For travel-agency’s Cain, giving back is the ticket

BOULDER — When asked how she felt about being inducted into the Boulder County Business Hall of Fame, Linda Cain replied that she was “surprised and overwhelmed.” But what may have come as a surprise to Cain shouldn’t come as one to anyone familiar with her success.

As chief executive of Cain Travel Group of Boulder Inc., Cain heads not only a top woman-owned business in Boulder County but also the 56th-largest travel agency in the nation, as ranked by Travel Weekly, a national travel-industry newspaper.

Cain has been involved in the travel industry since 1967, and she and her husband, David,…