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Travel Weekly
23-06-2025
- Business
- Travel Weekly
Travelstore
2024 sales: $601.6 million Previous ranking: 33 Employees: 115 full-time 11538 San Vicente Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049 Phone: (310) 575-5540 Website $601.6 million33115 full-time11538 San Vicente Angeles, CA 90049Phone: (310) 575-5540 Executives CHAIR/FOUNDER: Wido L. Schaefer PRESIDENT/CEO: Brian W. Crawford COO: Trudy Flores SVP, LEISURE OPERATIONS: Doris Reiss SVP, CORPORATE SALES: Jim Wright VP, FINANCE: Jeane Burgos VP, MARKETING: Lynette Dominguez COMPANY FACTS * Privately held. * 100% employee owned. * Provides business travel, meetings and expense management; program management consulting. * Works with 204 independent contractors. * 16% of sales completed by hosted advisors. * Sales: 60% business, 30% leisure, 10% meetings and incentives. * A member of BCD, Signature Travel Network and CBTG. DEVELOPMENTS * Acquired Carroll Travel in the Washington, D.C., area to expand its corporate and government business. * Acquired Travel Shoppe in Fresno, Calif., to expand its leisure business. LOOKING AHEAD * Enhancing its global account servicing, implementing new online booking tools and focusing on NDC solutions. * Demand for travel is still growing; expecting it to remain consistent for the rest of the year.
Agriland
10-06-2025
- Business
- Agriland
10-week old heifer calf makes €13,000 at sale in Donegal
While the calf trade has seen a significant uplift across the board this year, prices reached a new high at a special sale in Co. Donegal at the weekend. Ballybofey and Stranorlar Co-operative Livestock Mart in Co. Donegal hosted the 'Stranorlar Show Stars' sale on Saturday, June 7, with 'outstanding prices achieved' according to mart manager Brian Crawford. Taking the top price in this sale at an impressive €13,000 was 10-week-old Belgian Blue heifer calf Boherard Tiger lilly. Bred by Dave Pearson, this calf was bred from the pedigree Belgian Blue cow Rabeaux Beaudoin and sired by artificial Insemination (AI) bull IZ Priceless. She sold with her recipient cow. The pedigree red Belgian Blue heifer calf's dam Rabeaux Beaudoin has bred progeny selling to £18,000 at sales in Northern Ireland and another of this cow's progeny Boherard Rambo has recently become available via AI. This calf was bought by Nigil Allen from Portlaoise, Co. Laois. The pre-sale Show Champion was exhibited by Shane Mc Ginley from Milford, Co. Donegal, and sold for €10,000. This February-born pedigree Belgian Blue heifer calf was sired by Boherard Overdose and her dam was Sultan Stq. The Reserve Champion title went to a February 2024 born heifer owned by Michael Hanlon from Dring, Co. Longford. Sired by AI Belgian Blue bull Top Side Out and bred off a a Charolais-cross-Shorthorn cow, the entry fetched €4,200 under the hammer. The Breeding Heifer Champion title was claimed by an April-2024-born Belgian Blue heifer, bred by Adrian McCabe from Co. Cavan. Bred off a Limousin-Angus hybrid dam, this entry sold for €6,200 at the sale in Co. Donegal. In GVM Carrigallen Mart, Co. Leitrim, on Saturday, June 7, calf prices reached €1,410 for a suckler-bred Charolais heifer calf with a registered birth date of May 20. A further two suckler-bred Charolais calves sold for €1,100 each at the sale. These calves were all purchased by farmers. Another March-born beef-sired dairy-bred calf made €910 in the sale. In Balla Mart, Co. Mayo on Saturday, June 7, weanling bull prices reached €4,700 or €10.44/kg for a 450kg Belgian Blue-cross bull. Mart manager Michael Nolan said: 'It was amazing how good some weanling bulls were for the time of year. All the best were making over the €5/kg. Bullocks weighing from 300-400kg averaged 5.08/kg. Store bullocks weighing from 400-500kg averaged €4.68/kg while heavier bullocks over 500kg averaged €4.43/kg. The mart manager said: 'There was great numbers of weanlings in the sale – way more than normal for this time of year. 'Prices were way up for the heavier bulls with great demand from exporters both buying around the ring and online causing a serious trade.' Other sample prices for weanling bulls from Balla Mart: 320kg Belgian Blue-cross weanling bull sold for €2,000 or €6.25/kg; 435kg Limousin-cross bull sold for €2,500 or €5.75/kg; 465kg Belgian Blue-cross bull sold for €3,480 or €7.48/kg; 450kg Belgian Blue-cross bull sold for €4,700 or €10.44/kg. The tops were making from €3,000-€4,000, with 450kg weanling bulls averaging over €6.00/kg for the first time. Bull weanlings weighing from 200-350kg averaged €5.08/kg. Bulls weighing from 350-450kg averaged €5.05/kg, with 450kg weanling bulls averaging an impressive €6.10/kg.
