ARC - the Airlines Reporting Corporation - is an airline-owned company offering travel products and services, ticket distribution and settlement through a variety of channels in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. ARC leads: : ARC provides ticket distribution, reporting and settlement services for over 130 Carriers and over 30,000 ARC-accredited Travel Agency locations and Corporate Travel Departments : ARC began by operating the Area Settlement Plan (ASP), a clearinghouse operation established in 1964 by the Air Transport Association (ATA). With deregulation of the airline industry, ASP functions separated from ATA and were incorporated in 1984 as Airlines Reporting Corporation : As the Travel industry steadily became more information-driven, ARC added business intelligence and consulting, data warehousing and analytics to its service portfolio : Building on more than four decades of experience as the leading provider of financial, business intelligence and marketing services to the Travel industry, ARC today continues to develop opportunities for its participants and partners to profit from secure, efficient management and delivery of Travel information services : Almost 450 Travel Professionals work at ARC's Arlington, Virginia headquarters and four operational centers nationwide : ARC is the information hub of the $85 billion Travel industry