acquisition of All Star Travel in Los Angeles in February ($30 million in sales); three other West Coast deals pending.

    18. TRAVEL SOLUTIONS

    2006 Sales: $595.8 million

    Employees: 150

    Previous Ranking: 20

    2 Easton Oval, 3rd Floor

    Columbus, OH 43219

    T (614) 901-4100

    F (614) 901-3131

    www.ts24.com

    Executives

  • CEO/Leadership Coach: Tammy Troilo-Krings
  • President, Global Development Coach: Torsten Krings
  • Director, Business Relationships: Kelley Kyle-Hoover
  • CFO: Joe Szablewski
  • Product Development, Product Management Coach: Cindy Maciejunes
  • Director of Operations: Wendy Peters

    2006 Developments

  • ARC sales of $327.7 million.
  • 70% of sales from business, 5% from leisure, 25% from meetings and events.

    Company Facts

  • Privately held.
  • Affiliated with Hogg Robinson Group.
  • Member of ABC Corporate Services, Hickory Travel Systems.

    19. TRAVELERS ADVANTAGE

    2006 Sales: $514 million

    Employees: 408

    Previous Ranking: 27

    801 Royal Parkway

    Nashville, TN 37214

    T (203) 956-1000

    F (203) 416-7515

    www.travelersadvantage.com, www.affiniongroup.com

    Executives

  • CEO/President: Nathaniel Lipman
  • Chief Revenue Officer/General Manager: Thomas Rusin
  • Executive VP/Secretary: Todd Siegel
  • VP/Treasurer: Albert Fino
  • Executive VP, Global Operations: John Kitzie

    2006 Developments

  • ARC sales of $240 million.
  • 100% of sales from leisure.
  • Completed transition from being subsidiary of Cendant.
  • Investments in Web site and development of new product features as well as new branding technology that allows for a solution to clients interested in branded and custom travel, dining and entertainment services for their customers.
  • Launched Travelers Advantage in Spanish.

    Company Facts

  • Part of Affinion International (U.K., Italy and France), an affinity direct marketer of membership insurance and package enhancement programs and services to consumers. The company has more than 4,500 affinity partners in industries that include financial services, retail, travel, telecommunications, utilities and Internet.

    Looking Ahead

  • Will relaunch Web site in summer. Several upgraded booking tools will be added, including a cash-back calculator where members will see their savings as they book.

    20. ALTOUR INTERNATIONAL

    2006 Sales: $490 million

    Employees: 407

    Previous Ranking: 24

    1270 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor

    New York, NY 10020

    T (212) 897-5000

    F (212) 897-5134

    www.altour.com

    Executives

  • President: Alexandre Chemla
  • Executive VP: Barry Noskeau
  • Executive VP/General Counsel: Rosemarie Christofolo

    2006 Developments

  • ARC sales of $289 million.
  • 74% of sales from business, 22% from leisure, 4% from groups and meetings.
  • Brought in 25 new corporate clients and 50 new outside sales professionals in Las Vegas and elsewhere.
  • Opened a groups department.
  • Started an after-hour emergency service, Altour24, staffed with company employees.
  • Extended hours of international rate desk in London.
  • Expanded hotel commission collection team in Arizona.
  • Launched agent and client newsletter to share information. Offered easily personalized leisure Web sites for individual and agency use.
  • Software development group created frontline agent desktop interface that provides real-time access to a comprehensive reporting package.
  • Altour Classic Cruise & Travel's online sales grew to $2.5 million.
  • Altour Paris grew by more than 20% in 2006, with emphasis on groups, seminars, incentives.
  • Acquired Eden Travel in the U.K.
  • Added Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles to Altour Service.
  • Altour Air moved into new offices, hired additional staff, added an instant-quote feature and had 33% increase in business.

    Company Facts

  • Owns Altour Service (a car service in New York), Altour Classic Cruise and Travel (specializing in tour and cruises), Altour Travel Master (a consolidator) and Altour Air (an air charter broker).
  • Member of Signature, Advantage/Focus4Fares, THOR and ABC hotel program.
  • Privately held.

    Looking Ahead

  • Goal is to expand leisure business with the hiring of a director of leisure operations. Will include the implementation of CRM desktop software and proactive target marketing. Will launch AltourFrance.com and AltourFamily.com. Will expand consumer travel show program.

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