Rank Company ¥ name ¥ address L.A. County Sales 1 ¥ 2012 ¥ 2011 Total Sales ¥ 2012 ¥ 2011 Travel Services (partial list) Profile ¥ L.A. travel agents ¥ offices (L.A./total) ¥ website Top Local Executive ¥ name ¥ title ¥ phone 1 Altour 12100 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 300 Los 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 510 5/61 altour.com Alexandre Chemla President (310) 571-6000 2 TravelStore Inc. 11601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300 Los Angeles 90025 374.5 302.4 431.7 351.8 corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment, group meetings, individual, leisure, business, private jet, concierge services 294 4/9 travelstore.com Wido L. Schaefer Chairman, CEO (310) 575-5540 3 Protravel International / ProWest LLC 9171 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 428 Beverly Hills 90210 190.0 130.0 2,400.0 1,170.0 corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment, group meetings, individual, leisure, student/ youth, luxury, wedding planning, concierge 260 6/74 protravelinc.com Mickey Weill V.P., Sales & Marketing (310) 271-9566 4 Montrose Travel 2349 Honolulu Ave. Montrose 91020 161.0 135.0 161.0 135.0 corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment, group meetings, individual, leisure, student/ youth, wholesale, credit card loyalty rewards 273 3/5 montrosetravel.com Joe McClure President (818) 553-3200 5 Plaza Travel 16530 Ventura Blvd. Encino 91436 61.5 53.5 63.0 53.5 corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment, group meetings, individual, leisure NA 2/4 plazatravel.com Steve Orens President (818) 990-4053 6 Cassis Travel Services Inc. 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 320 West Hollywood 90069 60.0 56.0 120.0 109.0 corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment, group meetings, individual, leisure, entertainment and production travel 65 2/6 travelcts.com Michele L. Montgomery CEO, President (310) 246-5400 7 Corniche Group Inc. 8721 Sunset Blvd., Suite 200 West Hollywood 90069 25.0 24.3 29.1 27.4 corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment, group meetings, individual, leisure, student/ youth, wholesale, Africa safaris 36 2/3 corniche.com Anastasia K. Mann Chairwoman, CEO (310) 854-6000 8 Mansour Travel Co. 345 N. Maple Drive, Suite 210 Beverly Hills 90210 23.9 24.0 23.9 24.0 corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment, individual, leisure, space travel on Virgin Galactic, luxury vacations 15 1/1 mansourtravel.com Virginia K. Mansour CEO, President (310) 276-2768 9 Carlisle Travel Management 5801 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 120 Los Angeles 90040 22.0 17.0 27.0 22.0 corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment, group meetings, individual, leisure, incentives and marketing 27 1/5 carlisletravel.com Jerry Saxe V.P. of Sales, Marketing (323) 869-1800 10 Willett Travel 12532 Ventura Blvd. Studio City 91604 20.9 19.3 20.9 19.3 corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment, group meetings, individual, leisure, student/ youth, inbound & outbound groups, golf NA 1/1 willetttravel.com Tama Taylor Holve CEO, Owner (818) 762-0676 11 Par Avion Travel Inc. 6033 W. Century Blvd., Suite 780 Los Angeles 90045 18.5 17.8 18.5 17.8 corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment, group meetings, individual, leisure, student/ youth, wholesale NA 1/1 paravion-inc.com Toby Brenner CEO, President (310) 670-2970 12 KIE/ Kintetsu Travel 879 W. 190th St., Suite 720 Gardena 90248 13.1 12.1 NA NA corporate, cruises & tours, group meetings, individual, leisure, student/youth, Japan Rail Pass 10 1/5 kintetsu.com Yasu Yonemoto Branch Manager (800) 526-6828 13 European Travel Agency Corp. 1810 W. Burbank Blvd., Suite 200 Burbank 91506 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.5 corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment, group meetings, individual, leisure, student/ youth 10 1/1 myeuropeantravel.com Edward Pipilidis Vice President (818) 842-7500 14 En Route Travel 15221 Sunset Blvd. Pacific Palisades 90272 9.4 9.0 12.4 10.8 corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment, group meetings, individual, leisure, custom luxury itineraries, private jet & yacht charters 12 1/2 enroutetravel.com Shane Paquette CEO (310) 459-9955 15 Internet Tours Inc. 11142 Washington Blvd. Culver City 90232 4.0 6.0 4.0 6.0 corporate, cruises & tours, entertainment, group meetings, individual, leisure, student/ youth, wholesale, travel insurace 5 1/1 gointernettours.com Edouard Nikoltchev President (310) 287-2670 1 In millions. NA - Not Available Note: The information on this list was supplied by representatives of the agencies themselves. 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. 1 THE LIST Ranked by 2012 L.A. County gross sales TRAVEL AGENCIES NEXT WEEK The Largest Office Lease Deals in L.A. County 5 • • MERGER: Protravel International and Tzell Travel Group merged in December. The two agencies continue to operate as distinct and separate brands. JULY 8, 2013 LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL 19 BIG APPLE: Plaza Travel recently opened a branch in New York. 3 •