2021 sales: $73 million
Previous ranking: 37
Employees: 86
879 W. 190th St., Suite 720
Garden, CA 90248
Phone: (310) 525-1650
Website Executives
PRESIDENT: Mariko Ishii
PRESIDENT, KINTETSU INTERNATIONAL AMERICA: Stephen Yo
DIRECTOR, CORPORATE PLANNING/KIE HOTEL PROGRAM: William Sarcona
Company facts
* Travel management company that is a subsidiary of Japanese travel conglomerate KNT-CT Holdings.
* 2021 sales split: 80% business travel, 10% meetings/events, 10% leisure.
2021 developments
* Realized early in the pandemic the role duty of care and risk-management issues would play in how and when clients could resume travel; focused products and ancillary services designed around these key components.
* Combined various travel divisions within KIE in an effort to standardize and streamline operations.
Looking ahead
* KIE has seen a meaningful recovery for corporate travel and expects a surge at the close of the year.
NOTE ABOUT KINTETSU INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS' RANKING: Some Power List companies
have resubmitted their numbers, which have resulted in changes in the
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