Annual survey includes the largest, most
successful retailers in the industry
WAKEFIELD, Mass. , June 27,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Industry powerhouse World Travel
Holdings announces it ranked #16 in Travel Weekly's 2024
Power List of the industry's top retail travel agencies. The Power
List is an annual survey of the largest, most successful retailers
in the industry, based on full-year 2023 sales.
"Being named to this list year after year is a true honor," said
Co-CEO for World Travel Holdings, Jeff
Tolkin. "It is a testament to every single person who works
with our company – our employees, suppliers, our villa travel
advisor partners and all our customers including our Dream
Vacations and CruiseOne franchise owners and their associates,
partner brands and those who book their vacations directly with us.
My brother Brad and I thank each person who plays a role in our
company's success."
Privately held World Travel Holdings, owned by
Co-Chairmen/Co-CEOs Brad and Jeff
Tolkin, operates 19 travel brands which includes three in
the United Kingdom and a top-rated
travel agency franchise. Its Dream Vacations franchise provides
owners live and virtual training opportunities, robust marketing
assets, a dedicated Business Development Manager, support services
and more. Each year, the franchisor fully funds $4 million in exclusive promotions, national
branding, and marketing programs to help its network of travel
advisors grow their business.
It is also the cruise vertical for a vast portfolio of
private-label partnerships comprised of top leisure travel
providers, including almost every U.S. airline, leading hotel
brands and prominent corporations. Corporations outsource their
cruise and villa verticals to World Travel Holdings due to its
size, which maximizes buying power and value creation for their
customers, its technology, which is purpose built to handle private
label accounts, and its customer centric reservations and
operations.
In 2023, some of the company's noteworthy developments
include:
- Its franchise brands, Dream Vacations and CruiseOne land sales
eclipsed pre-pandemic numbers, ending 2023 up more than 100%
compared with 2019 and 21% compared with 2022.
- Dream Vacations and CruiseOne also had record-breaking affinity
group sales in 2023, which is attributed to the franchisor's new
groups application.
- World Travel Holdings launched a cruise vertical for
Booking.com as its newest partner brand.
- Its signature villas brand, Villas of Distinction, doubled its
on-site concierge staff in Italy
and Jamaica.
The Power List has been tracking the sales of travel agency
organizations for more than 30 years, and this year's survey
reflected the rebound of travel that followed the pandemic. To
qualify for the 2024 Power List, a company had to record a minimum
of $110 million in travel sales in
2023, a change from previous years when only $100 million was required. For purposes of the
survey, sales are defined as gross sales of travel products
worldwide, whether to consumers or to corporate travelers and the
company must be the agent of record on the transactions from a
supplier's perspective. At least 15% of the sales volume must have
been generated in the U.S.
For a complete list visit
https://www.travelweekly.com/Power-List-2024.
About World Travel Holdings
World Travel Holdings is the nation's largest cruise agency and
award-winning leisure travel company with a portfolio of nearly 40
diverse brands. In addition to owning some of the largest brands
distributing cruises, villas, resort vacations, car rentals, resort
day passes and luxury travel services, World Travel Holdings has a
vast portfolio of private-label partnerships comprised of top
leisure travel providers, including almost every U.S. airline,
leading hotel brands and prominent corporations. The company also
operates a top-rated travel agency franchise and is consistently
recognized as an industry leader in employee engagement and
work-at-home employment. Its global presence includes operating
multiple cruise brands in the United
Kingdom. World Travel Holdings has offices in Wakefield, Mass.; Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; and Chorley,
England. For more information,
visit WorldTravelHoldings.com.
Media Contact:
Angie Ranck
Director of Public Relations & Corporate Communications
media@wth.com
1-877-958-7447
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