World Travel Inc. Sells To Its Employees
World Travel Inc. established an employee stock ownership paln. A message sent Thursday to customers from chairman James Wells credited World Travel's employees for the company's growth into "one of the top travel management companies in the world without aquisitions."
Under an ESOP, employees receive company stock and therefore and ownership interest. Companies with ESOPs may be partially, majority or fully owned by the employees.
Wells added that the ESOP decision would support local communities and help retian and attract workers.
He wrote that "our board of directors and management team remains in place."
Travel and Transport and TravelStore are other corporate travel mangement companies with employee owenrship programs.
As seen in The Company Dime, by David Jonas.