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increase in business.

TRAVELERS ADVANTAGE
2006 Sales: $514 million
Employees: 408
Previous Ranking: 27

• 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.

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ALTOUR INTERNATIONAL
2006 Sales: $490 million
Employees: 407
Previous Ranking: 24
TOP 10
CAR RENTAL COMPANIES BY FLEET SIZE, 2006
Company Vehicles

1270 Avenue of the Americas, 15th
Floor
New York, NY 10020
T (212) 897-5000
F (212) 897-5134
www.altour.com

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.

Locations

Revenue

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Hertz

Vanguard Car Rental USA

Avis Rent A Car

Budget Rent A Car

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group

Advantage Rent-A-Car

630,000

290,000

208,400

190,775

134,225

85,000

17,000

6,019

2,875

623

1,199

842

575

100

$7B

$4B

$2.1B

$2.8B

$1.4B

$1.5B

$155M

Executives

PRESIDENT: Alexandre Chemla EXECU TIVE VP: Barry Noskeau EXECUTIVE VP/GENERAL COUNSEL: Rosemarie Christofolo

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.

U-Save Auto Rental of America

Ace Rent A Car

Rent-A-Wreck of America

11,500

6,700

375

85

298

$98M

$105M

$44M

Source: Auto Rental News

2006 Developments

• ARC sales of $289 million. • 74% of sales from business, 22% from leisure, 4% from groups and meetings. ²¹• 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 1724 W. Schuylkill Road rate desk in London. Douglasville, PA 19518

• Expanded hotel commission col- T (610) 327-9000 lection team in Arizona. F (610) 327-8222 • Launched agent and client news- www.worldtravelinc.com letter to share information. Offered easily personalized leisure Web sites Executives for individual and agency use. PRESIDENT: James Wells • Software development group cre- SENIOR VP, OPERATIONS: Liz ated frontline agent desktop inter- Mandarino face that provides real-time access to VP, CLIENT SERVICES: Barbara a comprehensive reporting package. Troutman • Altour Classic Cruise & Travel’s online sales grew to $2.5 million. 2006 Developments • Altour Paris grew by more than • ARC sales of $330 million. 20% in 2006, with emphasis on • 80% of sales from business, 15% groups, seminars, incentives. meetings/groups/incentives, 5% lei- • Acquired Eden Travel in the U.K. sure. • Added Toyota Prius hybrid ve- • 15% of bookings Web-based. hicles to Altour Service. Opened a new facility for train- _•• Altour Air moved into new offic- ing, sales, service, administration es, hired additional staff, added an and reservations. instant-quote feature and had 33% • Implemented the Business Objects Enterprise reporting system, which enables customizable, dashboard views. • Implemented Cvent group meeting software. • Established internal, redundant computer facility in new office for complete system backup. • Web site redesigned. • Automation of profiles. • Enhanced call center reporting. •Added management positions to support growth, including vice president of client services, director of reservations center operations, senior director of strategic planning, director of business development, manager of data warehousing

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WORLD TRAVEL INC.

2006 Sales: $476 million Employees: 347 Previous Ranking: 23

801 Royal Parkway Nashville, TN 37214 T (203) 956-1000 F (203) 416-7515 www.travelersadvantage.com, www. affiniongroup.com

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Executives
CEO/PRESIDENT: Nathaniel Lip-
man
CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER/GEN-
ERAL MANAGER: Thomas Rusin
EXECUTIVE VP/SECRETARY:
Todd Siegel
VP/TREASURER: Albert Fino
EXECU TIVE VP, GLOBAL OPERA-
TIONS: John Kitzie

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.