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| Company type | Travel Agency |
|---|---|
| Industry | Travel |
| Founded | New York, New York; 1951 |
| Founder | Fred Kassner and Gilbert Haroche |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, Illinois, California |
| Services | Travel Agency |
Number of employees | 2,200 |
| Parent | Flight Centre Travel Group |
| Subsidiaries | Gogo Worldwide Vacations |
| Website | www |
Liberty Travel is a retail travel and cruise company headquartered at 5 Paragon Drive in Montvale, New Jersey, United States.[1][2][3] In 2016, Liberty Travel had over 125 stores in 14 states, and a total of 2,200 employees. Today, Liberty Travel has four stores.[4][5]
Liberty Travel is a sister company of GOGO Worldwide Vacations, which markets vacation packages wholesale to independent retail travel agencies.[1][2]
In 2008, Flight Centre Ltd., the largest travel company in Australia, acquired Liberty Travel and GOGO for $135 million.[2][6][7]
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- ^ a b c "Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) Wins Two Flight Center USA Awards". South Florida Caribbean News. October 19, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
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