Travel Agencies/Vendors

Rank Company¥ name

¥ address

L.A. CountySales1¥ 2012

¥ 2011

TotalSales¥ 2012

¥ 2011

Travel Services(partial list)

Profile¥ L.A. travel agents

¥ offices (L.A./total)

¥ website

Top Local Executive¥ name

¥ title

¥ phone

1Altour12100 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 300Los Angeles 90064

$402.0$349.0

$1,500.0$1,300.0

corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment,group meetings, individual, leisure, student/youth, limo service, private jet

5105/61altour.com

Alexandre ChemlaPresident(310) 571-6000

2TravelStore Inc.11601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300Los Angeles 90025

374.5302.4

431.7351.8

corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment,group meetings, individual, leisure, business,private jet, concierge services

2944/9travelstore.com

Wido L. SchaeferChairman, CEO(310) 575-5540

3Protravel International / ProWest LLC9171 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 428Beverly Hills 90210

190.0130.0

2,400.01,170.0

corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment,group meetings, individual, leisure, student/youth, luxury, wedding planning, concierge

2606/74protravelinc.com

Mickey WeillV.P., Sales & Marketing(310) 271-9566

4Montrose Travel2349 Honolulu Ave.Montrose 91020

161.0135.0

161.0135.0

corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment,group meetings, individual, leisure, student/youth, wholesale, credit card loyalty rewards

2733/5montrosetravel.com

Joe McClurePresident(818) 553-3200

5Plaza Travel16530 Ventura Blvd.Encino 91436

61.553.5

63.053.5

corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment,group meetings, individual, leisure

NA2/4plazatravel.com

Steve OrensPresident(818) 990-4053

6Cassis Travel Services Inc.9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 320West Hollywood 90069

60.056.0

120.0109.0

corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment,group meetings, individual, leisure,entertainment and production travel

652/6travelcts.com

Michele L. MontgomeryCEO, President(310) 246-5400

7Corniche Group Inc.8721 Sunset Blvd., Suite 200West Hollywood 90069

25.024.3

29.127.4

corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment,group meetings, individual, leisure, student/youth, wholesale, Africa safaris

362/3corniche.com

Anastasia K. MannChairwoman, CEO(310) 854-6000

8Mansour Travel Co.345 N. Maple Drive, Suite 210Beverly Hills 90210

23.924.0

23.924.0

corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment,individual, leisure, space travel on VirginGalactic, luxury vacations

151/1mansourtravel.com

Virginia K. MansourCEO, President(310) 276-2768

9Carlisle Travel Management5801 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 120Los Angeles 90040

22.017.0

27.022.0

corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment,group meetings, individual, leisure,incentives and marketing

271/5carlisletravel.com

Jerry SaxeV.P. of Sales, Marketing(323) 869-1800

10Willett Travel12532 Ventura Blvd.Studio City 91604

20.919.3

20.919.3

corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment,group meetings, individual, leisure, student/youth, inbound & outbound groups, golf

NA1/1willetttravel.com

Tama Taylor HolveCEO, Owner(818) 762-0676

11Par Avion Travel Inc.6033 W. Century Blvd., Suite 780Los Angeles 90045

18.517.8

18.517.8

corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment,group meetings, individual, leisure, student/youth, wholesale

NA1/1paravion-inc.com

Toby BrennerCEO, President(310) 670-2970

12KIE/ Kintetsu Travel879 W. 190th St., Suite 720Gardena 90248

13.112.1

NANA

corporate, cruises & tours, group meetings,individual, leisure, student/youth, Japan RailPass

101/5kintetsu.com

Yasu YonemotoBranch Manager(800) 526-6828

13European Travel Agency Corp.1810 W. Burbank Blvd., Suite 200Burbank 91506

11.511.5

11.511.5

corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment,group meetings, individual, leisure, student/youth

101/1myeuropeantravel.com

Edward PipilidisVice President(818) 842-7500

14En Route Travel15221 Sunset Blvd.Pacific Palisades 90272

9.49.0

12.410.8

corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment,group meetings, individual, leisure, customluxury itineraries, private jet & yacht charters

121/2enroutetravel.com

Shane PaquetteCEO(310) 459-9955

15Internet Tours Inc.11142 Washington Blvd.Culver City 90232

4.06.0

4.06.0

corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment,group meetings, individual, leisure, student/youth, wholesale, travel insurace

51/1gointernettours.com

Edouard NikoltchevPresident(310) 287-2670

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Note: The information on this list was supplied by representatives of the agenciesthemselves. Agencies are ranked by 2012 L.A. County revenue.

Researched by David Nusbaum

THE PACESETTER: Altour again tops the list of the largest travel agencies in Los Angeles County with $402 million in revenue from local operations last year, a 15 percent increase from 2011. In the county, the company has 510 agents working in six local offices. As a whole, the company has more than 1,200 employees in 61 offices worldwide, including locations in London and Paris. The company had total sales of $1.5 billion in 2012, with about 80 percent from business and entertainment travel.

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MERGER: Protravel International and Tzell Travel Group merged in December. The two agencies continue to operate as distinct and separate brands.

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