Travel CUTS

Travel CUTS (French: Voyages Campus) is the trade name of Canadian Universities Travel Service Limited, a travel agency catering to students in Canada and, to a lesser extent, the United States.

It is similar to STA Travel, which competes with Travel CUTS in the U.S. and has additional operations worldwide. However, whereas STA is privately owned, Travel CUTS is wholly owned by student organizations, and is the largest travel agency in the world with that status.

The Canadian Federation of Students-Services (an entity legally separate from, but affiliated with, the main CFS organization), previously the sole owner, currently owns 76% of the agency. Four non-CFS student associations, namely the UWO University Students' Council, the UBC Alma Mater Society, the University of Alberta Students' Union, and the Queen's Alma Mater Society, together own 24%. This was the result of a settlement to a lengthy legal dispute between the CFS and these student unions, which had been members of the Association of Student Councils, an earlier group of student unions which operated a travel agency business which was transferred to Travel CUTS. The plaintiffs had alleged that this transfer was illegal.

In addition to operating over 70 locations throughout Canada and the US, Travel CUTS is also affiliated with over 600 student travel offices worldwide (including STA) through membership in the International Student Travel Confederation.

Travel CUTS also owns and operates several specialty travel divisions: The Adventure Travel Company, Volunteer Abroad, Student Work Abroad, and Innovative Group Travel.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/