Omega World Travel Appoints Industry Veteran as Regional Sales Director Covering Midwest Region

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Jun 27, 2014, 01:26 ET

FAIRFAX, Va., June 27, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Omega World Travel, a fast-growing, award-winning Travel Management Company based out of Fairfax, VA welcomed Tim Shaughnessy as its new Regional Sales Director supporting corporate customers in the Midwest region. Tim brings 20 years of sales and marketing experience to the position including a long engagement with Gelco Travel and more recent work for Northwestern Travel Management, Altour and BI Worldwide.

"Omega is a top-rated, global company and a huge player in the corporate travel and meetings and incentives industry," said Tim. "I'm excited to be part of the team and utilize my experience to provide top-notch service and support to corporate customers across the Midwest. I look forward to working with my customers to understand their travel, meetings and incentive needs and come up with a solution that best fits those needs."

As part of its aggressive expansion, Omega is focused on growing its corporate travel business in the Midwest area to assist companies with a desire to more fully understand and take advantage of time savings, risk management and customized data tracking and reporting that can serve as a great benefit to their corporate travel programs.

For more than 40 years Omega has been providing travel management expertise via 100 locations worldwide, including five call centers, and full service walk-in locations throughout the U.S. The travel management company will continue to expand globally by incorporating the latest Traveltrax technology and processes to enhance data analytics and reporting capabilities.

"We feel very fortunate to have a seasoned and focused sales professional like Tim on our team," said Goran Gligorovic, Executive Vice President, Omega World Travel.

About Omega World Travel
Omega World Travel is the largest independent, woman-owned travel management company in the industry. Headquartered in Fairfax, V.A., Omega serves corporate, government, meeting, and leisure clients throughout the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. Omega World Travel also owns Cruise.com, one of the largest sellers of cruises on the Internet, and TravTech, a software development company. For additional information about Omega World Travel please visit: www.omegatravel.com.

SOURCE Omega World Travel