AmericanTours International, LLC

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.americantours.com

Foreign tourists see "America the Beautiful" through AmericanTours International (ATI). The company is one of the largest privately-owned inbound tour operators in the US and features tours of the eastern and western US, Hawaii, and Canada. ATI also offers cruises from leading cruise ship company Holland America Line. Tourists can travel by motorcoach (tour bus) or by flying/driving. ATI's Web site provides its wholesale partners on-line group quotations with access to thousands of hotels. The company has five offices in the continental US and two in Hawaii. It also owns an office in Beijing. ATI was founded in 1977 by chairman and CEO Noel Irwin Hentschel.

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: Noel Irwin Hentschel
CFO: Kathy Ford
VP Sales and Marketing: Kersten Gasthuber

Competitors:
American Express
BCD Travel
Carlson Wagonlit