Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Message from Kollander World Travel

Kollander World Travel asked us to post this on their behalf. Take a read about the future of Kollander Travel:

It is my pleasure to officially inform you that as of 1DEC 2008 – Kollander World Travel will be leaving the AAA-East Central organization after 5 years of cooperation with AAA. We have been given the opportunity to continue our focus on international travel while continuing to serve the travel needs of the local community. We will convert the ongoing operation and re-emerge as a new Ohio company: Kollander World Travel. We will be keeping the same location at the 971 Building on E.185th Street, our long standing phone numbers, web site address, and most importantly, all the existing employees.

International cooperation with one of our long time vendor partners became a logical path to growth for the KWT staff. This affiliation allows us to better leverage our nationally recognized expertise in worldwide travel. This opportunity to separate was presented by AAA East Central management early this summer. They had abandoned plans to expand the Kollander office into an AAA branch office on E. 185th after the acquisition by AAA-East Central of Pittsburgh about 3 years ago.

Kollander World Travel will continue to be actively engaged in marketing and selling leisure and corporate travel to the area community and will increase our efforts in the custom group tour and cruise products for which we are well known. We are determined to continue our relationships with our key local partners and organizations as we go forward.

This transition will involve the transfer of the ongoing operation of Kollander World Travel during the early part of December. Every effort is being made to maintain client service and complete customer satisfaction over the course of the change. We continue to value our relationship with the AAA organization and the many AAA members we have been proud to serve over these years and into the future.

We look forward to working closely with the local community and hope to be more involved in the renaissance of the North East Shores.

Thank You and Best Regards,
Michael J. Benz
Kollander World Travel
216-692-1000
www.kollander.com

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