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| We are a full service, fully
computerized Travel Wholesale firm that prides itself in selling quality
travel products which are specially designed to suit the preferences of
our many clients from diverse industries. We tailor our services to meet
both the personal and professional needs of our clientele. |
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| Our mission has always been
to personalize our service in fulfilling our clients' needs, and that is
what differentiates us from our competitors. It is what we do best, and
we have been doing just that for the past thirty years. |
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| There is an Alken difference.
Just ask anyone who has traveled with us. |
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| Alken Tours, Inc. is an
approved wholesaler for: US Airways, American Airlines, Air Jamaica, BWIA
International, Egyptair, Ghana Airways and Afrinat (African National). |
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| Alken Tours, Inc. specializes
in travel to the entire Caribbean, selected destinations in Latin America,
the U.K. and Europe, and to countries in West, East, Central & Southern
Africa, Egypt and Israel. The company is also deeply involved in packaging
special Caribbean events like Air Jamaica's Jazz & Blues Festival,
Jamaica's Sumfest, jazz and music festivals in Barbados, St. Lucia and
St. Kitts & Nevis. |
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| The company customizes itineraries
for its varied corporate clientele and is expert in arranging travel for
corporate meetings, incentive and association groups and conventions. |
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| A well-established 30 year-old
business, today Alken Tours Inc. is a major force in wholesaling travel
to the entire Caribbean, Latin America, the U.K. and Europe. Alken Tours
Africa Division specializes in customized itineraries and escorted group
tours to major African destinations like Senegal, Ghana, Benin, Côte
d'Ivoire, the Gambia, Egypt, Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa - with extensions
to other countries like Zambia and Israel. |
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| Founded in 1969 by Alfred
F. Lawrence as Alken Travel, a retail agency focusing on the Caribbean,
the company was restructured in 1974 in response to the demands of the
market. The wholesale operation was split from the retail arm and Alken
Tours came into being. |
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| Now, the dynamic second
generation management team, led by Patricia Lawrence-Haughton, is meeting
the challenges of the tech revolution and the demands of the changing marketplace
with new destinations and new products to suit the company's expanding
clientele. In the 1980s, Alken Tours expanded operations to Florida ito
better serve our market on the eastern seaboard. The development of the
company's corporate travel capabilities necessitated the establishment
of a base in the heart of New York City. |
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President and CEO ... |
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| Patricia Lawrence-Haughton
oversees the marketing direction, technical development and quality control
of the entire company. In addition, she is the driving force behind the
long-range planning and strategic development that has made Alken Tours
one of the largest African American owned travel companies in the United
States. A 'hands-on' Chief Executive, she is accessible, determined, with
an eye to detail, and single-minded in her vision of Alken Tours as a prime
force in the travel markets of the 21st century. |
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| Continuing in the family
tradition, she is intent on expanding the company's base and its inventory
of attractive vacation products. She views her position as a daily challenge
and directs the company's business from her base at Alken Tours' Brooklyn
headquarters. |
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While her management style is
distinctly her own, she is firm in her belief that her father's vision
of offering the best value for the customer's dollar - the premise on which
the company was formed - will never fade. |
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| "To us, service is indeed
a way of life, and it is a pleasure to be part of one of the most rewarding
and challenging industries that links the world today", she holds. |
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responsible for the day-to-day ... |
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| marketing and sales of the
company's entire product line, Executive Vice President, Sharifa Burnett
specializes in packaging and marketing tours to Africa. She joined the
team in 1984, specifically to launch the company's Africa Division. With
her in-depth knowledge of the region and her close involvement with industry
organizations, Sharifa Burnett has left her mark on tourism to Africa.
She is recognized as an expert in the field and has been honored by the
Africa Travel Association and the Government of Togo. |
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| In formulating our packages,
escorted tours and educational safaris, Burnett takes a very straightforward
approach. A firm believer in the principal that there is no substitute
for a first-hand inspection of the destination and facilities, her vast
store of product savvy is the result of many years of research, and a keen
sense of the current needs of the marketplace |
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would like to thank our travel partners ... |
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years. Your faith and confidence in our ability to deliver the quality
product required by your clients has enabled us to realize the success
we have achieved today. We look forward to doing business with you for
many more years to come. Our personal, hands-on style of management and
service is indeed the key to our success. |
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| Our promise is to continue
to work closely with you and to always be receptive to new ideas which
will help us to perform our job better. Please remember, our door is always
open and we are always here for you. |
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