Case number: 1:23-bk-11060 - Vantage Travel Service, Inc. - Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    Vantage Travel Service, Inc.

  • Court

    Massachusetts (mabke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    Janet E. Bostwick

  • Filed

    06/29/2023

  • Last Filing

    06/13/2025

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

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NTCAPR, AddChg, CLAIMAGENT, TUA



United States Bankruptcy Court
District of Massachusetts (Boston)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 23-11060

Assigned to: Judge Janet E. Bostwick
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  06/29/2023
Plan confirmed:  11/22/2023
341 meeting:  08/01/2023

Debtor

Vantage Travel Service, Inc.

90 Canal Street
Boston, MA 02114
Tax ID / EIN: 04-2806344
dba
Vantage Deluxe World Travel


represented by
Michael J. Goldberg

Casner & Edwards, LLP
303 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
(617) 426-5900
Fax : (617) 426-8810
Email: goldberg@casneredwards.com

A. Davis Whitesell

Casner & Edwards, LLP
303 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
617-426-5900
Fax : 617-426-8810
Email: whitesell@casneredwards.com

Miscellaneous Participant

John G. Loughnane, Consumer Privacy Ombudsman

White and Williams, LLP
101 Arch Street, Suite 1930
Boston, MA 02110-1103
617-748-5211

represented by
John G. Loughnane

White and Williams LLP
101 Arch Street
Suite 1930
Boston, MA 02210
617-748-5211
Email: loughnanej@whiteandwilliams.com

Defendant

HSB Specialty Insurance Company

TERMINATED: 04/23/2025

represented by
Richard R. Hennessey

Morrison Mahoney LLP
250 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210
617-670-8913
Fax : 617-342-4819
Email: rhennessey@morrisonmahoney.com
TERMINATED: 04/23/2025

Assistant U.S. Trustee

John Fitzgerald

Office of the US Trustee
J.W. McCormack Post Office & Courthouse
5 Post Office Sq., 10th Fl, Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02109
TERMINATED: 06/30/2023

represented by
Eric K. Bradford

Department of Justice
5 Post Office Square
10th Floor, Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02109-3934
202-306-3815
Fax : 617-565-6368
Email: Eric.K.Bradford@USDOJ.gov
TERMINATED: 06/30/2023

Assistant U.S. Trustee

Richard King - B

Office of the US Trustee
J.W. McCormack Post Office & Courthouse
5 Post Office Sq., 10th Fl, Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02109
617-788-0400

represented by
Eric K. Bradford

(See above for address)

Heather Sprague

US Dept of Justice
Office of the US Trustee
5 PO Square
Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02109-3934
617 788 0400
Email: Heather.Sprague@usdoj.gov

Creditor Committee

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Vantage Travel Service, Inc.

c/o Mr. Kenneth M. Schwartz, Chair
800 Troy-Schenectady Road
Suite 102
Latham, NY 12110
represented by
Andrew C. Helman

Dentons Bingham Greenebaum, LLP
1 City Center
Suite 11100
Portland, ME 04101
207-619-0919
Email: andrew.helman@dentons.com

Jacob S Margolies

Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP
3500 PNC Tower
101 South Fifth Street
Louisville,, KY 40202
502-587-3563
Email: jacob.margolies@dentons.com

Gina Young

Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP
3500 PNC Tower
101 South Fifth Street
Louisville, KY 40202
502-589-3545
Email: gina.young@dentons.com
TERMINATED: 02/22/2024

