travel founder merrill christopherson lucille christopherson headquarters salt lake city utah united states key people michael cameron owner camille cameron owner products airportal airportal 360 airportal 360 mobile policylogic securitylogic airbank datalogic valuelogic airtinerary hotel recheck hotelprepaylogic hotel attachment travel approval revenue us 552 000 000 2015 number of employees 382 2015 divisions andavo travel all seasons sports travel website 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 552 million in annual sales 2015 and more than 380 employees . christopherson owns and operates andavo travel a network of independent vacation travel agents 2 as well as all seasons sports travel which specializes in fan based travel planning and packages . 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 contents 1 history 2 honors 3 locations 4 see also 5 notes 6 external links history edit christopherson business travel was originally founded by merrill and lucille christopherson in 1953 . 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 christopherson is currently ranked 11 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 honors edit business travel news ranked christopherson business travel 11 on their 2014 business travel survey list of us travel management companies 10 travel weekly ranked christopherson business travel 27 on their 2016 11 power list a national ranking of corporate and leisure travel agencies . 12 christopherson was also ranked on the list in 2011 2012 13 2013 14 2014 15 and 2015 16 christopherson was named the 1 women owned company in colorado by colorado biz magazine in 2015 17 and 2016 christopherson ceo mike cameron was named a 2012 ceo of the year by utah business magazine 18 utah s best of state winner in 2010 2011 and 2012 under the hospitality travel and tourism category . 19 20 21 1st place for fastest growing private business by denver business journal 2010 22 christopherson is ranked the 1 travel agency in utah by utah business magazine 1 christopherson business travel was given the when work works award former the alfred p. sloan award for business excellence in workplace flexibility 2009 2013 23 24 and again in 2016 25 christopherson was named a fast 50 company by utah business in 2008 21 2009 32 2010 32 26 2011 29 27 2012 29 28 2013 38 29 2014 26 30 and 2015 33 31 mountainwest capital network named christopherson business travel one of utah s 100 fastest growing companies in 2001 32 2002 33 2003 34 2012 35 and 2014 . 36 in 1996 the salt lake chamber of commerce named christopherson business travel the small business of the year . 37 locations edit christopherson business travel has corporate offices in five locations salt lake city utah denver colorado san francisco california birmingham alabama montgomery alabama see also edit bcd travel notes edit a b http www.utahbusiness.com book of lists djopage view html & book of lists & book of lists & djopid 24915 a b http www.denverpost.com headlines ci 15247706 http finance.utah.gov travel documents travelagencycontract.pdf http www.finance.utah.gov travel http gbta.hsyndicate.org news 4061698.html http archive.deseretnews.com archive 835880 flying high despite indutrys travails.html http www.ubta.org index.cfm scid 1692 http www.management.travel show issue.php isid jan 08.31 & selyear 2008 http www.thebeat.travel post 2014 01 07 looking east christopherson acquires alabama tmc on path to half billion sales target.aspx a b http www.businesstravelnews.com business travel research btn s 2014 business travel survey a btn http www.travelweekly.com powerlist2016 http travelweekly.texterity.com travelweekly 20110627 pg41 http www.travelweekly.com travel news travel agent issues power list 2012 http www.travelweekly.com travel news travel agent issues travel weekly 2013 power list http www.travelweekly.com travel news travel agent issues travel weekly 2014 power list http www.travelweekly.com powerlist2015 http www.cobizmag.com uploads topwomen0715 update.pdf http www.youtube.com watch v lpc2cxclvfu http www.bestofstate.org winner2010 hospitality.html http www.bestofstate.org winner2011 hospitality.html http www.bestofstate.org winner2012 hospitality.html http denver.bizjournals.com denver stories 2010 07 19 focus1.html http www.saltlakechamber.org events news detail articleid 228 http www.slchamberblog.com chamber recognizes utah employers for workplace flexibility 10001439.htm http www.whenworkworks.org be effective 2016 when work works award winners state listing http dev.utahbusiness.com articles view 2010 fast 50 http dev.utahbusiness.com articles view fast 1 pg 3 http dev.utahbusiness.com articles view fast 2 http www.utahbusiness.com articles view fast 3 http www.utahbusiness.com articles view fast 4 http archive.utahbusiness.com articles view fast 5 pg 1 http mwcn.yourmembership.com 2001utah100 http mwcn.yourmembership.com 2002utah100 http mwcn.yourmembership.com 2003utah100 http www.mwcn.org 2012 utah 100 http www.mwcn.org 2014 utah 100 http www.saltlakechamber.org events smallbusinessawards history external links edit christopherson business travel website christopherson business travel blog bcd travel website andavo travel website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title christopherson business travel & oldid 729871938 categories travel agenciesbusiness services companies of the united statescompanies based in utah1953 establishments in utah navigation menu 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