Shangri-La World Travel,bra Southlake-based travel business, is celebrating 10 years of helping Southlakebrplan their travel adventures. Owners Mike and Gloria Currie started thebrbusiness out of a personal passion—they've traveled to 65 countries and cruisedbron mega ships and private yachts.
“Our business grew from abrpersonal passion to a business plan to day-to-day learning with successes alongbrthe way,” says Mike. “After year two, Gloria and I just knew, ‘We got thisbrone!'”
The agency offers it all,brincluding personalized travel planning, cruise packages and all-inclusivebrresorts. Over the years, the Curries have seen Southlake residents travel lessbrfor business and travel more and further for leisure.
“International travel isbrso expansive that a good agency must specialize to create value against onlinebrcompanies,” Mike explains. “We began as cruise specialists (Cruise Holidays ofbrSouthlake) and have expanded our inventory. Our tagline reads, ‘We know what tobrdo when you get there!'”
In 2015, Shangri-La WorldbrTravel was invited to join the Signature Travel Network, a top global-travelbrconsortia. The business shifted from franchise to a co-op member of elitebrtravel agencies in the United States.
“Shangri-La means ‘out ofbrthe way paradise,'” says Mike. “Where's yours?”
Visit Shangri-LaWorldTravel.com for more information.