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The Travel Agency That Still Picks Up the Phone
For half a century, CTA Travel has sold something booking engines struggle to package: judgment before departure, a human voice when plans wobble, and an itinerary built for the person taking it.
David Shull Missed a Ferry. Then He Found Travel’s Invisible Work.
A six-hour wait in a Greek parking lot sent an early Handshake employee looking for the software behind travel advice. He found a profession buried in tabs, copy-paste and admin - then started building its operating system.
Jason Krimmel Is Selling the Vacation Around the Cruise
After two decades inside Norwegian Cruise Line, Jason Krimmel’s brief has widened from selling cabins to solving the entire journey - one market, one travel adviser and one piece of guest feedback at a time.
The 98-Year-Old Travel Company Selling the Luxury of Not Planning
Globus began with one borrowed rowboat. Nearly a century later, its three-brand machine turns the least romantic parts of travel - transfers, tickets, timing and luggage - into the product travelers increasingly want: relief.
Travel Leaders Group
Travel Leaders Group built a quiet operating system for independent travel agencies - pooling supplier clout, software, marketing and education while leaving the advisor’s own name on the door.
Skylark
Skylark is a New York-based luxury travel company that fuses a slick online booking platform with a bench of human travel advisors. Clients search five-star hotels and privately negotiated airfare online, then hand the messy parts - upgrades, transfers, spa bookings, itinerary changes - to a real person over phone, text, email or chat. Positioned as the only true hybrid online-offline agency, Skylark packages VIP hotel perks (room upgrades, complimentary breakfast, resort credits) through its Virtuoso membership and industry partnerships.
Travefy
Travefy is a Lincoln, Nebraska-based SaaS company that builds itinerary management, proposal, CRM, and marketing software for travel professionals. Founded in 2012, it pivoted from consumer group-trip planning to a B2B platform now trusted by 50,000+ travel brands worldwide, helping travel advisors, agencies, tour operators, and DMCs design branded itineraries, send proposals, manage clients, and market their businesses from a single connected platform.