Edgerton World Travel merges with Ambassador

FORT COLLINS – Another travel agency has fallen victim to the airlines’ decision to once again lower commissions paid to agents for airline ticket sales.

Edgerton World Travel has merged with Ambassador Travel American Express, and the resulting entity will operate two offices in Fort Collins under the Ambassador name.

After the most recent cut in travel agents’ commissions, Kris Das and her mother, Louise Sluss, owners of Edgerton, sold their business to Ambassador.

“We had a wonderful business for 30 years,” she said. “Everything was great until February of ’95 when the airlines lowered the 10 percent base commission cap to $50…