44 | Global Marine Travel

T0626GLOBALMARINETRAVEL_C_350 [Credit: Global Marine Travel]
2023 sales: $315 million
Previous ranking: 37
Employees: 206 full-time

1800 SE 10th Ave., Suite 340
Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33308
Phone: (954) 761-9595
Website

Executives

FOUNDER/MANAGING DIRECTOR: Tim Davey
GM, NORTH AMERICA AND GLOBAL SALES: Chris Podolsky
GLOBAL CFO: George Del Pino
MANAGER, CRUISE AIR PROGRAMS: Renaud Cyr
MARKETING MANAGER: Julia Russell
GLOBAL OPERATIONS MANAGER: Mark Taylor

COMPANY FACTS

* Privately held company.

* Manages the air departments for several cruise lines and assists with arranging travel for both passengers and crew with a specialty in startup ventures; provides air travel to several large cruise consolidators; handles travel for commercial shipping companies.

* Majority owned by V.Group, a provider of ship management and maritime services to the commercial shipping, cruise, energy and defense industries.

* Sales: 5% leisure, 5% business, 90% other.

2023 DEVELOPMENTS

* Increased commercial crew accounts globally.

* Designed and executed several private air charter operations for cruise lines.

* Invested in online booking tools, resulting in increased sales but not overhead.

* Focused more than in the past on selling hotels in addition to flights.

LOOKING AHEAD

*  Launching Cruiselink 2.0, an online booking tool for cruise line passengers.

* Geopolitical events aside, company projects strong growth year over year with more expedition-style cruise business coming online; strong commercial cargo and crew travel business; and continued online growth.

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