Carlson Wagonlit Travel

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Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Type Privately held company
Founded 1994
Headquarters Paris, France
Key people Douglas Anderson (CEO)
Industry Travel agencies
Products Traveler and transaction services, program optimization, safety and security, meetings and events
Revenue $25.5 billion USD[1]
Employees 22,000[1]
Website Official website

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) is a large corporate travel management company.

It operates in more than 150 countries and territories, with 22,000 employees. The company has $25.5 billion in annual sales (including joint ventures) in 2007, from 42 million transactions.

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The group has existed in its present form since 1994, the result of a 50%/50% merger from two large travel agency ventures. The Carlson side was originally from the Ask Mr. Foster Travel Agency chain, which had been rebranded to Carlson Travel Network a decade either. The Wagonlit part came from the travel shop business of Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. After the merger, Accor maintained its 50% interest up until 2006. Accor sold its shares for in a transaction worth €500m, thereby placing a value of €1bn on CWT at the time)

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