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Minneapolis, MN (Vocus) June 25, 2009

In its latest issue, Travel Weekly places Travel Leaders Group in the top 10 of its Power List 2009 of America’s travel sellers. Travel Weekly is billed as ”the national newspaper of the travel industry.” The rankings are based on participating companies’ wholly-owned annual sales volume reported for 2008 and specifically do not include franchised operations. Travel Leaders Group’s wholly-owned operations reported annual sales volume of $ 1.9 billion for 2008; when franchised sales are included, that number increases dramatically to $ 7.1 billion for last year.

In the Travel Weekly Power List “Introduction,” reporter Harvey Chipkin writes, “The number of ‘billionaires’ (companies with $ 1 billion-plus in sales) held steady at 13, but with some shuffling in the ranks. The Travel Leaders Group (formerly Travel Acquisitions Group), which now incorporates two former Power List agencies, Tzell Travel and TraveLeaders, joined that elite group, climbing from the No. 14 to the No. 10 spot in the process.”

On May 5, 2009, Travel Acquisitions Group formally changed its name to Travel Leaders Group.

Tzell Travel Group, which merged with Travel Acquisitions Group in August 2008, ranked No. 15 on last year’s Power List. TraveLeaders, which ranked No. 41 last year, was acquired by Travel Acquisitions Group in March 2008.

“What makes the Travel Leaders Group top ten ranking on the Travel Weekly Power List even more thrilling and tremendously satisfying is that it comes so closely on the heels of the Business Travel News Business Travel Survey rankings that placed us at number one among American travel management companies,” stated Travel Leaders Group CEO Barry Liben. “The hardworking men and women from all five of our Travel Leaders Group divisions helped make this proud distinction possible. I am very proud of what we have accomplished together in forging such a dynamic and respected travel company so soon after our merger and acquisition activities from the past year.”

Travel Leaders is transforming travel with a new name that boldly embodies our commitment to our vacation and business travel clients via a progressive approach toward each unique travel experience. Having already assisted millions of travelers, our strong roots – through our beginnings as Carlson Wagonlit Travel Associates (which itself began as Ask Mr. Foster, North America’s first travel agency network established in 1888), TraveLeaders and Tzell Travel Group – have now joined together to form one of the industry’s fastest-growing and robust networks of travel agents.

With Travel Leaders serving as the company’s flagship brand, Travel Leaders Group consists of five divisions:

Travel Leaders Corporate (David Holyoke, President)
Travel Leaders Franchise Group (Roger E. Block, CTC, President), includes Travel Leaders, Results! Travel and Custom Destination Marketing Solutions.
Travel Leaders Leisure Group (Tom Baumann, President), includes All Aboard Travel, CruiseDeals.com, Cruise Holidays, Cruise Specialists, Luxury Travel Network, Partners In Travel, SinglesCruise.com and company-owned leisure locations for Travel Leaders
Connexions (Eric Burdon, President), includes Connexions Loyalty Travel Solutions, Connexions Travel Solutions, Connexions Fulfillment Solutions, Fly4Less.com, Distinctive Departures and Insignia Personalized Products
Tzell Travel Group (Barry Liben, CEO)
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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 29, 2006

Interactive Travel Group today announced an expansion of its controlled beta launch of Traveler ID, a new, web-based service that enables travelers to receive personalized service no matter where they book their travel. The company will open up Traveler ID to an additional 25,000 travelers. The service is available at www.travelerid.com and has been in private beta since early May.

“We’ve just added some great new features travelers are going to love,” said a company spokesperson. “We’re excited to invite more travelers to use our service and begin simplifying their travel experience.”

Traveler ID’s professional, easy-to-use website (www.travelerid.com) allows travelers to create comprehensive travel profiles, including air, hotel, car rental and vacation preferences — in less than three minutes — and provides each user with a unique identification number, a Traveler ID. The users themselves decide how much information they feel comfortable sharing.

Thereafter, whenever a user books travel at a travel website within the Traveler ID network, the user simply provides his or her Traveler ID number and passcode, and the user’s travel profile and preferences are instantly transmitted to the website, speeding up the booking process. The user is in full control over when and with whom the user’s profile is shared.

Traveler ID is completely free for travelers and charges travel websites a nominal fee for access to travelers’ profiles.

“We’re just about ready to open up to the general public,” said a company spokesperson. “We expect to go live for all travelers by the end of the year. Users who don’t make it into the beta program at this time will be invited to create an account before we open to everyone else.”

For more information, or to create a free account, visit www.travelerid.com.

Traveler ID

Traveler ID is the only universal access travel profile management solution. Founded in 2006 as part of Interactive Travel Group, Traveler ID was created to enable travelers to receive personalized service from travel providers. Traveler ID is a privately held firm and is headquartered in Oakland, CA. For information visit www.travelerid.com.