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
06/13/2025816Adversary case 25-01087. Complaint by Stephen S. Gray, as Creditor Trustee for the Vantage Travel Creditor Trust against Inchcape Shipping Services Inc.. Fee Amount $350. Nature of Suit(12 (Recovery of money/property - 547 preference)),(14 (Recovery of money/property - other))(Bilowz, Peter)
05/23/2025815BNC Certificate of Mailing - PDF Document. (Re: 812 Order on Generic Motion) Notice Date 05/23/2025. (Admin.) (Entered: 05/24/2025)
05/22/2025814Certificate of Service re Notice of Extended Florida Deadline to File Proof of Claim filed by Interested Party Stephen S. Gray, as Creditor Trustee (Bilowz, Peter) (Entered: 05/22/2025)
05/21/2025813Order dated 5/21/2025 Re: [806] Expedited Motion filed by Interested Party Stephen S. Gray, as Creditor Trustee /Creditor Trustee's Motion for Entry of an Order (I) Extending The General Bar Date for the Filing of Customer Claims by Certain Residents of the State of Florida and (II) Approving the Form and Manner of Notice Thereof. GRANTED. See Order for Full Text. (Telam, Usbc)
05/21/2025812Proceeding Memorandum and Order dated 5/21/2025 Re: [806] Expedited Motion filed by Interested Party Stephen S. Gray, as Creditor Trustee /Creditor Trustee's Motion for Entry of an Order (I) Extending The General Bar Date for the Filing of Customer Claims by Certain Residents of the State of Florida and (II) Approving the Form and Manner of Notice Thereof. HEARING HELD ON MAY 20, 2025. FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH ON THE RECORD, THE MOTION WILL BE GRANTED BY SEPARATE ORDER. THE CREDITOR TRUSTEE SHALL BY MAY 21, 2025, SUBMIT THE PROPOSED ORDER IN WORD FORMAT TO JEB@MAB.USCOURTS.GOV. (skeating, usbc)
05/19/2025811Order dated 5/19/2025 Re: [810] Expedited Motion Seeking Entry of Stipulated Order Tolling the Statute of Limitations Under Section 546(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and Further Extending Deadline for Challenge Proceeding to Which All Affected Parties Have Consented. THE MOTION IS GRANTED IN PART AS FOLLOWS. 1. THE COURT DEEMS THE PROPOSED STIPULATED ORDER A STIPULATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES. 2. THE DEADLINE FOR STEPHEN S. GRAY, AS CREDITOR TRUSTEE FOR THE VANTAGE TRAVEL CREDITOR TRUST, (CREDITOR TRUSTEE) TO BRING A COMMITTEE CHALLENGE PROCEEDING (AS DEFINED IN THE PLAN) AGAINST HENRY R. LEWIS TRUST U/D/T DATED NOVEMBER 24, 2004, AND HENRY R. LEWIS (COLLECTIVELY PREPETITION LENDER) IS EXTENDED FROM JUNE 29, 2025, TO AUGUST 15, 2025. 3. THE DEADLINE FOR THE CREDITOR TRUSTEE TO BRING AN AVOIDANCE ACTION UNDER CHAPTER 5 OF THE CODE AGAINST THE PREPETITION LENDER AND CERTAIN AFFILIATES AS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION IS EXTENDED TO AUGUST 15, 2025. 4. IF A GLOBAL SETTLEMENT MOTION (AS DEFINED IN THE MOTION) IS FILED BY JUNE 15, 2025, THE COURT WILL ENTER A FURTHER ORDER EXTENDING THE DEADLINES TO A DATE CERTAIN 45 DAYS AFTER THE HEARING ON THE GLOBAL SETTLEMENT MOTION. (Telam, Usbc)
05/14/2025810Expedited Motion Seeking Entry of Stipulated Order Tolling the Statute of Limitations Under Section 546(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and Further Extending Deadline for Challenge Proceeding to Which All Affected Parties Have Consented with certificate of service. (Bilowz, Peter)
05/07/2025809Certificate of Service of Notice of Hearing (Re: [806] Miscellaneous Motion) filed by Interested Party Stephen S. Gray, as Creditor Trustee (Bilowz, Peter)
05/07/2025808Certificate of Service (Re: [806] Miscellaneous Motion) filed by Interested Party Stephen S. Gray, as Creditor Trustee (Bilowz, Peter)
05/06/2025807Hybrid Hearing Scheduled on 5/20/2025 at 02:00 PM at Boston Courtroom 3, 12th Floor, 5 Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109 Re: [806] Expedited Motion filed by Interested Party Stephen S. Gray, as Creditor Trustee /Creditor Trustee's Motion for Entry of an Order (I) Extending The General Bar Date for the Filing of Customer Claims by Certain Residents of the State of Florida and (II) Approving the Form and Manner of Notice Thereof. Objections due by 5/19/2025 at 12:00 PM. In order to provide flexibility and maximize access for parties in interest in addressing the Motion, the hearing is scheduled as a Hybrid Hearing. Parties in interest and counsel may choose to participate either remotely by video or in person. Parties in interest and counsel who wish to appear remotely may do so by complying with the terms of the Order Regarding Procedures for Appearances by Video at Hearings dated June 30, 2023. ("Video Hearing Order"). Any pro se parties or counsel intending to attend by video must provide the Notice of Participation required under Paragraph II, 2 of that order to the Courtroom Deputy Mary Murray, at mary_murray@mab.uscourts.gov by May 15, 2025, by 4:30 p.m. As provided in the Video Hearing Order, appearance by video is limited to counsel and parties in interest. Members of the general public are welcome to attend the hearing in person in the Courtroom. Requests submitted after the above deadline may not be considered by the Court. (nc)