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AHI International Corporation celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2002. Founded by travel industry pioneers Richard and Arlene Small, who remain co-chairs of the company, AHIŪ is imbued with a spirit of innovation and excellence. Sons Joseph Small, president of AHI International; Brian Small, president of Alumni Holidays; Rick Small, executive vice president and general counsel; along with the finest staff of travel professionals in the deluxe group travel industry are carrying on the tradition.
To millions of Americans, AHI is known as Alumni HolidaysŪ, the premier operator of deluxe travel programs sponsored by college and university alumni associations. The history of alumni group travel is largely written in the accomplishments of Alumni Holidays. Their deluxe programs cover the world from Europe to Asia and from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
Over the years, AHI has recorded a significant and unequalled number of firsts in the US and Canadian travel market. These include:
- First company to market and operate overnight passenger cruises on Germany's Moselle, Main and Neckar rivers
- First company to market and operate cruises with North Americans on the Dnieper, Volga, Neva and Oka rivers in the territory of the former Soviet Union
- First company to market and operate overnight cruises on France's Seine, Rhone and Saone rivers
- AHI created and launched the popular Alumni Campus Abroad programs-weeklong, all-inclusive, single-destination programs featuring seminars provided by local experts
AHI is redoubling its efforts to create exclusive, one-of-a-kind travel opportunities that appeal to the sophisticated 21st-century traveler. The company pledges that the qualities that have distinguished it since 1962-innovation, creativity and the highest levels of service and quality-will continue to guide its efforts.
For 18 years, Thomas P. Gohagan & Company has created, promoted and operated deluxe travel programs exclusively for university alumni groups, cultural foundations, museums and other not-for-profit organizations throughout North America. The company operates between 40 and 60 individual itineraries each year, spanning the world's seven continents, as well as the South Pacific. Gohagan & Company additionally specializes in deluxe European river cruises and intimate cultural discoveries of European village life.
The staff believes in constantly challenging the limits to worldwide educational travel. Each year, Gohagan & Company debuts new travel programs, each with the same attention to unique itineraries and stimulating experiences as the well-established trips. Gohagan & Company is committed to providing the highest levels of comfort, service, intellectual engagement and cultural discovery for its passengers.
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