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Michael F. Stone |
President & Founder
Stone has a successful
entrepreneurial, business operating and professional career
spanning more than 30 years.
Stone founded
Gestation in 1997 to improve the management and distribution of
leisure travel. Today Gestation consults with both travel and
non-travel companies looking to improve operations, grow their
business, explore new opportunities, enter new markets, or
develop viable new travel and tourism business investments.
Stone also serves on
the Board and as an Advisor to Travel Sciences, Inc., a travel
industry technology, software development and business solutions
company he helped form in 2002.
Travel Sciences today
is delivering real business and technology advantage to the
travel industry and to a diverse group of travel companies that
includes Uniworld, HDN (Hotel Distribution Network), British
Virgin Islands Tourist Board, NPIPB (Nassau & Paradise Island
Promotion Board), Andrew Harper Travel, and the .travel
Internet domain.
In addition to his active
involvement with Gestation and Travel Sciences, Stone
has led several top leisure travel
companies, including President and Chief Executive Officer of
Sunquest Holdings USA, a U.S.-based start-up company of
Airtours, plc. At Sunquest he was responsible for creating a
business plan to help Airtours understand the U.S. travel market
place and lay the groundwork for establishing a U.S.-based
operation, which became My Travel Company.
Prior to that Stone
was President and CEO of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based Certified
Vacations. During his four-year tenure at Certified Vacations,
he increased sales from $100 million to over $400 million.
Stone also organized and led a start-up internet-based travel
distribution company that quickly grew to rank in the top 5% of
internet sites. In 1995 Stone received the Travel Agent Magazine
"Winners Circle" award in recognition of his industry
achievements.
In addition to the
above positions, Stone's has worked in and held leadership
positions in hotels, insurance, banking, real estate and
industrial development. He also owned and operated Stone Travel,
Inc, a Connecticut based retail travel business and one of the
largest travel agencies in New England.
Stone has also served
on numerous business and community boards in banking, education,
hospitals, and art museums.
A graduate of Cornell
University, Stone earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel
and Restaurant Management. He also studied abroad; studying
Italian language and art in Florence, Italy.

Contact
Call 954-525-5995 or click on this link:
mstone@gestation.travel
to email me directly to discuss your business need
and how we might help.
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