Competitors

There are many companies offering services which focus on a single activity within a single city or region within BC, but aside from Exposure Travel, there are two major players in the BC luxury and adventure travel market. Both are large international companies operating from outside of BC. These companies are Abercrombie & Kent and Butterfield & Robinson.

Abercrombie & Kent is a large multinational company and is considered one of the world's premiere luxury travel companies. They offer customized vacation packages, combining comfort and authenticity in the world's greatest destinations. The company was founded by Geoffrey Kent and his parents, Valerie and Colonel John Kent, in 1962. Their beginnings were modest. In 1967, Geoffrey Kent (by now Managing Director, following his parents' retirement) decided to expand A&K's signature style of travel. By 1969, he began opening additional companies in Africa. In 1971, he met Jorie Ford Butler of Oak Brook, Illinois. She became a partner in the business and together they expanded A&K into a worldwide group of companies, with offices in London, Oak Brook and Melbourne, Australia. Today, A&K runs 62 full-time offices worldwide, staffed by more than 2,300 people; it also operates its own safari camps and Nile cruise ships, while maintaining a fleet of customized safari vehicles. The company's more recent innovations include Extreme Adventures that bring travelers face to face with nature at its most uncompromising, and Abercrombie & Kent Residence Club, the largest equity-based destination club in the industry.

Butterfield & Robinson is also a large multinational company and is considered one of the world's premier active travel companies. They design journeys to the world's most amazing places. Butterfield & Robinson started in 1966, when a trio of college buddies led a European bike tour on a lark. As the owners matured, so did their company. They've long since expanded to the rest of the world, incorporated hiking into their itineraries, and graduated from hostels and pensions to the best inns, villas, chateaus, and wilderness lodges destinations have to offer.