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World Travel CEO’s story highlighted in “The Woman’s
Advantage: 20 Women Entrepreneurs Show You What it Takes to
Grow Your Business”
Fairfax, Va., June 8, 2006 – Gloria Bohan, Founder and
President of Omega World Travel, is profiled in a new book:
The Woman’s Advantage: 20 Women Entrepreneurs Show You
What it Takes to Grow Your Business.” The publication
offers a candid look into how 20 women from around the world
built successful companies. Distributed by Kaplan Publishing
of Chicago, the book is available at all retail and online
bookstores.
Author Mary Cantando-a nationally-recognized expert on the
subject of women-owned businesses-scoured the world to uncover
remarkable women entrepreneurs. Gloria Bohan’s tremendous
story of business success immediately grabbed her attention.
“I’m honored to be included with so many other
successful women entrepreneurs in this exciting new book and
hope my story will inspire young women to reach high for their
dreams and start their own business,” Bohan said.
Gloria Bohan’s story about the growth of Omega World
Travel is the first chapter and leads off this insightful
business management handbook. In an excerpt from the chapter,
“Organizing Your Business for Growth,” the author
explores how Bohan grew her business in the early days:
“As a start-up business, Gloria knew that she had to
seek out underserved markets. Wherever a customer expressed
a need, she was ready to fill it. When clients asked her to
provide service to new locations, she did. Within ten years,
Gloria owned 15 travel offices. As she expanded beyond her
initial small-town location, Gloria realized that the travel
business was different from town to town and that no two customers
were the same. She and her staff became aware of regional
nuances and customized Omega Travel’s solutions to meet
local business needs.”
Gloria Bohan continues to helm the progressive global travel
organization-leading the industry in innovation and technology-in
offering travel management solutions like group meeting planning;
online booking technology, corporate incentives programs,
traveler risk management, and leisure tour scheduling.
Bohan’s story of success in the business travel field,
as well as the other entrepreneurs featured, is presented
as a helpful, informal easy-to-follow guide to business success
for anyone launching a new enterprise. “The Woman’s
Advantage conveys sophisticated business concepts in a format
that is like having a conversation with a trusted friend,”
said Susan Bari, founder and president, Women’s Business
Enterprise National Council.
About Omega World Travel
Recognized by the diversity field as the nation’s top
woman-owned business, Fairfax, Va. -based Omega World Travel
(OmegaTravel.com) was launched by Founder and President Gloria
Bohan as a small-town independent travel agency in 1972. Now
industry ranked as the second largest travel management company,
with over 1100 employees and annual revenues in excess of
$1 billion, the organization provides online travel solutions-as
well as personalized service at 200 locations worldwide-to
a diverse clientele: from individual leisure travelers to
Fortune 500 enterprises and the federal government. Omega
World Travel owns TravTech Inc. (TravTech.com), a travel technology
provider, and Cruise.com, the Internet’s largest cruise
specialist.
About the Author
Mary Cantando is a nationally recognized expert on the growth
of women-owned businesses. She is Founder and Growth Expert
of WomanBusinessOwner.com. She sits on the international board
of the Women Presidents’ Organization, and serves on
the Women’s Leadership Forum of the Women’s Business
enterprise National Council. Above all else, Cantando serves
as an advisor and cheerleader to women business owners everywhere.
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