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Joseph Del Monte Founder |
Velia Travel Service was founded in 1981 by Joseph Del Monte. Mr. Del Monte was born and raised in the beautiful city of Montecatini, Tuscany, Italy. he came to the United States in 1970. About two years after his arrival, he began work at Logan International Airport in Boston with Alitalia Airlines. He worked a few years with Alitalia until they closed the station at Logan. In 1981, Joeseph established Velia Travel Service. As he personally knew Tuscany, village by village, town by town, and city by city, our specialty was travel to Tuscany, and Italy in general.
The reputation for our service and expertise soon spread throughout the community and beyond. In 1983, when Joseph first tried to arrange a few doctors' conventions in Montecatini, the question was: "Where is Montecatini ?". Now everybody knows of Montecatini and Tuscany. For most Americans and international tourists, Tuscany has become the "in" the place to go these days. And so Velia's specialization in this beautiful region of Italy for the past twenty years, has come to be valued and recognized world wide.
In October of 2000, representatives of the tourist board of Tuscany came to Boston to promote their products: travel, hotels, restaurants, food, etc. In recognition of our knowledge of and service to Tuscany, they asked Velia to arrange all the workshops, transfers, and hotels. The promotion was quite a success. In September of 2001 La Nazione, a national newspaper edited in Florence, Tuscany, devoted a half page as a tribute to Velia Travel Service for it's dedication to Montecatini Terme. And the city of Siena has recently posted Velia Travel Service as the designated travel agency of choice on the city web site.
Although Joseph Del Monte is no longer with us the Velia staff carries on his knowledge of the region "village by village, town by town, and city by city". So, if you want to travel to Italy, and visit the people and culture of Tuscany we would be very happy to help you.
Velia Travel Service
Since it's founding Velia Travel Service has become the world's foremost provider of air travel and tours to Tuscany. Our knowledge of Tuscany is unparalleled. Many of our staff have spent time in the cities of Siena, Florence and Pisa and speak fluent Italian. And, our contacts with the remote villas and resorts of the region, permit us to provide our discriminating clients with truly unique vacations.
Although our focus is on leisure travel to Tuscany, Velia Travel also is a full service travel agency. As such, we provide vacation travel throughout all of Italy. Our buying power with Alitalia and other airlines permit us to offer airfares at incomparable prices. In addition to vacation travel, Velia Travel also has a long tradition of arranging corporate travel and conventions to Italy. Our staff has worked with medical institutions in America and Italy, transferring doctors and patients between the leading hospitals of both countries. Be it a convention, board meeting, or corporate conference, Velia Travel has the experience to bring it off successfully. And, through our sister agency, Travel Agents of New England, we offer leisure and corporate travel to domestic and other international venues.
Because of our volume of travel to Italy, Velia Travel has developed powerful leverage with a variety of vendors. We now sell many of our land and air products to other travel agencies. If you are a travel agency please call us at our toll free number 800-536-9080 for our travel agency program.
Whether it is Lucca, or Montecatini in Tuscany, Rome or Milan in Italy, or Paris, London, or Washington, Velia Travel is ready and willing to help you. Our staff is friendly and knowledgeable. Our service is impeccable. If adventure, relaxation, or business at reasonable cost beckon you, then please let us be of service to you.
Copyright 2006-2012 Velia Travel Service.
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