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Consolidated Travel Group is the result of the successful acquisition
of several student travel companies. The roots of the company began
in 1976 with the founding of Grad Night Tours. Grad Night was a
student travel company focusing on one-day turnarounds and overnight
graduation trips to Disneyland, Magic Mountain, the Santa Cruz Beach
Boardwalk as well as Trips to Waikiki, Hawaii.In 1983, Hawaii Travel,
LTD. was formed by John Duby specializing in one-week graduation
packages to Hawaii and Historical East Coast Trips to Washington
D.C. Mr. Duby was an educator for 13 years taking his students to
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In
1989, John Duby and Bruce Bitnoff joined their companies and changed
the name to USA Consolidated Travel Group. Since that merger,
USA has grown at an impressive rate adding additional travel programs
and other student travel companies to their company including
operations in Western Canada. In 2002, Patricia Neimeyer, considered
an expert in East Coast youth travel programs, joined USA bringing
another 20 years of experience to the company.
Since 1976, USA's reputation and track record have received several
distinguished awards and accolades. US Space Camp named USA the
official Travel Agency of US Space Camp 1995-1996. The governor-appointed
California Sesquicentennial Commission named USA as the Preferred
Student and Youth Travel Company for California's Sesquicentennial
1998-2000. The Disney Corporation has awarded USA for several
years as one of their Top Youth Tour Operators and the largest
producer for Disneyland Grad Nite. The California Association
for Directors of Activities awarded USA with a Honorary Life Member
award for it's service "up and above the call" to student
leadership. The National Association of Student Councils has awarded
USA with the contract to provide travel and tours to all of its
50 state delegates each year at their national conference. And
for the last seven years, the Sacramento Business Journal has
recognized USA as one of the fastest growing companies in Sacramento,
California where our headquarters are located. USA is a charter
member of SYTA (Student Youth Travel Association), which provides
a "Good Housekeeping" seal of approval on member companies.
This organization requires that its members meet strict membership
requirements and consumer protection policies. SYTA's members
accounted for more than $1 billion USD in student and youth travel
and provided trips for over 1.5 million participants in the year
2000. USA's CEO, Bruce Bitnoff, was the founding President of
this organization.
Nearly 750,000
participants have traveled with USA to destinations throughout
the world. USA now sells its programs nationwide, Canada, and
Puerto Rico.
ACCREDITATION,
CERTIFICATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
- Member
of the Student Youth Travel Association (SYTA)
- Member
of the Airline Reporting Corporation (ARC)
- Member
of the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA)
- Member
of the Better Business Bureau (BBB)
- Member
of the International Air Transportation Association (IATA)
- Member
of the International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN)
- Member
of CrossSphere - The Global Association for
Packaged Travel
- Department
of Transportation (DOT) approved
- 27
years of "continuous business"
- 750,000
students traveled
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State
of California, Seller of Travel Registration # 2001306-40
Nevada - Nevada Consumer Affairs Division, Travel
Agency Registration # 343
Ohio - Department of Commerce Travel Agent/Tour Promoter
Certificate of Registration #8789238
Washington - Registered Seller of Travel under Department
of Licensing, Unified Business ID # 601 744 577 |
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