Archive for July, 2010

Polar Bear Tours | See the Polar Bears of Churchill

Classic Polar Bear Expedition Our “flagship” polar bear expedition. Polar bear watching in the polar bear capital of the world – Churchill, Manitoba! Trip Overview See the world’s greatest concentration of polar bears, just outside Churchill, Manitoba Experience the frozen wilderness on Hudson Bay from the comfort of warm tundra vehicles Discover the challenges and [...]


Irish Fling – 8 day coach tour – $848.00 land only!

Day 1 – Overnight to Shannon Day 2 – Bunratty Castle Banquet Day 3 – Flying Boat Museum & Dingle Peninsula Day 4 – Jaunting Car Ride & Moll’s Gap Day 5 – Cobh Heritage & Traditional Music Session Day 6 – Medieval Kilkenny & National Stud Day 7 – Explore Dublin City Day 8 [...]


Social Media Making Inroads for Managing Travel

Whether personal or job-related, corporate travel professionals are participating in more social networks than they did one year ago, and they are doing so at a higher rate, according to a Spring 2010 online survey conducted by AirPlus International. The recent exercise follows up on a year-ago survey also conducted by AirPlus, and included additional [...]


Helpful Travel Apps

July 8, 2010 • By: Sam Bond • Posted in: Travel Technology • No Comments

Try these 5 travel apps. You will be glad you did! Open Table – Allows you to make meal reservations and also get food reviews. Yelp – Gives great reviews on just about everything related to travel. Trip Advisor – Gives unbiased travel reviews. This app is great when booking a hotel you have never [...]


Speaking of history….

Since we are celebrating our country’s history let’s take a look at some of our own…. Christopherson Business Travel…. on the move! Sales results 2002 – $79.9 million.  Sales were over $200 million in 2009.  Voice mail implemented April 2003 – The vote is in 75% of our clients surveyed said they would like us to [...]


Christopherson moves up to #12 in BTN 2010 ranking

July 1, 2010 • By: Kathleen Roberts • Posted in: Travel News • One Comment

Christopherson is pleased to have moved up to #12 in the Business Travel News (BTN) 2010 Business Travel Agencies Ranking. Christopherson’s growth is attributed to the merger with Andavo Travel and the acquisition of new corporate accounts. Industry reports indicate the U.S. business travel spend was down over 20% in 2009 causing a challenging year for [...]