25 | Fox World Travel

Fox World Travel
2022 sales: $584.5 million
Previous ranking: 28
Employees: 258 full-time, 5 part-time

2150 S. Washburn St.
Oshkosh, WI 54904
Phone: (920) 236-8000
Website

Executives

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN: David Juedes
CEO: Chip Juedes
COO: Beth Marino
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER: Sam Hilgendorf
CHIEF CULTURE OFFICER: Audra Mead
CFO: Megan Pruno

Company facts

* Privately held company.

* David and Chip Juedes are majority shareholders.

* Sells directly to consumers.

* Sales: 86% business, 9% leisure, 5% other.

* Owns Fox Group Vacations and Fox Meetings and Incentives

* Belongs to BCD Travel Affiliate and Signature Travel Network.

2022 Developments

* To help travelers make booking decisions for wellness, partnered with Tripkicks to offer a customizable, add-on feature in the Concur Travel booking tool to provide insights, guidance and motivators.

* Created Ticket Life Cycle Inspector, a Fox Portal service enhancement, for clients to see in real time the full life cycle of unused tickets to help reconcile expenses. Clients can access the history and iterations of their unused tickets, including issue date, destination and value.

* Developed self-service business intelligence dashboards to provide managers easier access to data, including travel management company- and customer-supplied data, for a more complete picture of travel spend.

* Won the Cvent 2022 Pivotal Partner of the Year Award, which recognizes the partner who best uses that platform to deliver event experiences for their clients.

Looking ahead

* Focusing on organic smart growth, driven by selectively acquiring new clients and retaining existing customers.

* Completing a point-of-sale system upgrade to Travelport+.

* Continuing to focus on corporate social responsibility initiatives.

* Enhancing data feeds to Cognition, Fox's business intelligence platform.

* Developing a new Group Air Management platform to enable more self-service and unprofiled traveler support.

* A spotlight "will shine on the value of a managed travel program in 2023, as travel managers and travelers seek the advice and direction needed from travel experts to navigate NDC and the complexities it will create."

* Expects continued record demand for vacation travel throughout 2023, with a focus on bucket list destinations and luxury experiences.

* Meetings management continues to grow because of the need to bring a virtual workforce together and maintain company culture.

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