West End Travel is a privately owned corporation (established in 1981), owner-managed, full-service, multi-branch, super-regional travel management agency. We are the only women owned small business certified travel agency in the Washington area. We provide cost-effective personalized travel service including air, hotel, train, car reservations.

Our Mission

To develop a rapport with travelers and an understanding of their needs, however diverse. This is the foundation for providing the exceptional service sought by our clients. To offer our clients unique benefits, distinguished by their originality, cost effectiveness, and efficiency. To improve the quality of products and services in order to provide competitive benefit to our clients, whether through pricing, through preferred vendor relationships, or through technological or other advances To keep us ahead of our competition, striving for better service and customer benefits by fostering a sense of urgency and a receptivity to new ideas To achieve continual improvement in everything we do by following the principles of superior service. Whatever level of performance we have achieved today, we know we can, and must, surpass it tomorrow.

Our President

Vivianne Pommier opened West End Travel in 1981 to service corporate accounts in the Washington area. Formerly the office manager of a large D.C. law firm, she saw the need for travel agencies to improve their service to the corporate arena. West End Travel has been listed in the Washington Business Journal as one of the top women owned businesses in the metropolitan Washington area, and as one of the top volume Travel Agencies in the metropolitan area.

In addition to being the president of West End Travel, Vivianne has also been the “travel reporter” on WUSA-TV from 1996-2001 was covering consumer and leisure travel on two weekly segments as well as spot news, continues monthly now.   Since June 1999, she also has been reporting on Fox 5 morning news. She still works closely with both networks and is often featured monthly.

Vivianne Pommier, West End Travel's President and leading travel expert, was featured on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric on recent report on rising aifare prices for the upcoming holiday season.