Ambassadors Group

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Ambassadors Group, Inc.
Nasdaq: EPAX
Industry Educational travel
Founded Spokane, Washington (1967)
HeadquartersSpokane, Washington
RevenueIncrease2.svgUS$98.6 million (FY 2009) [1]
Increase2.svgUS$32.2 million (FY 2009) [1]
Increase2.svgUS$20.3 million (FY 2009) [1]
Total assets Increase2.svgUS$128 million (FY 2009) [2]
Total equity Increase2.svgUS$91.0 million (FY 2009) [2]
Subsidiaries BookRags
Website archive.today/20130116192319/http://www.ambassadorsgroup.com
BookRags
BookRags logo.png
BookRags screenshot.png
Type of site
Internet Study guide and Lesson plan
Available inEnglish
OwnerAmbassadors Group
Founder(s) James Yagmin and David Lieberman
URL www.bookrags.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationYes
Current statusActive

Ambassadors Group, Inc. is a defunct publicly traded educational travel company based in Spokane, Washington. [3] It was originally an operating division of Ambassadors International, Inc., but was divested into a separate corporation in 2002 to form the company under its current name. [4] The CEO was Jeffrey Thomas, whose 2009 compensation totaled over $1.7 million. [5]

Contents

This for-profit company has a close business relationship with People to People Student Ambassador Program and several other related cultural exchange groups involving students from several countries.[ citation needed ]

According to the company's end of year filings, in 2008 and 2009, Ambassadors Group served 41,929 and 34,248 travelers, respectively. [6] In 2010, the company estimated that it would serve 26,674 participants (a net decrease of 22%. [7] )

History

Travelers (thousands) :

years [18] 1998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010
travelers15.517.125.325.821.022.730.637.843.152.741.934.226.7

BookRags

BookRags is an educational website that provides summaries, study guides, and lesson plans on literary works. Based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, the website is a subsidiary of Gradesaver LLC. BookRags was founded in 1999 by James Yagmin and David Lieberman, who had recently graduated from college. [9] [19] On May 15, 2008, BookRags was bought by Ambassadors Group for $18 million. [9] [20] [21] The merger was a friendly takeover. [22]

BookRags contains concise book summaries and thorough analysis of more than 6,000 literary works, which is, according to one source, the largest collection online. [23] It also has a list of characters and their descriptions, as well as an important quotes section. [24] The website has over 10,000 e-Books in its collection [25] and 8,400 biographies in its database. It facilitates students purchasing duplicates of fellow students' papers. [26]

In a 2010 interview with The New York Times , Carl Fisher, the department chair of the comparative world literature and classics at California State University, Long Beach, criticized BookRags for being "simplistic" and "forc[ing] people to pay up front". [27]

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