2021 sales: $43.9 million
Previous ranking: 49
Employees: 46
110 S. Hartford Ave, Suite 300
Tulsa, OK 74120
Phone: (918) 743-8856
Website Executives
PRESIDENT/MAJORITY OWNER: Alexander Eaton
EVP, CORPORATE CLIENT SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT: Matt King
VP, OPERATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY: Janel Chaffee
VP, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE: Sandra Eastin
VP, VACATION AND GROUP TRAVEL: Debbie Taylor
Company facts
* Direct sales of travel products to businesses and consumers.
* Specializing in corporate travel management, luxury vacation planning and group travel management.
* Works with 15 independent travel advisors.
* 2021 sales split of 79% business travel, 16% leisure, 5% groups.
* A joint-venture partner of BCD Travel.
* Majority-owned by Alexander P. Eaton.
2021 developments
* Rehired majority of employees who were furloughed in 2020 and continued with a majority of staff working from home.
* Reduced real estate footprint and moved Tulsa headquarters from a suburban office park to a vibrant downtown business location.
* Enhanced existing management process of unused airline tickets to maximize customer savings.
* Leveraged UATP programs to reduce ticket waste for corporate customers.
* Boosted online booking capabilities and offerings and invested in additional airline ticket exchange specialists.
* Helped several midsize clients return to travel in the following industries: construction, retail, higher education, healthcare and transportation.
Looking ahead
* Outlook is very positive as daily bookings in the last half of the first quarter approached or exceeded 2019 levels. Previously, daily bookings were averaging between 40% and 50% of 2019.
* Group travel from meetings and events continues a rapid return. Larger corporate clients are finally returning to the office and quickly returning to business travel.
* Vacation travel demand is now outpacing 2019.
NOTE ABOUT WORLD TRAVEL SERVICE'S RANKING: Some Power List companies
have resubmitted their numbers, which have resulted in changes in the
rankings. Read more about those changes.