
David P. Holyoke, is president of Travel Leaders Corporate, part of Travel Leaders Group, a North American travel company that includes over 1,300 company-owned and franchised travel agencies in Canada and the United States. Mr. Holyoke reports directly to Barry Liben, CEO of Travel Leaders Group, which is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Travel Leaders Corporate was formed in January 2009 when the Travel Leaders Group management team consolidated all of the wholly-owned corporate travel operations into a single division. At that same time, Mr. Holyoke was appointed president of the new division and tasked with positioning Travel Leaders Corporate as a well-rounded corporate services organization providing a range of business travel related products and services to its clients and associates.
By successfully combining all of the wholly-owned corporate travel operations under the Travel Leaders Group umbrella, Mr. Holyoke has quickly created a company considered one of the foremost names in corporate travel and now boasts the title of 5th largest travel management company nationwide.
Under Mr. Holyoke's leadership, Travel Leaders Corporate prides itself on delivering a client-focused approach where its people, technology solutions, processes and procedures revolve around their clients' needs and expectations. Travel Leaders Corporate brings new ways of seeing, new ways of working and new ways of delivering superior corporate services to companies around the globe.
Mr. Holyoke joined the executive ranks of Travel Leaders Group in August 2008 when New York-based Tzell Travel Group and Minneapolis-based Travel Acquisitions Group merged. Joining Tzell Travel Group in 2003, Mr. Holyoke served as vice president of business development and in 2007 became a partner in the company.
Before Tzell, Mr. Holyoke enjoyed a 10-year career at American Airlines where he spent time in various sales positions, including his last position as director of international sales and marketing.