Christopherson Business Travel
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| Industry | Travel |
|---|---|
| Founder |
Merrill Christopherson Lucille Christopherson |
| Headquarters | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
Key people | Michael Cameron (owner), Camille Cameron (owner) |
| Products | AirPortal, AirPortal 360, AirPortal 360 Mobile, PolicyLogic, SecurityLogic, AirBank, DataLogic, ValueLogic, Airtinerary, Hotel ReCheck, HotelPrepayLogic, Hotel Attachment, Travel Approval |
| Revenue | US$552,000,000 (2015) |
Number of employees | 382 (2015) |
| Divisions | Andavo Travel, All Seasons Sports Travel |
| Website | www.cbtravel.com/ |
Christopherson Business Travel is a corporate Travel Management Company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah and founded in 1953.
Christopherson is the largest travel agency in Utah,[1] and the largest national travel affiliate of BCD Travel, with US$552 million in annual sales (2015) and more than 380 employees.
Christopherson owns and operates Andavo Travel, a network of independent vacation travel agents [2] as well as All Seasons Sports Travel, which specializes in fan-based travel planning and packages.
The State of Utah currently lists Christopherson as its Contracted Travel Agency.[3][4]
Christopherson Business Travel developed AirPortal, an integrated travel technology platform that houses the company’s proprietary technology, user dashboards, benchmarking and reporting tools, online booking tools, and mobile applications.
In 2012, Christopherson Business Travel developed and released AirPortal 360, an intelligent dashboard for travel managers, which grants access to Christopherson's collection of corporate travel management software. The technology was designed to assist in the reduction of corporate travel spend, facilitate duty of care responsibilities, keep track of unused tickets, access traveler profiles, and ensure policy compliance. In conjunction with their AirPortal 360 software release, Christopherson also released, My Travel, a similarly customized dashboard with specific tools for individual business travelers. In 2013, the company developed and released AirPortal 360 Mobile, the first app created for travel managers to manage their travel programs from mobile devices.[5]
History
Christopherson Business Travel was originally founded by Merrill and Lucille Christopherson in 1953. In 1981, Michael A. Cameron and his wife, Camille, purchased a part-ownership position from the original founders and owners.[6] By March 1990 the Cameron’s had purchased 100 percent of the company.
In January 2008, the company merged with Andavo Travel, creating one of the top 20 U.S. travel management companies.[7][8]
Effective March 2010, Michael A. Cameron and his wife Camille purchased the business and vacation travel divisions of Andavo Travel. The business travel division of the combined company is now branded and marketed nationally as Christopherson Business Travel. The vacation travel and independent contractor division is branded under Andavo Travel.[2]
At the end of 2013, Christopherson acquired Alabama-based All Seasons Travel. All Seasons' business travel division was absorbed into Christopherson Business Travel, the leisure division was absorbed into Andavo Travel, and a new division, All Seasons Sports Travel, was created to cater to the fan-based travel which All Seasons Travel specialized in. All employee positions were retained and Mike Cameron continued as CEO.[9]
Christopherson is currently ranked #11 out of the top travel management companies in the United States by Business Travel News, a top publication of the corporate travel industry. BTN’s annual Business Travel Survey measures the performance of suppliers in all corporate travel segments.[10]
Honors
- Business Travel News ranked Christopherson Business Travel #11 on their 2014 Business Travel Survey list of US Travel Management Companies[10]
- Travel Weekly ranked Christopherson Business Travel #27 on their 2016[11] Power List, a national ranking of corporate and leisure travel agencies.[12] Christopherson was also ranked on the list in 2011, 2012,[13] 2013,[14] 2014,[15] and 2015[16]
