(Kansas City Star)’Brent Blake and Gary Davis are globetrotters, but not the kind that play professional basketball. The men, business partners since 2000, own Acendas, a travel management company in Mission focused on helping its clients manage today’s complex travel …
Ingram’s Honors Acendas With Small Business Award
Almost by definition, entrepreneurs build things from the ground up. Do not, however, suggest that Mission-based travel agency Acendas is anything but entrepreneurial just because co-presidents Gary Davis and Brent Blake joined the company more than a decade after …
Acendas Featured in Mission Magazine
While Acendas serves clients (both corporate and leisure) all over the United States, our hometown is Mission, KS., a suburb of Kansas City. We value our connection to our local community and we were thrilled to be the cover story …
Acendas Travel Star Has Family Ties to Tinseltown Stars
MISSION, KS (KCTV) – August 28, 2013 Kathy Sudeikis is one of the most successful travel agents in the world, and she lives right here in the Kansas City area. Sudeikis is the vice president of corporate relations for Acendas, …
All about our new name: Acendas
January 3, 2012 ‘ Mission, KS – The largest travel management firm in Kansas City and a Top 25 Travel Management Company in the US, All About Travel is excited to announce the unveiling of their new name, Acendas.’ For …
Gary Davis Receives National Industry Honor
Vacation.com’, North America’s leading travel services marketing organization, is proud to announce one of its members has been recognized nationally as the Travel Professional of the Year by Travel Agent magazine and, its sister publication, Luxury Travel Advisor. Gary Davis of All About Travel, Inc. ‘ located in Mission, KS ‘ received the honor earlier this month during the 2011 Leaders in Luxury awards at the Luxury Travel Expo in Las Vegas, NV.
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Nominees
Kansas City, Missouri, June 2007 – For the past 21 years, it has been Ernst & Young’s incredible honor to recognize excellence in business and the tremendous efforts of entrepreneurs. These men and women have tackled adversity and risen to …
Locally international: All About Travel offers global reach but local focus
Kansas City Business Journal – June 1, 2007 by Suzanna Stagemeyer Staff Writer – Gary Davis (left) and Brent Blake, co-presidents of All About Travel, have helped the company navigate the path from trip-booking to travel management. The company helps …
Destination known: All About Travel keeps growth on itinerary by adapting today for tomorrow
Brent Blake has come to expect the same cocktail party conversation any time someone asks him what he does for a living. “I’ll say: ‘I run a travel company.’ And they’ll say: ‘Oh, that’s unfortunate. I’m really sorry,’” Blake said. …
Careful planning and advice from a best-selling management guru helps Brent Blake and Gary Davis take All About Travel to new heights.
KC Entrepreneur/Small Business Monthly – June 2008 by Kate Leibsle – You might think with gas prices at an all-time high, consumer confidence somewhere south of enthusiastic, depending on who you talk with, and the everpresent Internet travel sites, that …