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 | Montrose Travel Offers Top Getaway Deals | | | MONTROSE, California – June 16, 2009– Montrose Travel, a Top 50 Travel Management Company in the United States, is currently offering the best travel deals seen in years. Some prices are as low as they were in 1985, due to the sluggish economy and the current softness and decline in travel......read more |
| LOCAL LANDSCAPE ARTISAN DISCOVERED AND HONORED | | | MONTROSE, California – June 3, 2009 – Lex Putpraw, who oversees the Facilities at Montrose Travel, is a recipient of a 2009 award from Glendale Beautiful, a non-profit organization that inspires people to keep the city beautiful. It is his “Montrose Travel Garden,” in homage to the company for which he works, and his landscaping flair around Montrose Travel’s four buildings, that makes him an award winner for his aesthetic contribution to the community......read more |
| Montrose Travel Touts Employee Longevity | | | MONTROSE, California – May 6, 2009 - Montrose Travel, a full service travel management company and host agency, is 150 employees strong and boasts a very low turnover rate. In fact, almost half of their employees have been employed with Montrose Travel over 5 years. This level of employee retention is indicative of its family-oriented corporate culture and philosophies of relationship building and promoting from within......read more |
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| Montrose Travel’s 2008 Presidents’ Club the Largest Ever | | | MONTROSE, California – April 29, 2009 – It takes a year to gain entry to the Montrose Travel Presidents’ Club, and only the champions of the company are inducted. Formed in 1999, the Presidents’ Club exists to recognize an elite group of superstars who sell in excess of $1,000,000 in travel annually. In addition, there are 5 spots for non-selling Associates that have proved to exceed their job description. After a company wide nomination process, Montrose Travel’s President and Management Team ultimately select these non-agent winners......read more |
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| MONTROSE TRAVEL NAMED CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES' 'AGENCY OF THE YEAR' | | | Montrose Travel was selected from among more than 30,000 cruise-selling travel agencies throughout the U.S. and Canada. Travel agencies that demonstrate exceptional professionalism, enthusiasm, and innovation in sales and marketing techniques were nominated by Carnival's business development managers who work in partnership with travel agents......read more |
| Insider’s Tips for Single Parent Travel | | | MONTROSE, California – February 25, 2009 - It can be especially hard in this economy for single parents trying to provide a vacation for their families, but as the softness in travel is forcing our suppliers to slash prices and offer deals that we haven't seen in the past 20 years, Montrose Travel, one of the TOP 50 Travel Agencies in the United States, is here to pass along these amazing deals, and provide the “how-to” for the single parent (or grandparent) traveler......read more |
| Groups Are Their Specialty | | | MONTROSE, California – January 28, 2009 – Montrose Travel, a $110 million full-service travel and host agency, has been handling groups of all types since 1975. When calling a travel agency people ask if the agency can handle groups. Most every travel agency will say “YES”. However, there is a big difference in handling a group and specializing in handling groups......read more |
| Montrose Travel Offers Top Getaway Deals | | | MONTROSE, California – January 21, 2009– Montrose Travel, a Top 50 Travel Management Company in the United States, is currently offering the best travel deals seen in years. Some prices are as low as they were in 1985, due to the sluggish economy and the recent softness and decline in travel......read more |
| Montrose touts zero-debt status | | | Montrose Travel, which operates a host agency at www.mtravel.com, welcomed 2009 with zero debt, said its president, Joe McClure. But that's nothing new for the Montrose, Calif.-based firm, which has been owned by the McClure family since 1972......read more |
| It’s Easy to Travel Free and Earn Money Too | | | MONTROSE, California – January 1, 2009– Montrose Travel, a $110 million full-service travel and host agency, has been helping group leaders get to travel free and earn spending money for their trip at the same time......read more |
| Gordon Davidson Hosts Trip to London | | | MONTROSE, California - December 24, 2008 - Montrose Travel, a $110 million full-service travel and host agency, is handling the travel arrangements for a very special trip to London hosted by Gordon and Judi Davidson. Gordon Davidson, a Tony Award winner, and founding Artistic Director of the Center Theatre Group's Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre and Kirk Douglas Theatre, will be conducting his second trip to London on January 10, 2009......read more |
