Team

Mansour Travel Company’s seasoned team of professionals is drawn from varied backgrounds and collectively has many years of experience. In keeping with the upscale creativity of the brand, the Mansour Travel Company staff is a well-traveled, dynamic group of people, knowledgeable and up-to-date in the leisure, corporate and entertainment industry travel markets.

Founders of Mansour Travel Company:
Kay Mansour & Gary Mansour

Kay Mansour and the late Gary Mansour founded Mansour Travel Company in 1981. They built their success on the belief that the world is truly an oyster to be enjoyed by all and that travelers should always receive a high level of service that has been neglected in many so-called “service-oriented” companies. Today Mansour Travel Company is recognized as one of the top travel agencies in the country, and one that is respected the world over. The company has an elite client base whose loyalty to the Mansour Travel brand is the envy of the trade.

Kay Mansour
President & CEO
kmansour(at)mansourtravel(dotted)com

Kay brings to the company experience in banking and commercial real estate management. Her attention to detail has been a major component in the growth of this company. As president and CEO she has cultivated extensive relationships with high-end and luxury retailers in the travel industry which now look to Mansour Travel Company as a reliable and desirable partner. Reflecting her aesthetic sensibility and her passion for interior design, the principal office in Beverly Hills is notable for its lack of the usual display of posters and logos of hotels, resorts and airlines. Instead, Kay has decorated the offices with fine works by prominent contemporary artists. The result is a unique and inviting office environment that evokes an eclectic and whimsical but refined style.

Bell Orestes de Souza
Vice President & COO
bdesouza(at)mansourtravel(dotted)com

Bell has over three decades of senior management experience in the travel industry, bringing considerable expertise in marketing and strategy. Early in his career, he directed publicity and promotions for the World Wildlife Fund in India. He then became the Advertising Manager for Taj International Hotels, a leading global luxury hotel chain based in Bombay, India, during a period of rapid expansion.

In the 1980s, Bell directed marketing for two special interest publications in Los Angeles before embarking on his long career in the travel industry. He served as General Manager of Advantage Travel, an upscale boutique travel firm in Toluca Lake, California, before joining Mansour Travel Company in 1994. Currently, as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Mansour Travel Company, he has instituted several innovative, customer-oriented business practices, including a company-wide commitment to state-of-the-art technology. His efforts in building a cohesive and effective team have yielded impressive results, with Mansour Travel Company being recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in LA by the Los Angeles Business Journal for 11 consecutive years and also named by the Los Angeles Times as one of the Top-Rated Workplaces in Southern California..

Bell has also applied his marketing, promotions, and strategy expertise to his honorary work. He serves on the executive board of SoCal ASTA and continues to chair its luxury events committee. Additionally, he has served on the pre-opening advisory boards of several luxury hotels worldwide and on the Travel Agency Advisory Boards of a few well-known luxury hotel brands.

Awards & Honors:

2016: Named “Travel Agent of the Year” by the Southern California Chapter of ASTA and received a certificate of recognition from the State of California.
2018: Voted Travel Advisor Mentor of the Year by SoCal ASTA.
Recognized as a “Top Producer” for the Dorchester Collection and the Ritz Carlton/Marriott Luxury Brands.
Nominated by Virtuoso Travel as “The Most Admired Advisor in the United States” in 2018.