Christopherson Business Travel Explained

Christopherson Business Travel
Founder:Merrill Christopherson
Lucille Christopherson
Location City:Salt Lake City, Utah
Location Country:United States
Key People:Mike Cameron (owner), Camille Cameron (owner)
Industry:Travel
Products:AirPortal, AirPortal 360, AirPortal 360 Mobile, SecurityLogic, AirBank, ValueLogic, Airtinerary, Hotel ReCheck, Virtual Pay, Hotel Attachment, Travel Approval
Revenue:US$687,000,000 (2019)
Num Employees:480 (2019)
Divisions:Andavo Travel, Andavo Meetings & Incentives, CV Humanitarian
Homepage:www.cbtravel.com/

Christopherson Business Travel is a corporate Travel Management Company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah and founded in 1953.

Christopherson is the largest travel agency in Utah,[1] and the largest national travel affiliate of BCD Travel, with US$682 million in annual sales (2018) and more than 480 employees.

Christopherson owns and operates Andavo Travel, a network of independent vacation travel agents [2] and All Seasons Sports Travel, which specializes in fan-based travel planning and packages. They also acquired CV Travel, a travel agency focused on humanitarian and faith-based travel.

The State of Utah currently lists Christopherson as its Contracted Travel Agency.[3] [4]

Christopherson Business Travel developed AirPortal, an integrated travel technology platform that houses the company's proprietary technology, user dashboards, benchmarking and reporting tools, online booking tools, and mobile applications.

In 2012, Christopherson Business Travel developed and released AirPortal 360, an intelligent dashboard for travel managers, which grants access to Christopherson's collection of corporate travel management software. The technology was designed to assist in the reduction of corporate travel spend, facilitate duty of care responsibilities, keep track of unused tickets, access traveler profiles, and ensure policy compliance. In conjunction with their AirPortal 360 software release, Christopherson also released, My Travel, a similarly customized dashboard with specific tools for individual business travelers. In 2013, the company developed and released AirPortal 360 Mobile, the first app created for travel managers to manage their travel programs from mobile devices.[5]

History

Christopherson Business Travel was founded by Merrill and Lucille Christopherson in 1953. Lucille's brother, John L. Weenig was brought in as manager and part owner shortly thereafter. Under his leadership and management the agency grew to have three locations in Utah. Weenig retired about 1980. In 1981, Michael A. Cameron and his wife, Camille, purchased a part-ownership position from the original founders and owners.[6] By March 1990 the Cameron's had purchased 100 percent of the company.

In January 2008, the company merged with Andavo Travel, creating one of the top 20 U.S. travel management companies.[7] [8]

Effective March 2010, Michael A. Cameron and his wife Camille purchased the business and vacation travel divisions of Andavo Travel. The business travel division of the combined company is now branded and marketed nationally as Christopherson Business Travel. The vacation travel and independent contractor division is branded under Andavo Travel.[2]

At the end of 2013, Christopherson acquired Alabama-based All Seasons Travel. All Seasons' business travel division was absorbed into Christopherson Business Travel, the leisure division was absorbed into Andavo Travel, and a new division, All Seasons Sports Travel, was created to cater to the fan-based travel which All Seasons Travel specialized in. All employee positions were retained and Mike Cameron continued as CEO.[9]

In 2016, Christopherson acquired CV Humanitarian Travel, a division focused on providing travel services for non-profit and faith-based trips.

Christopherson is currently ranked #12 out of the top travel management companies in the United States by Business Travel News, a top publication of the corporate travel industry. BTN's annual Business Travel Survey measures the performance of suppliers in all corporate travel segments.[10]

As of March 2020, Christopherson has closed its physical offices in Birmingham, San Francisco and Denver and has laid off over 100 employees as a result of the COVID-19 Virus.

Locations

Christopherson Business Travel has corporate offices in five locations:

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Notes and References

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  2. News: Greenwood Village-based travel agency looks to expand. The Denver Post . 7 June 2010.
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  8. Web site: Group Hotel Rates & Exclusive Discounts at Cheap Hotels. www.management.travel.
  9. Web site: Jonas . David . The Beat | Looking East, Christopherson Acquires Alabama TMC On Path To Half-Billion Sales Target . Thebeat.travel . 2014-01-07 . 2018-06-13.
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