Our Story

An employee-owned, $137 million travel service company specializing in government, corporate and leisure travel, CI Travel is the Hampton Roads' expert for all things travel, from custom vacation packages, luxury cruises and honeymoons to business meetings, conferences and tours. The company's well-traveled destination specialists rely on a combination of personal experience and professional know-how to offer advice and come up with ideas to save you both time and money.

CI Travel's beginnings go back to 1972 when Richard O'Leary founded Cruise International, a pioneer cruise program headquartered in Norfolk, Va., designed to handle all facets of the cruise industry. Initially, the company booked and promoted cruises from Boston, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Charleston, as well as several other East Coast and Gulf Port locations.

Before long, the cruise company morphed into a full-service travel agency created to handle all its customers' travel needs. In addition to expanding its leisure offerings, CI Travel developed the first business travel program in Hampton Roads.

Over the years, CI has been recognized by both Travel Weekly and Business Travel News as one of the top travel agencies in the country. Regionally, it has consistently been voted tops in The Virginian-Pilot's Best of Hampton Roads' competition and among the best of the Reader's Choice winners cited on the Peninsula in the Daily Press and in the Northern Neck's Rappahannock Record.

Today, the company's focus on consistently delivering high-quality travel services to government agencies, corporations and vacationers, throughout the United States.