MILFORD, Mass., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas Travel International, one of New England's most successful travel agencies, was recently honored when the well-respected travel industry journal, "Travel Agent Magazine," named Elaine Osgood to its annual "100 Most Powerful Women in Travel" issue. This is the first time Ms. Osgood has been given this highly coveted award.
Ms. Osgood founded Atlas Travel International in 1986 with one employee and has grown to have offices in Milford, Chelmsford and Lexington, Massachusetts, employing 47 people and managing nearly $65 million in travel reservations annually. Atlas customer National Grid says "I have been completely satisfied with your services. I look forward to continued business travel plans with you folks. There is good service and then there is excellent service. Well above that there is Atlas."
"I'm thankful to be recognized and know that my success and the success of Atlas Travel International are built on the shoulders of the entire Atlas Team," commented Osgood, Atlas Travel International president. "We've all worked hard over the years to win the trust and respect of our clients and we work everyday to exceed their expectations in booking their business or leisure travel."
Atlas Travel International has been profitable every year it has been in business and last year posted a 40% increase in productivity and a 20% growth in profits. These strides have been possible due to the proprietary technology and systems that Atlas has implemented. Atlas serves a wide range of businesses travel needs, leisure travel clients as well as meetings and incentive travel.
Osgood recently launched TravelDepot, a desktop dashboard with the ability to show anyone in the corporation, from the traveler to the CFO to the travel manager, their real-time, personalized view of the travel world. The viewer can choose an assortment of channels and live feeds that filter into one integrated display that could include current travel spend, travel alerts or future policy infractions.
Atlas also tries new ideas outside technology such as their Travel Shop in the Lexington office offering both travel agency services and the best travel clothes, books and other travel-related items.
"I feel that as a business owner I have an obligation to my clients and to my employees to be successful so we can continue to contribute to the economic lifeblood of our communities," added Osgood. "I also know that every trip our clients take is important and it makes no difference if you are visiting your mom, traveling to the Amazon or out making sales calls, we make sure every detail is right."
Atlas Travel International was honored in 2002 as the 14th of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts by in a study conducted by Babson College. In 1996, Atlas Travel International was distinguished as the #1 Travel Agency in the US out of more than 900 Uniglobe franchised offices.
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