2023 sales: $711 million
Previous ranking: 23
Employees: 298 full-time, 10 part-time
5588 S. Green St., Suite 300
Salt Lake City, UT 84123
Phone: (801) 327-7700
Website Executives
CEO: Mike Cameron
CFO: Heather Young
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER: Chad Maughan
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER: Josh Cameron
CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER, CHRISTOPHERSON BUSINESS TRAVEL: Kathleen Roberts
CHIEF CONSULTING OFFICER, CHRISTOPHERSON BUSINESS TRAVEL: Matt Cameron
COO, CHRISTOPHERSON BUSINESS TRAVEL: Nathan McClellan
COMPANY FACTS
* Privately held company.
* Camille Cameron (51%) and Mike Cameron (49%) are owners.
* Christopherson Andavo Travel's business travel division, Christopherson Business Travel, sells travel management services directly to corporate and higher education accounts. Its business model also includes independent travel agents under its hosted leisure division, Andavo Travel, a humanitarian travel division, CV Humanitarian Travel, and meetings division, Andavo Meetings & Incentives.
* Works with 170 independent contractors.
* $102 million of sales completed by hosted agents.
* Sales: 83% business, 14% leisure, 3% other.
* A member of Virtuoso, BCD Travel.
2023 DEVELOPMENTS
* Hired a new chief technology officer, continuing to enhance services in software development.
* Expanded its product, design and software engineering teams to continue to invest in the transformation of proprietary tech platform, integrations and other digital offerings to support various user groups.
* Continued to hire rapidly, expanding from 239 to 298 full-time employees, to accommodate growth.
* Began to upgrade Travelport+, which will streamline operations and dramatically decrease training costs.
LOOKING AHEAD
* Building and enhancing its digital tools.
* Completing the Travelport+ upgrade.
* Investing in sales, branding and marketing teams to prepare for and create more growth.
* Entered the new year in a solid financial position, exceeding prepandemic sales numbers. Remains committed to investing in the transformation of an integrated, digital and human service model. Identified clear milestones for the continued development of its technology platform. Also recognizes that most of the post-pandemic return-to-travel growth has likely happened and that future growth will come from its own organic growth strategy.