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Trade Circle Travel -Personalized Travel Services for the Doral Area and Beyond

BY ART JACOBSON

When Hy Ash and Peter Field purchased what is now Trade Circle Travel, Inc. in 1995, they were able to provide corporate travel services for a single company with many locations. Because of the unusually high quality of the services it performed, it soon became the leading travel agency for several companies in the same industry through word-of-mouth.


The staff at Trade Circle Travel, Inc. uses its experience and know-how to assist both business and individual clients with all of their travel needs.

Today it is a rapidly growing, full service travel agency, located at 8451 NW 66th Street in the Doral industrial area, serving both businesses and individuals.

According to Dr. Steven Kringold, operations supervisor of Trade Circle Travel and COO of Michigan Drill Corporation, "By making the travel arrangements for our own people, we learned what corporate clients really needed from a travel agency. It wasn't long until people with whom Michigan Drill does businesses asked Trade Circle Travel to make the arrangements for them as well. Even though it specialized in corporate travel, Trade Circle soon gained a favorable reputation for making personal travel arrangements for people throughout the cutting tool industry. As a result it attracted a great many clients not only in South Florida but in many other parts of the nation."

"There's no doubt that personal service is the key to our success," says Trade Circle's manager, Ellen Benson, "We treat each client as if he or she is the most important one we have. Although we continually keep up-to-date with all of the changes within the travel industry which might affect our clients, we conscientiously research every assignment to make certain that we can offer the best possible arrangements at the lowest possible cost to the client."

Unlike many other agencies that charge clients a service fee, Trade Circle Travel does not charge their clients to check travel rates, availabilities, or making recommendations.

"We develop a personal relationship with our clients," says Benson, "and do everything we possibly can to make dealing with us an enjoyable as well as a money saving experience.

"Our willingness to do whatever it takes to properly serve customers has paid off in many ways," says Ash, "Not only are our clients extremely loyal, but they enthusiastically recommend Trade Circle Travel to business associates, friends and neighbors. In addition, we receive numerous referrals from South Florida hotels and use our toll free number to serve clients in New York, California, Chicago, Detroit, the Carolinas, and the US Virgin Islands, among many other places."

"The experience and professionalism of our staff is another important reason for our growth," says Benson. "In addition to Mr. Ash, Dr. Kringold and myself, our two senior travel consultants, John Perwinc and Paulina Zambrana have traveled extensively. They know this business extremely well ... what to do and where to go for the best deals. Even though the Internet and the airlines can give you information, it takes an experienced travel professional to know what to look for and how to use the information most effectively!"

The staff at Trade Circle Travel is equally adept at providing both corporate and consumer travel services. As members of GEM, Cruiselink and the Cruise Line International Association, the agency is extremely knowledgeable regarding cruise packages and offers cruises on all of the major cruise lines at exceptionally low rates.

It is also a member of ARC (Airline Reporting Corporation) which qualifies it to issue tickets for all of the airlines. In addition it offers electronic ticketing plus other high tech services.

Long-term clients know they can rely on Trade Circle Travel to provide them with unusually low airfares to Central America, South America and the Caribbean.

They also know that from time-to-time, the agency offers exceptional opportunities for cruises, rental cars, hotel accommodations and vacation packages at incredibly low prices.

In addition, Trade Circle Travel is the exclusive agent for a number of beautiful homes within the US Virgin Islands that can be rented at attractive rates.

According to Dr. Kringold, the agency is pleased to offer its services to Doral area businesses and residents. "As with any service organization, we receive a great deal of satisfaction by fulfilling the individual needs of our clients. We can do better than the airlines, the Internet or a larger travel agency because we deal with each client on a person-to-person basis, not just once, but repeatedly, over an extended period of time," he said.

For more information, please visit the Trade Circle Travel offices at 8415 NW 66th Street, Suite 100, call them at (305) 592-2576, fax them at (305) 592-7696, send an e mail to tctravel@ix.netcom.com , or visit their web site at http://www.tracirtravel.com/travel  .