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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.^[1] Ms. Bohan is a leading figure in the world of woman-owned business, receiving accolades the Enterprising Women Hall of Fame,^[2] Office Depot's Business Woman of the Year^[3] and she was named one of the 25 most influential leaders in the travel industry by Tour and Travel News.^[4]

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.

Accolades and recognition

2021 - Receives Lifetime Achievement award from Travel Weekly Magazine
2018 - Honored as Godmother of Riviera Cruises Robert M. Burns ship
2018 - Receives ASTA’s Lifetime Achievement Award
2018 - Inducted into BTN Hall of Fame
2016 - Named Entrepreneur of the Year by Million Women Mentors
2015 - Honored as Godmother of Windstar Cruises' Star Legend
2012 - Gold Award in the 2012 Magellan Awards from Travel Weekly Magazine
2012 - “Top Business” Recipient in five categories by DiversityBusiness.com
2011 - Named a Washington Business Hall of Fame Laureate
2011 - Inducted into the Washington Business Hall of Fame at the Hall of Fame dinner and awards ceremony
2011 - Featured in the November 2011 issue of The Washingtonian
2010 - Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise Award
2009 - NDTA Distinguished Service Award” from the National Defense Transportation Association
2009 - ‘Outstanding Woman Business’ at the National Minority Business Council’s (NMBC) 29th Annual Awards Luncheon held in New York City
2009 - The Society of Government Travel Professionals (SGTP) recognized Omega with a Professional Development Award for MIS during the ANCON Government Travel Conference
2005 - Inducted into the Enterprising Women Hall of Fame
2004 - Named Office Depot's Businesswoman of the Year
2004 - Named Travel Agent of the Year by The American Society of Travel Agents
Tour and Travel News' "One of the 25 Most Influential Leaders in the Travel Industry

References

^ "Value Added: D.C.'s travel queen talks about building her $1 billion business". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
^ Campbell, Jessica. "Bohan, Gloria - Enterprising Women". Enterprising Women. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
^ importer (2013-05-20). "Gloria Bohan, Omega World Travel". U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
^ importer (2013-05-20). "Gloria Bohan, Omega World Travel". U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Retrieved 2017-06-07.

External links

Omega World Travel
Cruise.com
[http:www.danandgloriabohanfoundation.com]

[1] "Value Added: D.C.'s travel queen talks about building her $1 billion business". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-06-07.

[2] Campbell, Jessica. "Bohan, Gloria - Enterprising Women". Enterprising Women. Retrieved 2017-06-07.

[3] rter (2013-05-20). "Gloria Bohan, Omega World Travel". U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Retrieved 2017-06-07.

[4] rter (2013-05-20). "Gloria Bohan, Omega World Travel". U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Retrieved 2017-06-07.

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