Brad Tolkin is President of CruiseOne. He is also Co-Chairman/Co-CEO of World Travel Holdings, along with Jeff Tolkin. Brad has more than 25 years of experience as an operating executive in the travel industry.
Prior to co-founding World Travel Holdings in 2005, Brad and his brother Jeff owned and operated Travel Impressions, one of the country's most successful privately held travel wholesalers. Under the Tolkins' leadership, Travel Impressions was profitable for 22 consecutive years and successfully operated such prestigious industry brands as Pan American Holidays, Eastern Vacations, Continental Airlines Vacations and Virgin Atlantic Vacations. In 1992, the Tolkins acquired Empress Travel, a retail travel agency with 40 stores, and expanded it to include over 100 locations. Travel Impressions and Empress Travel were both sold to American Express in 1998. During the Tolkins' tenure at American Express, they successfully transitioned both operations to wholly owned subsidiaries of American Express.
Brad holds a BS from Cornell University.
Dwain Wall serves as Senior Vice President and General Manager of CruiseOne. Wall brings over 25 years of experience in the travel industry and will continue to grow the company's franchisee and independent contractor agency base, providing industry-best support to our agents. Wall joined CruiseOne in April of 2008. Prior to his arrival, Wall was a consultant to Hotels.com, a leading hotel consolidator owned by Expedia, and was responsible for strategic account acquisitions. He also was a founding member of the team that grew Grand Expeditions, a luxury and adventure travel business. Wall started his travel career at Carlson Wagonlit Travel, where he held various positions over 17 years including Vice President of Leisure, North America. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and also a Certified Travel Consultant of George Washington University.