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(PRWEB) January 10, 2006

Toptravelsites.com announces its revamped website offering travelers the opportunity to find specialist travel agents for either a destination or travel activity and the opportunity to go directly to travel operators around the world with direct links to their travel websites.

“Toptravelsites.com has now become a global player since the revamping of the website in 2005,” says owner Bruce Swain. Originally started in 1995 as a South Pacific travel site and since expanded to offer last minute travel offers and an online travel news service, it is now committed to becoming a marketing program for the travel industry. “It will always be affordable and effective for the smallest of travel businesses anywhere in the world by offering recognition, branding and promotion as a top-travel-site.”

The site does not have any advertising to distract the visitor from the objectives of the service. The design of the site is clean and simple without any unnecessary clutter, enabling easy links to destinations around the world. An online travel news service is available with access to past issues, highlighting travel agent specialists and tour operators around the world, as well as the odd funny story.

By offering both specialist agents and operator-direct services to the traveler, the site enables even the smallest travel businesses the opportunity to expand their reach and have their websites found, as well as giving travelers an array of travel choices that would not normally be readily available to them.

No bookings or reservations can be made at toptravelsites.com, as it is a travel directory. The traveler is now able to choose a specialist travel agent or is invited to go directly to the hotel, b&b, tour operator or travel service.

The operators intend to keep the site free of advertising and clutter in order to support both the travel clients who have listed links and the traveler who wants to find relevant travel products rather than go through the searching processes of the internet.

The site charges a fee for travel listings but now even the smallest business may be found, for a price, as a ‘toptravelsite.’

Swain says, “There are many travel directories on the internet but Toptravelsites.com has better clarity and ease of use compared to many of the other web sources for travel.”

The goals of the website aim high: to be every traveler’s bookmark or favorite. And, with over half a million page visits in 2005, it’s already appealing to the many thousands of small travel business operators who wish to market and sell their services to travelers seeking greater choices and travel expertise.

Although only developed in 2005, the site operators are pleased to have achieved over half a million page visits and between 200 to 300 travel clients representing a few thousand different travel choices. They anticipate steady growth of the site by both travel visitors and travel operators in 2006 and beyond.    Find out more at www.toptravelsites.com.

Contact:

Bruce Swain

604-572-7280

www.toptravelsites.com

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Tripware TripMatch Nominated for 2010 NBTA Business Travel Innovation Awards

Tripware’s TripMatch

Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) June 9, 2010

Tripware, the business travel software company, continues to be nominated for its innovative travel booking tools. All of Tripware’s booking tools employ patent-pending and proprietary technology that focuses on making business travel fast, simple, and personalized. The technology, dubbed TripMatch, has earned Tripware a nomination in this year’s National Business Travel Association (NBTA) Business Travel Innovation Awards under the Travel Personalization category. Business travelers are encouraged to vote for Tripware’s TripMatch via the NBTA online voting form.

When a traveler fully fills out their Tripware Travel Profile, TripMatch takes all their travel preferences, habits, and requirements and displays the best travel options for them when they plan their trips. This allows Tripware to give travelers the fastest, simplest, and most personalized booking experience on the planet. Travelers see how close the travel options match their preferences and requirements by looking at the TripMatch next to each travel option. TripMatch provides an easy to understand visual percentage to help the business traveler select the best travel options. The closer TripMatch is to 100%, the better Tripware has matched travel options to the traveler’s preferences, habits, and travel requirements.

The CEO and President of Tripware, Clark C. Rines, says, “We are honored to be nominated for the NBTA travel award. We founded Tripware to make business travel simply effective. With TripMatch, our customers, unmanaged business travelers, spend less time on the travel process and more time on truly important parts of their business.”

Tripware’s innovative travel products that use TripMatch include WebBook, the only ad-free direct booking travel website; OutBook, a plugin for Microsoft Outlook users; DeskBook, a simple desktop app for travel arrangers; and, MoBook, a mobile travel app for iPhone and iPad users. For more on Tripware and its products, visit http://www.tripware.com .

Tripware and OutBook are registered trademarks of Tripware. NBTA and National Business Travel Association are trademarks with National Business Travel Association. Microsoft ® and Microsoft Outlook ® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Apple, iPhone, and iPad are trademarks of Apple, Inc.

About Tripware

Tripware is a travel software company that offers fast, simple, and personalized travel tools for business travelers. Tripware offers a choice of booking tools, a set & go personalized profile, and integrated travel itineraries and alerts. Founded in 2007, Tripware is based in Phoenix, AZ.

Contact:

Dean M. Wright

Tripware

602-357-1178 x1006

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