Career Travel Executive Launches Travel Business CPR.

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- "Winning in travel in the 21st century takes more than a sound strategy and an ability to squeeze out costs," says Tharwat Abouraya, CTIE, Founder and President of Travel Business CPR. "It requires someone with broad industry experience who can translate lofty goals into daily actions that exceed travelers' expectations and boost the bottom line."

Thirty years of experience at all levels of the travel industry stand behind this newest consulting organization serving the travel and tourism business. Travel Business CPR offers a unique collection of services:

--Strategy/business planning

--Profit/Performance enhancement

--Global business building - USA-Middle East-USA

--Coaching/training

--Interim Executive

--Marketing/publicity

--Travel Agency Acquisitions, Mergers, Sales

--Travel Industry Trend Analysis

The services of Travel Business CPR are designed for large and small travel companies as well as travel departments within large organizations and membership associations. Travel Business CPR brings strategy to life for companies or organizations that are seeking to sharpen their focus, launch an expansion or a new product or bring cost effective management to their travel services.

Abouraya was Regional Director of the American Express Consumer Travel Network for sixteen years. He has established travel agencies from scratch, designed and led international tours and directed retail travel at strategic and operational levels. A member of SKAL and the International Institute for Peace through Tourism, Abouraya also participates in the Gerson Lehrman Group Council of Advisors and the McKinsey Quarterly Online Executive Panel.

For more information, visit http://www.travelbusinesscpr.com or call 202-468-7678. Photo available upon request.