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| Montrose Travel Imports Snow to Snowpalooza 2008 Event | | | MONTROSE, California – October 30, 2008 – Montrose Travel, a $110 million full-service travel and host agency celebrated their “Snowpalooza” event at the Montrose Travel-owned 2349 Honolulu Ave. parking lot. The event, which welcomed an early arrival of winter, was envisioned by Joe McClure, President, who wanted to provide a means for the employees and home based independent agents to have fun at a company-wide event, yet be able to spend quality time with their family......read more |
| Montrose Travel Wins Magellan Award for Training | | | Honoring a broad range of industry segments including Hotels and Resorts, Travel Destinations, Cruise Lines, Online Travel Services, Airlines and Airports, Travel Agents and Agencies, and Car Rental Companies, the Magellan is the award to win if you are in the business of travel......read more |
| Building Business at MTravel.com | | | 08/18/08 - Corporate travel sales are rising at this Montrose division
Leisure travel sales remain the core of most home-based travel agents’ growth and success, but for a few stalwart professionals there is opportunity in serving the corporate travel market—notably small- and medium-sized businesses. Success in the corporate or managed travel market requires special skills both for the agency and agent......read more |
| Montrose Wins Ensemble Award | | | 08/14/08 - Montrose Travel, the Montrose, Calif.-based host agency providing leisure, corporate and group travel management solutions for home-based travel agents, received the Top 25 award from Ensemble Travel Group......read more |
| Host Group Collaborating With CLIA, NACTA, OSSN | | | 08/08/08 - The Professional Association of Travel Hosts (PATH) is engaged in discussions with OSSN, NACTA and CLIA to determine areas of common interest, as part of its effort to set industry standards for Host agencies and advocate for their interests......read more |
| Local Travel Agency Earns Top Travel Award | | | MONTROSE, Calif., July 29 – Montrose Travel, located at 2349 Honolulu Avenue in Montrose, received the “Top 25” award from Ensemble Travel Group, one of the travel industry’s oldest and most respected affiliated travel agency organizations. The honor was presented to less than five percent of Ensemble Travel Group’s 500+ member agencies in the United States. Selection criteria was based on 2007 sales performance......read more |
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| Montrose Debuts Products for MTravel.com Home-Based Agents | | | MTravel.com, the Host Agency Division of Montrose Travel, has launched several new services and products for the leisure and corporate clients of its home-based agents. One is FlightStats, which allows clients to track their flights and receive notification of significant delays or cancellations on their itinerary. Corporate accounts have the option of signing up for this service company-wide to notify all travelers of the service or by individual traveler......read more |
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| Montrose Travel Introduces New Services and Products for Its MTravel.com Home-Based Agents | | | FlightStats is the newest addition to its ever-growing list of services for both leisure and corporate travelers who book on MTravel.com’s private labeled consumer website. With FlightStats, clients can track their flights and receive notification of significant delays or cancellations on their itinerary. Corporate accounts have the option of signing up for this service company-wide to notify all travelers of the service or by individual traveler......read more |
| A Peer Group without Peer (March, 2008) | | | "Joe McClure epitomizes Ensemble Travel® Group members: inspiring, dynamic professionals who provide superior customer service and exceptional vacation experiences to their clients, while creating positive change in their local communities and beyond.".....read more |
| New PATH Board to Promote Sales-Focused Hosts | | | 2/8/08 - The new directors of PATH (Professional Association of Travel Hosts) plan to step up efforts to promote the association as the resource for agents and suppliers to use to determine which Host agencies are sales-focused rather than recruitment schemes......read more |
| Montrose Travel Inducted into Carnivals Pinnacle Club | | | 2/4/08 - Montrose Travel of Montrose, Calif., has been inducted into Carnival Cruise Lines' Pinnacle Club, which acknowledges high-volume travel agencies that meet sales goals and exhibit excellence in promoting and selling the Fun Ship experience......read more |
| Travel firm launches online site | | | 10/27/03 - Montrose Travel, a 33-year-old firm owned by the McClure family, hopes to send a few of the online travel sites packing, of, at least give them a run for their money......read more |
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