American Express Travel Adds Four of the Industry's Largest, Most Successful Travel...

American Express Travel Adds Four of the Industry's Largest, Most Successful Travel Agencies to Its U.S. Representative Network: Corporate Travel Planners, Cruises-N-More, El Sol Travel, Travel on, Ltd.

Additions Spur Continued Growth of U.S. Representative Network
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
American Express Travel added four of the largest, most successful
travel agencies to its U.S. Representative Network: Corporate Travel
Planners in San Antonio, Texas, Cruises-N-More in Orlando, Florida, El
Sol Travel in Tempe, Arizona and Travel On, Ltd. in Beltsville,
Maryland. All four agencies join American Express Travel's strong
network of representative agency partners that provide a wide range of
travel and financial services to travelers and special benefits for
American Express Cardmembers.

"American Express Travel continues to attract and recruit the best
and most successful travel agencies in the industry," said Ellen
Bettridge, vice president, Retail Travel Network, American Express
Travel. "The continuous expansion of our U.S. Representative Network
enables us to reach an ever-increasing array of consumers and American
Express Cardmembers. The Network is a central focus of our travel
business and we are pleased to welcome these accomplished agencies as
new members."

As members of the U.S. Representative Network, the four agencies
can leverage American Express' global relationships and receive
special access and innumerable benefits and services that help enhance
their leisure and corporate travel sales. American Express Travel
offers a wide variety of exclusive products and programs, including
American Express Vacations, Mariners' Club, Gold Card Destinations,
and its Fine Hotels & Resorts Program as well as exclusive
partnerships with Abercrombie & Kent and Smithsonian Journeys. In
addition, American Express Travel offers one of the most comprehensive
and innovative professional development programs in the industry,
providing representative agencies with support to achieve their
business goals and objectives.

About Corporate Travel Planners:

Owner & CEO Christy Prescott started Corporate Travel Planners
(CTP) in 1991 as a one-location San Antonio venture. With the purchase
of Rennert World Travel in 2000, South Texas' premier retail travel
agency founded in 1898, CTP became the largest privately-held travel
management company in Texas and ranks among the top 50 travel
companies in the nation. The company's position in the marketplace is
exclusively based on a commitment to excellence and a unified team of
more than 75 professionals that serves as its best competitive
advantage. The diversity of services offered and unparalleled customer
service allows CTP to be a comprehensive travel planning solution,
which includes corporate travel management, group meeting and
incentive arrangements, as well as vacation planning.

"Corporate Travel Planners is a diversified travel management
company that specializes in business, group, vacation and niche
businesses," said Christy Prescott, Owner and CEO, Corporate Travel
Planners. "American Express can help us in all areas of our business.
We really took our time researching our options and we know that we
made the very best decision by choosing American Express."

About Cruises-N-More:

Established in 1998, Cruises-N-More is headquartered in Lake Mary,
FL and has long been recognized by the cruise line industry as being
in the top one percent of travel agencies in the nation providing
clients with access to competitive pricing and special amenities.
Cruises-N-More is staffed by 50 travel professionals who handle every
phase of travel planning, including matching clients with the perfect
vacation, providing expert advice about every aspect of a trip,
ensuring clients are protected with appropriate travel insurances and
helping them through the ticketing process. Since its creation,
Cruises N More has been a Host Agency in a very select, independent
contractor program, the Elite Independent Professionals, which offers
up to 100 percent commissions to its members.

"Our alliance with American Express will be especially valuable to
our clients as it provides us with the opportunity to offer many new
and enhanced benefits and worldwide travel experiences," stated Pat
Neidhardt, CEO, Cruises-N-More. "These enhanced benefits are now not
only on cruises but also on land and air inclusive vacation packages."

About El Sol Travel:

El Sol Travel was established in 1986 by Charles D. (Chuck)
MacGillivray, a former marketing executive with Motorola and ex-Air
Force fighter pilot. El Sol Travel is Arizona's largest,
independently-owned travel management company, serving corporate,
government and leisure clients nationwide and globally. El Sol offers
the best balance of state-of-the-art business travel technology and
experienced, personalized service, with integrated online booking and
expense management through a partnership with Concur. El Sol Travel
has 40 employees with an average of 18 years' of travel industry
experience. Flexible service configurations include full-service
off-site, agency managed on-site, and client-managed on-site. Account
management consulting services are available to assist with travel
policy development and custom negotiated air, car, and hotel rates. El
Sol Travel is Service Disabled Veteran Owned; SDB, and a Certified
Minority Business Enterprise.

"We are excited to begin our partnership with American Express,"
stated Chuck MacGillivray, El Sol Travel's President and Owner. "Our
corporate clients' global travel management will be facilitated
through their vast network of overseas locations. Our clients will
also appreciate the savings from American Express' premier negotiated
hotel program and vacation packages. It's a real win-win-win. El Sol
Travel continues to provide the expert, personalized service and
technology that we are known for - American Express helps us to
achieve the global aspects and brand name recognition."

About Travel On, Ltd.:

Founded in 1974, Travel On, Ltd. is headquartered in Beltsville,
MD and is the largest travel management company in the state. Travel
On was recently recognized by the Washington Business Journal as
number 85 of the top 100 privately-owned companies in the Washington
Metropolitan area. Travel-On, a full-service travel management company
provides a wide range of travel services to its diverse clientele,
including business travel, international travel, group and meetings
travel, incentive/reward travel, VIP services, and extensive vacation
travel planning through their leisure division, Travel Place. The
company's 85 employees, located in nine states, include
highly-experienced travel professionals who provide clients with
unequaled service and value.

"We are very pleased to join the American Express Travel U.S.
Representative Network," said Bill Goldstein, Chairman and Founder,
Travel On. "Adding the American Express value-added tools and services
and products to our portfolio has greatly increased the benefits to
our current and potential clients. And further, we have raised our
international profile by being part of a global network of
representative agencies."

About American Express Travel:

American Express entered the travel agency business in 1915 and
today is the world's largest travel service network. The company has a
network of Travel and Foreign Exchange Services(a) locations
worldwide.

American Express Company (www.americanexpress.com) is a leading
global payments, network and travel company founded in 1850.

(a) not available in all locations.

American Express, New York
Monica Beaupre, 212-640-2653
monica.beaupre@aexp.com
or
Corporate Travel Planners
Tammy Skrobarcek, 210-293-8676
tammy@rennerttravel.com
or
Cruises-N-More
Pat Neidhardt, 407-771-4454
pat@cruises-n-more.com
or
El Sol Travel
Chris Davidson, 480-693-0218
cdavidson@elsoltravel.net
or
Travel On, Ltd.
Karen Dunlap, 240-387-4242
karend@tvlon.com

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