SPRINGFIELD AREA'S LARGEST FULL-SERVICE TRAVEL AGENCIES

Name FT Offices % of Business Member Popular Leisure Estab.

Address Staff Local Corporate Services Offered Top Local Destinations National Local

Telephone Local ? Toll-free / Fax CTC1 Elsewhere Leisure Executive This Year Hdqrtrs Nat'l

1 Great Southern Travel3 Agency at airport w/ meet & greet; best Cruises

1451 E Battlefield / 65804 92 9 50% fare alerts; newsletter; inbound group 4 4 Mark Norton, Caribbean Springfield 1977

888-4488 ? 800-749-7116 / 888-4482 9 15 50% service; cruise dept w/ certified counselors VP / Mgr Director Branson 1977

2 Carlson Wagonlit / McDaniel Travel Leisure; exclusive offers; Cruises

1550 E Battlefield, Ste G-2 / 65804 26 1 50% special negotiated hotel and 4 4 Marvin N McDaniel, Las Vegas Minneapolis, 1981

883-7121 ? 800-641-4331 / 883-5838 6 4,000 50% car rental rates; group travel President / Owner Alaska MN 1888

3 Springfield Travel Service Hawaii

1409-B W Sunshine / 65807 12 1 70% Missionary travel; 4 Betty Miles, Orlando New York, 1956

865-5535 ? 800-641-4365 / 865-8537 1 5 30% international travel President Las Vegas NY

4 House of Travel Dive specialists; Andrea Mitchell, Europe

2730 S Glenstone / 65804 11 1 40% cruise specialists; 4 4 Owner; Linda Strait, Mexico Springfield 1969

883-5244 ? 800-555-4335 / 883-5261 5 0 60% buy and sell foreign currency Owner / Manager Cruises

5 Ozark World Travel Group tours; cruise counselors; Georgia Christy, Cruises

1736 E Sunshine / 65804 9 1 40% custom-designed vacation packages; 4 4 Linda Overend, Owners; Europe Springfield 1977

887-4757 ? 800-779-8747 / 887-6736 2 0 60% convention and meeting organization Jan Copeland, Mgr Mexico

6 Consulting Travel Inc Sara Toombs, Cruises

1949 E Sunshine, Ste 2-110 / 65804 7 1 50% Personalized travel planning; 4 4 Co-owner / Mgr; Susie Mexico Springfield 1980

882-0082 ? 800-444-0082 / 882-6930 1 0 50% incentive and group travel Cummings, Co-owner Florida

6 Admiral Travel International Internat'l travel & discount cruises; Mexico

1923 S Glenstone / 65804 7 2 25% accredited cruise counselor; 4 4 Lonnie Owens, Owner; Florida Springfield 1984

882-8114 ? 800-888-8114 / 882-6944 1 2 75% travel academy; passport photos Lisa Rice, Manager Las Vegas

8 Thomas Travel Cruise and Tour Cruises

1444 S Glenstone / 65804 6 1 20% Cruises and tours 4 4 Larry Ollis, Owner; Europe Springfield 1972

883-9122 ? 800-443-0605 / 883-3089 0 0 80% Diane Morris, Mgr Alaska

8 Chesterfield Cruise & Travel Gail Peters, Mexico

2101 W Chesterfield Blvd, C-102 6 1 20% Full-service; cruise discounts; 4 4 Donna Cambridge, Cruises Springfield 1994

886-2312 ? 800-613-2313 / 886-7786 0 0 80% discount / leisure vacations Owners Las Vegas

8 The Cruise & Travel Connection Las Vegas

2119-A E Division / 65803 6 1 50% Bridal registry; group cruises 4 Jill Williams, Cancun Springfield 1995

863-7997 ? none / 863-7998 0 0 50% Owner Carnival cruises