Carlson Wagonlit Travel Background Information
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) is the world’s leading business travel management company. Based on a proactive, culturally-attuned approach, CWT collaborates with clients to help them unlock economic value and realize a new standard of value. Leveraging deep industry expertise, unmatched global resources and proven experience in sourcing, program manag
ement and fulfilment, CWT marshals the right people, processes, skills and technologies to deliver tangible benefits clients can trace directly to their bottom line. With more than 3,000 offices in more than 151 countries, CWT is co-owned by Minneapolis-based Carlson Companies and Paris-based Accor. CWT’s parent companies have amassed unrivalled industry experience; their leading global brands include:
1. Friday’s
2. Radisson Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
3. Regent International Hotels
4. Radisson Seven Seas Cruises
5. Country Inns & Suites by Carlson
6. Novotel
7. Hotel Sofitel
8. Mercure Hotel
CWT is backed by more than a century of experience, having served companies’ business travel needs for more than 130 years. Carlson Wagonlit Travel is a premier provider of global corporate travel management services. Since 1994, the company’s focus has been worldwide expansion and the development of sophisticated value-added offerings at all levels of the travel and expense management process. Through acquisitions and affiliations, Carlson Wagonlit Travel continues to expand its presence in important global markets such as Asia Pacific, Middle East and Latin America, fulfilling the needs of today’s leading multinational corporations. Backed by more than a century of history, the company as it is known today was formed in 1994 when Minneapolis-based Carlson Companies, Inc. and Paris-based Accor combined the business travel interests of their two companies under the name Carlson Wagonlit Travel. The merged company is a world leader in business travel and expense management - a truly global company with international management. Today, the Carlson Wagonlit Travel network is second in the industry, spanning more than 144 countries with more than $11 billion in annual sales. Wright now CWT is present in more then 151 Countries - 54 wholly owned/Joint Ventures/Minority Holdings and 104 Partners. In Georgia CWT operates since 2002. We are a partner company and this brand, in Georgia, is independently owned and operated by CTS LLC.