All Encompassing Travel Experiences
Travel Leaders Group is transforming travel with a commitment to our vacation and business travel clients via our progressive approach toward each unique travel experience. Having already assisted millions of travelers – through our beginnings as Carlson Leisure Group, a division of Carlson Companies, TraveLeaders and Tzell Travel Group and through the additions of Nexion and Vacation.com – Travel Leaders Group manages leisure, business and franchise travel operations under a variety of diversified divisions and brands.
Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with offices throughout the United States, Travel Leaders Group employs over 1,000 team members devoted to enhancing each and every travel experience.
Business Travel News again ranks Travel Leaders Group first among American travel management companies in its Business Travel Survey 2011, an annual compendium. Business Travel News is considered "the voice of authority for corporate travel buyers throughout North America for over 20 years." The rankings are based on the reported volume of airline transactions for 2010 verified by the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), which is the premier financial transaction processing and settlement corporation that facilitates the distribution of travel products and related information.
Travel Weekly places Travel Leaders Group in the top 10 of its Power List 2011 of America's travel sellers. Travel Weekly is billed as "the national newspaper of the travel industry." The rankings are based on participating companies wholly-owned annual sales volume reported for 2010 and specifically do not include franchised operations. Travel Leaders Group's wholly-owned operations reported annual sales volume over $1.545 billion for 2010; when franchised and affiliate sales are included, that number increases dramatically to over $16 billion for last year.
Ranked First Among Travel Franchise Brands in Entrepreneur Franchise 500
Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 2011 listing named Travel Leaders as the top full-service travel franchise brand. This marks the 15th consecutive year a Travel Leaders Franchise Group brand has been honored. Additionally, Results! Travel and Cruise Holidays are also ranked on Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 list.