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Traveler: Craig Johnson, president and CEO of Sarasota-based FCCI Insurance Group, a property and casualty insurance firm.

Itinerary: FCCI, with more than $525 million in premiums and 700 employees, has five regional offices, including one in its Sarasota headquarters. The other four are in Carmel, Ind.; Dallas; Duluth, Ga., outside Atlanta; and Jackson, Miss. Johnson goes on “State of the Union” tours to all four regional offices twice a year, where he meets with employees. He also visits clients and employees in the 18 states in which FCCI does business, from Michigan to Texas to Virginia. “Travel is very important to us,” says Johnson. “We are in a relationship-based business and we need to be able to go see employees and customers where they work.”

Hearts over Hartsfield: Johnson makes many connections in and out of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, one of the busiest in the country. “A lot of people don't like it because it's so busy, but I like it because it gives you options,” Johnson says. “You could pretty much get anywhere you need to get from there.”