Los Gatos Travel

Precision and passion guide Maureen Conlin to profitability

Life in Silicon Valley is filled with opportunity. A combination of wildly successful start-ups and well-established high-tech firms generates a steady stream of affluent clientele to those providing services in the area. Los Gatos Travel, just outside of San Jose, gets its fair share of that business but its bread and butter is derived from the well-off families the agency has worked with for the nearly 35 years it's been in business.

"We have multigenerational families, retired professionals, young urban professionals, executives from Silicon Valley companies and venture capitalists.There's a great amount of new money here in the valley and it takes all shapes and forms,"

says Maureen Conlin, founding partner of Los Gatos Travel, which garners $10 million in sales a year and is a top producerfor Starwood's luxury hotels, Fairmont and Raffles hotels, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Crystal Cruises, Silversea Cruises, Classic Vacations, Swain Destinations, Journese, other high-end suppliers — Read Complete Article

Courtesy of Ruthanne Terrero, Luxury Travel Advisor, September 2014