2022 sales: $120 million
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Employees: 28 full-time, 4 part-time
197 Medical Park Road, Suite 202
Mooresville, NC 28117
Phone: (704) 585-7732
Website Executives
CEO: Jen Cochrane
CHIEF SALES/MARKETING OFFICER: Vanessa McGovern
CHIEF MEMBERSHIP OFFICER: Sandy Saburn
CHIEF VISIONARY OFFICER: Meredith Calloway
Company facts
* Privately held host agency.
* Owned by Jen Cochrane and Meredith Calloway.
* Sales: 100% leisure.
* Works with 330 independent contractors.
* A member of Virtuoso.
2022 Developments
* Significantly grew sales (200% increase over 2021 and a 400% increase over 2019), resulting in a relocation of head office space and an increase in staffing.
* Honed professional development programs with the addition of a Mastermind program as part of Top Producers Club.
* Won another Gold Magellan Award for its Travel Business University Program.
* Expanded its hotel elite program to include most luxury brands.
* Revised membership options to include Travel Business University, added more choices for productive advisors.
* Refreshed branding and website to provide an elevated hosting experience for luxury travel advisors.
Looking ahead
* Enhancing technology to streamline processes for members.
* Continuing to build professional development programs and benefits offered to advisors.
* Creating an educational group travel symposium on the chartered AmaVerde ahead of the ASTA River Cruise Expo, culminating in an exclusive dinner for advisors with Wolfgang Puck.
* Hosting a gala celebrating 10th anniversary of Gifted Travel Network.
* Holding the Elevate Conference in Mykonos, Greece, at the five-star Myconican Collection to demonstrate its commitment to luxury travel partners.
* Company is significantly outpacing 2022, with several record-breaking booking weeks already this year. ADRs continue to increase, largely in conjunction with growth in hotel elite programs and advisors working with luxury and ultraluxe clients. Company anticipates the luxury segment will continue to be robust because it is the least impacted by economic changes.