Sky Bird -AA host Appreciation Dinner

Sky Bird and American Airlines hosted an Appreciation Dinner in Elmurst. Seen in the picture (L-R) Umesh Patel, Loretta Kuss Director Passenger Sales, Chrystia Tarasenko District Sales Manager, Arvin Shah, Raj Sidhu (Pic:Siddiqui Abdul)

CHICAGO: American Airlines and Skybird Travel held a joint Gala Appreciation Dinner at Floryan Banquet at Crown Jewel Hotel, 1730 Elmhurst Road, Des Plaines, a suburb of Chicago.

The dinner was in acknowledgement of their mutually rewarding association of over a decade, supporting each other for a common goal of passengers comfort and services thereby ensuring continued growth of their business in domestic and international travel.

After a brief introduction of the Skybird Travel by Vikram Shroff, a staff member, the founder and moving spirit behind the company's impressive growth during the last three decades, Arvind Shah addressed the audience that included the employees and management team of the American and Skybird Travel, agents and friends.

SkyBird Travel is one of the nation's leading airline consolidators. Established in 1976 with two-person single room office, Arvind Shah briefly described the growth of his travel and tour operation into a national and international travel and tour business, employing over 200 professional competent and skillful staff and agents.

"We assist professional travel agents and agencies, home-based agents, and travel consortiums," he said.

"Our headquarters is in Detroit, and our branch offices are strategically located to allow us to offer maximum assistance to our customers. We have satellite offices in the major US gateway cities: New York City, Washington, D.C., Fort Lauderdale, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. To serve our large client base of travelers from India and those visit their native country from the U.S. we have offices in Mumbai, New Delhi and Ahmedabad," Arvind Shah said.

Sky Bird offers consolidated net fares with more than 65 major airlines and negotiate  fares directly with the airline to provide passengers with discounts of up to 40%-65% off of retail prices.

Further he said that they offer discounted Round the World packages, group fares, tours, and fares originating outside of the U.S. "Our group department is ready to assist you with travel arrangements for ten or more passengers. Our trained travel specialists can assist with complex multi-destination itineraries, and our extensive contacts mean we can bargain for lower fares for your group," he assured.

Sky Bird Travel's sister organization, Sky Vacations, offers high-commission, customizable tour packages, car rentals, and cruises. "We are a 21st-century, technologically advanced travel consolidator, and our IT branch works around the clock to ensure quality service. Our custom-built online booking engine offers fast, streamlined searches of all our net and commissionable fares.

You can book tickets for your passengers while they wait with our advanced, agents-only services. For those with more travel experience, we offer sponsorships so even small agencies can receive one of the leading Global Distribution Systems (GDS) - Sabre, Amadeus, Galileo and Travelport (formerly Worldspan)," Arvind Shah explained.

 Sales and Marketing team of the American Airlines, including Raj Sidhu and Managers of International marketing, and Manager-Sales and Support also  addressed the meeting. The function drew to a close after vote of thanks proposed by Umesh Patel, Skybird Chicago office manager.

-India Post News Service