For the past eight years, Dave Volman, president of TripArc, has been focused on building a technology platform that connects travel advisors and suppliers.
TripArc operates the tour-operator-focused TMT platform, but earlier this month, the company came forward with a “new kind of travel consortium” serving host agencies with events, professional development, preferred-supplier agreements and marketing.
According to its website, TripArc’s network is 47-plus companies deep, with annual transactions in excess of $1 billion and 1,680 travel experts. While Volman declined to name other member agencies, one member did publicly disclose its affiliation this month: Travel Edge, the Toronto-based host agency that sat at No. 21 on Travel…