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The NCAA and Short's Travel Management jointly announced today that Short's Travel Management has been selected to provide travel, meeting and Convention services for NCAA championships, meetings and events. |
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The multi-year agreement will be effective September 1, 2003. |
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Short's was one of eight companies that responded to a request for proposal in January 2003. The NCAA considered the top 50 travel management firms in the country based upon levels of service and technology, and experience with corporate, group and convention planning and collegiate travel. |
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Short's Travel, a women-owned corporation, was founded in 1946 and has home offices in, Overland Park, Kansas, and Waterloo, Iowa. Short's has had extensive experience in collegiate and sports travel, and is committed to providing superior service by leveraging technology. Short's recently achieved the top supplier award from Deere & Company, the world's leading supplier of agricultural, construction and consumer equipment. |
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"Short's was chosen due to the company's superior service, their creativity, and the teamwork, energy and innovation their team demonstrated during the selection process," said Keith Martin, NCAA managing director of finance and operations. |
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"We are extremely excited to be chosen to partner with the NCAA and are invigorated by this opportunity," said Camille Hogan, Short's CEO. "Our entire organization looks forward to providing exceptional service in helping the NCAA and its member colleges and universities with their varied travel needs." |
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"Our entire team of nearly 140 staff members is excited about this challenging partnership and will work together to provide outstanding service in a creative and dedicated manner," said David LeCompte, president of Short's Travel Management. |
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Short's plans to add approximately 25 additional staff members due to the NCAA contract and will maintain an office and staff in the NCAA national office in Indianapolis. |
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The final selection process between Short's Travel Management and incumbent WorldTek Travel of New Haven, Connecticut, was a tight race to the end, Martin said, as WorldTek provided 22 years of service to the NCAA. |
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During the transition, Short's, in concert with NCAA national office staff, will be in contact with NCAA member colleges and universities in Divisions I, II and III to determine their travel needs. |
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The NCAA and its member institutions spend approximately $32 million in travel business annually. |
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About the NCAA |
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The NCAA is a membership-led nonprofit Association of colleges and universities committed to supporting academic and athletics opportunities for 360,000 student-athletes annually at more than 1,000 member colleges and universities. More than 44,000 student-athletes compete each year to be national collegiate champions at the championships the NCAA conducts. For more information, go to http://www.ncaa.org ./ |
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About Short's Travel Management |
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Short's Travel continues to emphasize the strategies, the solutions, the service and the savings needed to achieve the outstanding business results necessary in today's environment. With this at the forefront, Short's Travel Management has expanded their client base to include major corporations, universities and state government travel. In addition, Short's has developed one of the nation's leading Incentive, Meeting and Events companies, Passport Incentives + Meetings. For more information, visit us at http://www.shortstravel.com. |
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For immediate release: Monday, May 19, 2003 Contact: David LeCompte |
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