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'''Gloria Bohan''' is the founder and CEO of multiple [[Travel management company|travel management companies]]. |
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'''Gloria Bohan''' is the founder and president of Omega World Travel. She founded the company in 1972 in Fredericksburg, Virginia as a small-town storefront travel agency and has transformed it into a global travel management company with annual sales over $1 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/value-added-dcs-travel-queen-talks-about-building-her-1-billion-business/2012/10/07/7a1221ce-0f22-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_story.html|title=Value Added: D.C.’s travel queen talks about building her $1 billion business|website=Washington Post|access-date=2017-06-07}}</ref> Ms. Bohan is a leading figure in the world of woman-owned business, receiving accolades the Enterprising Women Hall of Fame,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enterprisingwomen.com/about-us/our-board-members/59-gloria-bohan|title=Bohan, Gloria - Enterprising Women|last=Campbell|first=Jessica|website=Enterprising Women|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-06-07}}</ref> Office Depot's Business Woman of the Year<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/center-women-business/gloria-bohan-omega-world-travel|title=Gloria Bohan, Omega World Travel|last=importer|date=2013-05-20|work=U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation|access-date=2017-06-07|language=en}}</ref> and she was named one of the 25 most influential leaders in the travel industry by Tour and Travel News.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/center-women-business/gloria-bohan-omega-world-travel|title=Gloria Bohan, Omega World Travel|last=importer|date=2013-05-20|work=U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation|access-date=2017-06-07|language=en}}</ref> |
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In 1978, when the travel industry was being deregulated, Ms. Bohan opened a new office in Washington D.C., effectively putting Omega World Travel on the map. In 1998, she founded Cruise.com, now one of the leading internet cruise retailers. Three years later, she introduced TravTech, a travel software development company. As an entrepreneurial leader in the industry, Gloria Bohan has built an organizational reputation for expertise, quality service, and innovative technology in the corporate, government, meetings, cruise, and leisure markets. |
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==Accolades and Recognition== |
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In 2003, Bohan was honored with Entrepreneurial Visionary Award by the Women’s Business Center. In 2004, she received the Office Depot Businesswoman of the Year Award. The next year, in 2005, Ms Bohan was the Enterprising Women Hall of Fame award winner. In 2009, Ms Bohan was selected Smart100 Recipient by SmartCEO magazine. In 2011 resented with the Executive Lifetime Achievement Award at the Executive Women’s Forum and in 2013 given President’s Medal by Marymount Manhattan College for accomplishments in business. |
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In 2015, Gloria Bohan was named Godmother of the Windstar ship, Star Legend. In 2016, Ms Bohan was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Million Women Mentors. In 2018, Gloria Bohan was named Godmother of Riviera Cruises Robert M. Burns ship. In 2018, Bohan won ASTA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. As of 2018, Bohan was inducted into Business Travel News Hall of Fame. |
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Bohan founded Omega World Travel, a [[travel agency]], in 1972 in Fredericksburg, [[Virginia]]. In 1998 Bohan founded Cruise.com, an online [[Travel agency|travel services company]] focusing on [[cruise ship]] travel. She became Chairman and CEO of TravTech in 2001, a travel technology company developing [[Software as a service|SaaS]] software for travel agencies and business-travel-focused companies. As of 2017, her company Omega World Travel reported annual sales of over $1 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/value-added-dcs-travel-queen-talks-about-building-her-1-billion-business/2012/10/07/7a1221ce-0f22-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_story.html|title=Value Added: D.C.’s travel queen talks about building her $1 billion business|website=Washington Post|access-date=2017-06-07}}</ref> |
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== External links == |
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* [https://www.omegatravel.com/ Omega World Travel] |
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* [https://www.cruise.com/ Cruise.com] |
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* [https://www.travtech.com/ TravTech.com] |
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Latest revision as of 03:38, 31 October 2024
Gloria Bohan is the founder and CEO of multiple travel management companies.
Bohan founded Omega World Travel, a travel agency, in 1972 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. In 1998 Bohan founded Cruise.com, an online travel services company focusing on cruise ship travel. She became Chairman and CEO of TravTech in 2001, a travel technology company developing SaaS software for travel agencies and business-travel-focused companies. As of 2017, her company Omega World Travel reported annual sales of over $1 billion.[1]
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[edit]- ^ "Value Added: D.C.'s travel queen talks about building her $1 billion business". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-06-07.