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• Renamed Directravel ( formerly VTS Travel).

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Company Facts

• Member of Hickory Travel Systems, THOR.

• Privately held.

THE TRAVEL
AUTHORITY
TOP 13
CONSORTIA BY NUMBER OF LOCATIONS, 2006
Consortium/Cooperative Locations
Volume

2006 Sales: $291 million

Looking Ahead Employees: 230

• All U.S. call centers will have Previous Ranking: 32 new phone systems that will enable the agency to move calls 702 N. Shore Drive, Suite 300 based on demand or weather. Jeffersonville, IN 47130

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T (812) 206-5200

29F (812) 206-5400 www.thetravelauthority.com

Executives

TRAVEL PRESIDENT/CEO: Tom MANAGEMENT ^LumleyEXECUTIVE VP: Lee Thom- PARTNERS ^as

SENIOR VP, SALES: Doug

2006 Sales: $300 million Payne Sr.

(not certified; figure pub- SENIOR VP, RETAIL OPERA- lished by company) TIONS: Debbie Myers Employees: 156 SENIOR VP, CORPORATE Previous Ranking: 31 OPERATIONS: Alan Busse

Vacation.com*

Travelsavers*

eTravCo

IT Group

Ensemble*

Virtuoso*

Jurni Network**

5,100

3,000+

1,153

1,007

1,000

658

450

N/A

$18B+

$3.3B

$1.4B

N/A

$4.2B

N/A

3725 National Drive, Suite 210
Raleigh, NC 27612
T (919) 782-3810
F (919) 782-3595
www.tmptravel.com

2006 Developments

• ARC sales of $188.2 million.

• 65% of sales from business, 25% leisure, 10% meetings, group incentives and sports event packages via Champion Sports Tours, a company division.

• Continued growth of Swift-Trip, the company’s self-book-

NEST 405 $200M+

Signature Travel Network 310 $2.5B

Cruise Shoppes 250 $100M

MAST Vacation Partners 150 $505M

WESTA 150 $450M

Cruise & Vacation Specialists 119 $80M

* Roughly 10% or more are non-U.S. locations, to as high as 50% Canadian in the case of Ensemble.

** Number includes Nexion (as one location) which by year end 2006 was host to 2,200 mostly home-based agencies.

Executives
PRESIDENT/CEO: John Lew-
is
EXECU TIVE VP/ COO: Wan-
da Shankle

ing tool.

• In-house, 24-hour traveler support center expanded to support more travel agency subscribers as well as corporate clients.

• Enhanced Employee Travel Club, a program available to

corporate clients and their employees for assistance with leisure travel. Participation ensures discounts that are available to Travel Authority and other American Express affiliates.

• Agency acquisitions added more than $25 million in sales and added several new venues for retail and corporate divisions.

450 E. 22nd St. Lombard, IL 60148 T (630) 691-9100 F (630) 691-1088 www.corptrav.com

Executives

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OWNER/CEO: Bonnie Lor-efice

PRESIDENT: Jane Batio EXECU TIVE VP: Jim Wasson SENIOR VP: Lisa Donavan Berry

Company Facts

• 70 outside travel sellers. 2006 Developments

• Owns Swift Trip, a self-book- • ARC sales of $179 million. ing tool. 80% of sales from business, _••

Owns Champion Sports 15% from meeting/group
Tours, a sports fan/team travel travel for corporate clients, 5%
tour company with an annual leisure.
^sales ^volume ^of ^$6 ^million. ^Received ^first-ever ^Lumi-• ^•American Express affiliate. nary award from Get There for _• _Privately _{held. 136%} _increase _in _online _book-ing transactions in 2006.