OWEN ORGANIZATION, LLC
SHALIMAR, FLORIDA

In 1983 he joined Travelbag, a small company of 12 people selling discounted air tickets to Australia. He was part of the ownership team that grew the company to 400 people as a major long-haul tour operator. Travelbag also ran its own charter flight operation with daily flights to Australia from the UK, and owned a tourist ranch and hotel in Central Australia. On selling his stake in Travelbag in 1996 he established a Tourism Consultancy, Owen Organization. The consultancy assisted in air and land product purchasing for a major tour operator; technology management for an international travel agency group; technology consulting for Sabre/American Airlines in Europe; establishing travel industry distribution for Serviced Apartment rentals worldwide; and developed a travel agency specializing in international travel for dogs among other projects. Martin also owned part of a web design and software development company that created a web based reservations system for small tour operators and villa and apartment rental firms. Tourism is the world’s biggest industry. It encompasses not only accommodations in all their various styles; transportation from trains, planes and automobiles to jeepnies, tuk-tuks and camel trains; tour operators and travel agents; tourist boards and convention centers, but also restaurants, attractions, guides, and all the technology and service providers that tourists rely on. Owen Organization has been providing advice and consultancy to the tourism industry for over 20 years, in multiple industry sectors and locations. Projects as large as the simultaneous opening of multiple sales locations across the USA to assisting a specialized travel insurance company to tailor their services to a niche market. Formed by Martin Owen, an industry veteran with over 45 years experience across different disciplines of the travel and tourism complex, Owen Organization can draw on the opinions and skills of experts across the world.