Andavo Travel

Andavo Travel
Industry Travel
Founder Brenda Rivers
Headquarters Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA
Number of locations
 Salt Lake City, Utah
San Francisco (Marin County), California Birmingham, Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama
Key people
 Brenda Rivers (Founder),
Mike Cameron (Current owner),
Camille Cameron (Current owner)
Products Airtinerary, AirSelect, AirPortal, AdvisorCare
Services Host travel agency
Revenue US$552,000,000 (2015)
Owner Mike Cameron,
Camille Cameron
Number of employees
 382 (2015)
Parent Christopherson Andavo Travel, LP
Divisions Christopherson Business Travel
Website www.andavotravel.com/

Andavo Travel is a network of independent vacation travel agents headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA.

Andavo Travel has approximately 382 total corporate employees and independent agents with 2015 revenues of US$552 million. The company is owned and operated by Christopherson Andavo Travel, LP, and is a sister company of Christopherson Business Travel.

Andavo Travel has been a member of Virtuoso for over 16 years. Virtuoso is a network of travel agencies and advisers who create vacations for customers. Consisting of 8,900 travel advisors associated with over 335 agencies in 25 countries, Virtuoso is the world's most exclusive network of travel advisors. Andavo’s membership began in the Colorado and California offices in August 1999 and in March 2008, the Salt Lake City office also became a member of Virtuoso.

Andavo Travel is a Four Seasons Preferred Partner and a Ritz Carlton STARS agency.

History

Andavo Travel began in 1982 when Brenda Rivers acquired the travel agency, Corporate Travel Services, which had sales of US$15 million at the time. In 2000, the travel agency’s name was changed to Andavo Travel. The name Andavo stems from the Italian word “andare” or “we went,” to better reflect the company’s then brand: We Travel with You. In 2008, corporate travel company Christopherson Business Travel merged with Andavo. Rivers retained the position of Andavo Travel CEO from 1991 until July 2010 when her business partner, Christopherson Business Travel CEO Mike Cameron, bought her share of the business.[1] Rivers continues to operate Andavo Meetings, Incentives and Events (AMI).[2][3] 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.[1] In December 2013, Christopherson Andavo Travel announced the acquisition of All Seasons Travel, which is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama and with an additional office in Montgomery, Alabama.

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