Christopherson Business Travel

Christopherson Business Travel is a corporate Travel Management Company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah and founded in 1953.

Christopherson is the largest Utah travel agency with US$257 million in annual sales and employs approximately 220 people.

Christopherson Business Travel is the largest national travel affiliate of BCD Travel.

The State of Utah currently lists Christopherson as its Contracted Travel Agency.

Christopherson Business Travel has developed AirPortal, a tool that permits customers to build, maintain their profiles, book travel, review past and present travel, track unused ticket credits, provides contact information for support from a live agent, as well as allowing the customer to utilize other software that Christopherson Business Travel has developed to help it's clients better manage their travel.

History

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. 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.

Christopherson has been #14, out of the top 43 travel management agencies 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.

Honors

* MountainWest Capital Network named Christopherson Business Travel one of Utah’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies in 2001, 2002 & 2003.
* In 1996, the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce named Christopherson Business Travel the Small Business of the Year.
* Utah Business Fast 50 Award ranks Christopherson Business Travel 21st fastest growing company in Utah for 2008.
* In 2009, Christopherson Business Travel was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility

Locations

Christopherson Business Travel has corporate offices in three locations:

* Salt Lake City, Utah
* Denver, Colorado
* San Francisco, California

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