31 | Travel Planners International

Travel Planners International
2022 sales: $345 million
Previous ranking: 33
Employees: 35

1740 Fennel St.
Maitland, FL 32751
Phone: (407) 331-3888
Website

Executives

PRESIDENT: Ken Gagliano
COO: Tony Gagliano Jr.
SVP: Erwing Hernandez

Company facts

* Privately held host agency.

* Ken Gagliano and Tony Gagliano Jr. are majority shareholders.

* Works with 4,425 independent contractors.

* 100% of sales by hosted agents.

* Sales: 85% leisure, 15% business.

* A member of Signature Travel Network.

2022 Developments

* Updated policy to accept new-to-the-industry advisors. In addition to a long-standing policy of requiring advisors to complete industry training before joining, it now requires that advisors join ASTA for the first year.

* Hired 15 employees, helping rebuild team as the pandemic subsides.

Looking ahead

* Continuing to build team to support growing network of advisors and agency owners.

* Relaunching CRM software with more robust integration, plug-ins to help advisors run all facets of their agencies.

* Refining a way to help agency owners retire with the confidence of knowing that their clients are being served with well-trained advisors.

* Advisors successfully building teams of their own; truly becoming travel agencies with legacy plans built in.

* 2023 third and fourth quarter sales are exceeding 2022 with double-digit growth.

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