• 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.
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• 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.
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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
TOP 10
HOTEL COMPANIES, NUMBER OF HOTELS, 2006
Company Properties
Wyndham Worldwide
Choice Hotels International
Best Western International
InterContinental Hotel Group
Marriott International
Hilton Hotels Corp.
Accor International
6,661
4,919
3,955
3,698
2,648
2,460
1,735
Accor North America
Carlson Hospitality
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Worldwide
1,280
943
720
Source: American Hotel & Lodging Association
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
TOP 10
U.S. AIRLINES BY FLEET SIZE, 2006
Airline
American
Southwest
United
Delta
Northwest
Continental
US Airways
AirTran
JetBlue
Alaska
Source: Air Transport Association
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.
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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.
No. of Aircraft
697
481
460
440
371
366
359
130
119
114
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.
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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
DIREC TOR, BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS: Kel-ley 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.
