TulsaPeople January 2013

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Front row: Alice Wegley, Matt King

SINCE 1959

World Travel In the increasingly complex and changing travel industry, experience and resources are the true difference-makers for clients seeking ease and cost savings. Tulsa’s World Travel has the experience — over 50 years in business — and the resources to offer both personal service and superior online travel booking technology for the do-ityourself business traveler. It is Oklahoma’s largest travel management company. “We provide experienced travel agents to deliver a high-touch, VIP level customer service experience for both vacation and business travel planning,” says President Alex Eaton. “And perhaps most important, and beyond the actual travel booking process, our other proprietary services help customers save time and money.” Simply, travelers report World Travel’s tools are user-friendly, make travel easier, and the company’s programs can save companies 20 percent to 30 percent annually in business-related travel costs. Founded in Tulsa in 1959 by Arthur Johnson Sr., World Travel specialized in vacation

Back row: Alex Eaton, Debbie Taylor

7645 East 63rd Street Suite 101 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74133 (918) 743-8856 www.worldtraveltoday.com

travel services before later expanding its services to include corporate travel booking. In 1998, the business was sold to a partnership between the Leonard J. Eaton Jr. family and the Raymond H. Siegfried Family Limited Partnership. Alex Eaton became president of World Travel Service, LLC in 2004. “Over the past decade, we have committed ourselves to offering truly innovative and strategic travel solutions to our business and vacation clients,” says Eaton. “It is a commitment that has driven us to evolve from a traditional travel agency into a sophisticated travel consultancy and travel management company that provides clients with cost-saving and value-added solutions for all their travel needs.” World Travel is affiliated with two of the country’s premier travel organizations: BCD Travel, the world’s third largest corporate travel management company; and Virtuoso Travel Network, the travel industry’s leading luxury vacation travel network.


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