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ADVANTAGE PERFORMANCE NETWORK, AN ALTOUR
COMPANY, HAS BEEN NAMED TO FOURTH ANNUAL “CMI
25” LIST BY CORPORATE MEETINGS & INCENTIVES
MAGAZINE
[Savage, MN] (September 10, 2010) –Advantage Performance
Network (APN), an ALTOUR Company, has been named to
the 2010 “CMI 25” list, an exclusive directory of the largest and
most influential full-service meeting and incentive travel management
companies focused on the corporate market. Now in
its fourth year, the CMI 25 list is compiled by Penton Media's
Corporate Meetings & Incentives® magazine, the leading
information source for the $40 billion corporate meetings and
events industry. The CMI 25, published in the September issue
of Corporate Meetings & Incentives and on
www.meetingsnet.com, is an essential resource for corporate
executives and meeting professionals looking for partners to
help strategically manage meeting dollars and design creative
and motivational off-site programs.
“As a whole, this year’s CMI 25 companies handled more than
58,000 corporate meetings and incentive programs in 2009,
which represents more than 6.5 million room nights across the
U.S. and the world,” said Barbara Scofidio, editor of Corporate
Meetings & Incentives. “Our annual report is unique to this
industry, and meeting managers and procurement professionals
turn to our research year-round for information on these
important partners.”
The magazine’s editors select CMI 25 companies based on
several factors, including the number of meetings and incentive
travel programs managed in 2009 and the total number of
room nights represented by those meetings and incentives.
They also evaluated the number of full-time employees at each
company, as well as the percentage of the company’s
revenues that came from organizing corporate meetings and
incentives, versus association meetings or other sources.
Advantage Performance Network (APN) is a travel and
marketing services company located near Minneapolis, MN.
APN plans, manages, and operates a wide range of programs
for business designed to drive loyalty and performance among
sales, employee, and customer audiences.
Founded in 1995, APN joined the ALTOUR family of
companies in the summer of 2010.
APN President Mary Sue Leathers places a premium on
customer service. “I strongly believe that business is all about
building successful relationships—with employees, customers,
and channel partners,” she says. “At APN, we strive to form
solid relationships with clients and we maintain them by taking
excellent care of their travelers and program participants.”
About APN and ALTOUR
APN is part of a diversified corporate family at ALTOUR.
ALTOUR ranks 14th on Travel Weekly’s Power List 2010.
ALTOUR focuses on serving luxury and mid-market travelers
and has expertise in vertical markets including fashion,
entertainment, and financial services. It has 75 offices and
more than 1,000 travel professionals throughout the United
States and Europe. In addition to its core travel management
business, ALTOUR has developed a family of companies
including ALTOUR Limousine, ALTOUR Air, ALTOUR Travel
Master, ALTOUR Incentive Management, and ALTOUR
Management Technology. ALTOUR has a joint agreement
with American Express Travel to strengthen and expand
services for travelers around the globe. In addition, ALTOUR
owns The Travel Authority of Louisville, KY. The Travel
Authority offers a full array of services including corporate
travel management, online travel, vacation travel stores, and
sports fan travel. As part of this global organization, APN
offers clients access to a full array of corporate and leisure
travel experiences as well as point-based performance
improvement solutions.
For more information, please visit:
www.advantageperformancenetwork.com
www.ALTOUR.com
www.thetravelauthority.com
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