T (800) 866-1623; (713) 850-1566
F (713) 850-0027
www.frosch.com
25YTB
Berths
52,402
51,466
37,380
23,500
2008 Sales: $424.1 million 23,265
21,259
Employees: 317 18,372
Previous Ranking: 2614,788
12,134
6,039
TOP 10
Brand
Carnival Cruise Lines
Royal Caribbean International
Princess Cruises
Norwegian Cruise Line
Costa Cruises
Holland America Line
MSC Cruises
Celebrity Cruises
P&O Cruises
Star Cruises
Source: CLIA and individual cruise lines
Cruise Brands by Berths
Executives
CHAIRMAN: Richard Leibman
PRESIDENT: Bryan Leibman
SVP: Lara Leibman
COO: Larry Levy
2008 Developments
• Rolled out an enhanced version of its
Preferred Hotel Program
• Launched a new online marketing division
Company Facts
• ARC sales of $220 million
• 60% of sales from business travel
• Owns FT Rewards & Incentives
• Member of Global Specialist Markets,
Signature, ABC
• Privately owned by Leibman family
HQ: Wood River, Ill.
T (618) 655-9477
F (618) 259-9591
www.ytb.com
Executives
VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD:
J. Kim Sorensen
CFO: John D. Clagg
tuoso
• Privately held
PRESIDENT: Patrick Fragale
24
Travelers
Advantage
2008 Developments
• Held Funshine Travel Trade Show in
Orlando in September, with attendance of
5,000 for training and supplier exhibits.
27VTS Travel
Enterprises
2008 Developments
• My Travology, the company’s online
portal, was created to enable clients to have
commonly used features accessible with
one login. They can access their booking
tool for making travel arrangements, invoices from past trips for submissions with
expense reports, frequent flyer information
and more
2008 Sales: $352.5 million
2008 Sales: $445 million
Employees: 304
Employees: 226
Company Facts
• ARC sales of $2.76 million
• 85% of sales from leisure travel
• Hosts 92,383 travel sellers
• Owns Rezconnect Technologies, Inc.
• Publicly held
Previous Ranking: 27
Previous Ranking: 24
26Adelman Travel
Group
HQ: New York
T (212) 267-5500
F (212) 644-0615
www.dt.com
Company Facts
•ARC sales of $221.7 million
• 80% of sales from business travel
• Member of Hickory, Virtuoso; HRG affiliate
• Privately held
Norwalk, Conn.
T (203) 956-1000
www.affiniongroup.com
Executives
Executives
CEO, NORTH AMERICA: Thomas
Rusin
CHAIRMAN/OWNER: Vincent E. Vitti
VICE CHAIRMAN Edward Vitti
2008 Sales: $390 million
2008 Developments
• Launched two new online benefits: a trip
planner called Home and Abroad and discounted dining coupons through Restau-rant.com
Company Facts
• ARC sales of $189 million
• 100% of sales from leisure
• Part of Affinion International
• Privately held
Looking Ahead
• New website to debut in August
• New loyalty program
Employees: 220
Previous Ranking: 28
HQ: Milwaukee
T (414) 352-7600
F (414) 352-3900
www.adelmantravel.com
Executives
CHAIRMAN/CEO: Craig Adelman
PRESIDENT/CFO: Bob Chaiken
COO: Steve Cline
Company Facts
• ARC sales of $237 million
• 92% of sales from business travel
• Member of Radius, ASTA, CLIA, Vir-
TOP 10
Carrier
American
Southwest
United
Delta
US Airways
Continental
Northwest
JetBlue
AirTran
Alaska
Source: Department of Transportation
U.S. Airlines by
Revenue Passenger Miles
RPM
81 billion
73 billion
62 billion
61 billion
47 billion
43 billion
36 billion
24 billion
19 billion