All-Travel.com, Winner, Best Agency Web Site

TravelAge West Trendsetters Awards 2008

Once Again, TravelAge West Salutes Top Agencies In The West With Our Annual
Trendsetters Awards

By Kenneth Shapiro
8/16/2008
Los Angeles

All-Travel.com, Winner, Best Agency Web Site
Eric Maryanov and David Van Ness
Los Angeles

Eric Maryanov, of Los Angeles-based All-Travel.com, is no stranger to the travel industry — and no stranger to the Trendsetters Awards. Last year, All-Travel.com won a Trendsetter Award for Best Online Marketing Strategy. This year, they took home the prestigious title of Best Agency Web Site.

Maryanov was born in New York and relocated to California as a young child. He grew up surrounded by the travel industry in Palm Springs, Calif., and in 1984, Maryanov opened his own agency with one part-time employee. Today, All-Travel.com employs more than 40 people, with offices in West Los Angeles and Torrance, Calif., and has a major national and international Internet presence.

"I love the industry because no two days are the same," he said. "It is constantly evolving and growing."

Maryanov never loses sight of All-Travel.com’s role.

"We have become ‘travel marketers’ for our preferred vendors. We are not trying to be all things to all people. We have identified what we want to sell and have gone out to find those people that want that product," he said.

The formula is clearly working. Utilizing the agency’s 10 Web sites, All-Travel has risen to become one of the premier agencies in the West. In 2007, the All-Travel.com site alone generated 400,000 site visitors and 1.3 million page views. More than 90 percent of all new business is delivered via one of the agency’s Web sites, not bad for a site updated in-house by a staff of four. In fact, the agency’s Wedding/Honeymoon Registry page features photos from the All-Travel staff and customers.

In 2007, All-Travel started a travel blog and launched specific pages with destination, city-specific and activity information.

Despite his electronic success, Maryanov insists the key to growing his business is relationships and surrounding yourself with the right people.

"It is a tremendous honor to be acknowledged with this award," Maryanov said. "I think a key to our success is the stability of our management team. David Van Ness, vice president of marketing, and I have been together for 18 years and work seamlessly together. We have a shorthand language between us. In addition, the stability of our frontline agents and our very low turnover is crucial. They are our lifeblood. We are always asking ourselves if we have the ‘right people on the bus.’ It is a team effort."