Intrepid Travel

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Intrepid Travel
Type Tour Operator
Industry Tourism
Founded 1989 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Headquarters Melbourne, Australia
Key people Darrell Wade, Co-Founder and CEO<br/ >Geoff Manchester, Co-Founder and director<br/ >James Thornton, Managing Director
Products Small group adventures
Website www.intrepidtravel.com

Intrepid Travel is a small group adventure travel company that offers approximately 800 scheduled itineraries in Asia, Latin America, North America, Europe, The Middle East, Africa, Australasia and Antarctica. The company is a division of PEAK Adventure Travel Group , which owns several popular tour companies and realizes annual revenue of over $400 million.

Intrepid trips are of the grassroots type, and include travel via public transport,[1] local food, and locally-owned accommodation.[2]

Intrepid is a carbon-neutral company, as of 2010,[3] reducing greenhouse gas emissions from their offices and trips where possible and offsetting the rest.

History

Founded in 1989, by 2 Australians, Intrepid Travel now takes over 100,000 passengers to over 100 destinations each year, realizing over $130 million in annual revenue,[4] averaging annual compound growth of 25% over the last ten years.[5]

In late 2012, Intrepid Travel appointed James Thornton as Managing Director.

Awards

A complete list of awards is presented on the Intrepid Travel website

  • 2012 Winner, Preservation Category, Conde Nast Traveler World Saver Awards
  • 2012 Winner, Travel - Tourism company, Green Lifestyle Awards
  • 2011 Highly Comeded, Best Low Carbon Initiative, Virgin Holidays Responsible Travel Awards 2011
  • 2011 Winner, Top 10 Small Business Facebook Pages, Social Media Examiner
  • 2011 'Sumatran Highlights', 2011 50 Tours of a Lifetime, National Geographic Traveler
  • 2011 Winner, Australian Business Awards, Environmental Sustainability
  • 2011 Winner, Global Tourism Business Award, Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
  • 2009 Finalist, BRW's Private Business of the Year Awards
  • 2009 Outside Magazine's 'Best Places to Work' (USA)
  • 2009 Budget Travel Magazine's 'Extra Mile Award' for Intrepid Travel's Carbon Offset Trips
  • 2008 Winner Gold Award Wanderlust Paul Morrison Guide Award – Esam Al El Salaam (Egypt tour leader)
  • 2007 Winner Environmentally Responsible Tourism Small Tour Operator category, British Travel Awards
  • 2007 Winner of the PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association) Gold Award for Corporate Environmental Programme
  • 2007 Best Green Specialist Tour Operator, Tourism Authority of Thailand Green Awards
  • 2007 Highly Commended, Conservation and Cultural Heritage, Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards
  • 2006 Overall Joint Winner, Best Tour Operator, First Choice Responsible Tourism Awards
  • 2006 Runner up, Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
  • 2002 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award[6] (Darrell Wade and Geoff Manchester)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Frommer, Arthur (30 September 2007). "Tour group has solo-adventurer style". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-08-14. 
  2. ↑ "About Intrepid Travel". Intrepid Travel. 4 May 2009. 
  3. ↑ "Asia Pacific Slowly Wakes Up to Carbon-Neutral Tourism". travelindustrywire.com. 2 May 2008. 
  4. ↑ O'Sullivan, Kay. "From backpackers to $129 million a year". The Age. Retrieved 8 September 2009. 
  5. ↑ Gome, Amanda. "Intrepid Travel’s big adventure". Smart Company. 
  6. ↑ "Previous Winners - Entrepreneur Of The Year Finalists & Winners 2002". Ernst and Young. 2002. 

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