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Bradley J. Tolkin
Co-Chairman/CEO
World Travel Holdings
Bradley J. Tolkin is Co-Chairman/CEO of World Travel Holdings. World Travel Holdings is a multi-brand travel distributor with over 1000 employees headquartered in New York with offices in California, Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Its principal brands are CruisesOnly, Cruises.com, Rooms.com, Cruise411, Villas of Distinction, Creative Leisure, CruiseOne, Cruises, Inc. and HotelDesconto.com. World Travel Holdings is the World's largest Cruse distributor. Mr. Tolkin co-founded World Travel Holdings in 2005. Prior to World Travel Holdings, Brad served as Co-President/CEO of Travel Impressions, a travel wholesaler, and Empress Travel, a retail travel agency chain his company acquired in 1992. Brad was with Travel Impressions since graduating Cornell in 1980, assuming the CEO position in 1987. Brad sold both Travel Impressions and Empress Travel to American Express in 1998 continuing with American Express in the capacity as CEO of both Travel Impressions and Empress Travel. He holds a bachelor's degree in hotel administration from Cornell University. Brad lives with his wife, Maggie, Cornell '80, and their 3 sons, Ryan - Duke '08, Sean - Duke'10 and CJ - a high school senior, in Brookville, New York.
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