COMPANY HISTORY
Albany Travel Unlimited, Inc
.

1955: Robert Milstein formed Albany Travel.
1982: incorporation (Albany Travel Unlimited, Inc.)
1989: became franchisee of Carlson Wagonlit Travel.
1993-2005: Rodney Klassovity and Mark Milstein (Robert Milstein’s son)
joined together
November 2005: Acquired by Ted Child. Ted also owns Child Travel Services of Burlington , VT. For additional information click here.

YEAR
AGENCY NAME
SALES
VOLUME
SALES
MIX
LOCATION
EMPLOYS
1993
Albany
Travel
Unlimited
$10,000,000
95% Corporate
5% Leisure
Latham
22
1995
Phillips
World Travel
$6,000,000
25% Corporate
75% Leisure
Clifton Park
10
1997
Classic
Travel
$1,000,000
10% Corporate
90% Leisure
Saratoga Springs
2
1998
Ports of Call
Travel
$1,000,000
0% Corporate
100% Leisure
Albany
1
1998
Vagus
Travel
$1,200,000
15% Corporate
85% Leisure
Hoosic Falls
2
1998
TravelMax
$1,000,000
0% Corporate
100% Leisure
Malta
2
1998
Geneseo
Travel
$2,500,000
5% Corporate
95% Leisure
Geneseo
5
TOTALS
$22,700,000
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Other Facts & Figures:

High sales of $38,000,000/year (increased business of acquired operations by 67%).

Ranked by Capital District Business Review as the Capital Region’s largest travel agency.

Ranked by Carlson Wagonlit Travel in the Top 60 of their over 1,400 domestic offices, placing them in the LEADER’S group.

Ranked in Top 200 of over 10,000 domestic independent travel agencies by Apollo Galileo International - the world’s second largest Computerized Reservation System (CRS) company - a $1.5 Billion per year company traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Sales Mix: 70% Corporate & 30% Leisure; 85% Domestic & 15% International; over 275,000 calls taken annually resulting 125,000 transactions annually.