- Christopherson was named the #1 Women-Owned Company in Colorado by Colorado Biz Magazine in 2015[17] and 2016
- Christopherson CEO, Mike Cameron, was named a 2012 CEO of the Year by Utah Business Magazine[18]
- Utah's Best of State winner in 2010, 2011, and 2012 under the Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism category.[19][20][21]
- 1st place for Fastest-Growing private business by Denver Business Journal 2010[22]
- Christopherson is ranked the #1 Travel Agency in Utah by Utah Business Magazine [1]
- Christopherson Business Travel was given the When Work Works Award (former the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility) 2009-2013[23][24] and again in 2016[25]
- Christopherson was named a Fast 50 company by Utah Business in 2008 (#21), 2009 (#32), 2010 (#32),[26] 2011 (#29),[27] 2012 (#29),[28] 2013 (#38),[29] 2014 (#26),[30] and 2015 (#33)[31]
- MountainWest Capital Network named Christopherson Business Travel one of Utah’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies in 2001,[32] 2002,[33] 2003,[34] 2012,[35] and 2014.[36]
- In 1996, the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce named Christopherson Business Travel the Small Business of the Year.[37]
Locations
Christopherson Business Travel has corporate offices in five locations:
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Denver, Colorado
- San Francisco, California
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Montgomery, Alabama
See also
Notes
- 1 2 http://www.utahbusiness.com/book_of_lists?djoPage=view_html&/book_of_lists=&/book_of_lists=&djoPid=24915
- 1 2 http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_15247706
- ↑ http://finance.utah.gov/travel/documents/TravelAgencyContract.pdf
- ↑ http://www.finance.utah.gov/travel/
- ↑ http://gbta.hsyndicate.org/news/4061698.html
- ↑ http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/835880/Flying-high-despite-indutrys-travails.html
- ↑ http://www.ubta.org/index.cfm?scid=1692
- ↑ http://www.management.travel/show-issue.php?isid=Jan-08.31&selyear=2008
- ↑ http://www.thebeat.travel/post/2014/01/07/Looking-East-Christopherson-Acquires-Alabama-TMC-On-Path-To-Half-Billion-Sales-Target.aspx
- 1 2 http://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel-Research/BTN-s-2014-Business-Travel-Survey/?a=btn
- ↑ http://www.travelweekly.com/PowerList2016
- ↑ http://travelweekly.texterity.com/travelweekly/20110627#pg41
- ↑ http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Power-List-2012/
- ↑ http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Travel-Weekly-2013-Power-List
- ↑ http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Travel-Weekly-2014-Power-List
- ↑ http://www.travelweekly.com/PowerList2015
- ↑ http://www.cobizmag.com/uploads/topwomen0715_update.pdf
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPC2cXClVFU
- ↑ http://www.bestofstate.org/winner2010_hospitality.html
- ↑ http://www.bestofstate.org/winner2011_hospitality.html
- ↑ http://www.bestofstate.org/winner2012_hospitality.html
- ↑ http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/07/19/focus1.html
- ↑ http://www.saltlakechamber.org/events/news/detail/?ArticleID=228
- ↑ http://www.slchamberblog.com/chamber-recognizes-utah-employers-for-workplace-flexibility-10001439.htm
- ↑ http://www.whenworkworks.org/be-effective/2016-when-work-works-award-winners-state-listing
- ↑ http://dev.utahbusiness.com/articles/view/2010_fast_50
- ↑ http://dev.utahbusiness.com/articles/view/fast_1/?pg=3
- ↑ http://dev.utahbusiness.com/articles/view/fast_2
- ↑ http://www.utahbusiness.com/articles/view/fast_3
- ↑ http://www.utahbusiness.com/articles/view/fast_4
- ↑ http://archive.utahbusiness.com/articles/view/fast_5/?pg=1
- ↑ http://mwcn.yourmembership.com/?2001utah100
- ↑ http://mwcn.yourmembership.com/?2002utah100
- ↑ http://mwcn.yourmembership.com/?2003utah100
- ↑ http://www.mwcn.org/2012-utah-100/
- ↑ http://www.mwcn.org/2014-utah-100/
- ↑ http://www.saltlakechamber.org/events/smallbusinessawards/history
External links
- Christopherson Business Travel website
- Christopherson Business Travel blog
- BCD Travel website
- Andavo Travel website