I am honored to announce that I have been accepted as an attendee for Global Travel Marketplace (GTM) 2018 for the second year in a row. Next week, I’ll attend as an Ambassador. About 20 travel advisors are invited to return as Ambassadors, and are the only travel advisor attendees permitted to attend two years in a row. You may remember that Ann attended this same event in 2015 & 2016. GTM is an elite, invitation-only event for the top-producing travel advisors in North America. We each meet very strict requirements and undergo a rigorous vetting and interview process by the GTM team.
This is one of the premier events in the industry, it’s a chance to build our relationships with the suppliers we use when curating your dream vacation. It’s these connections that allow us to make sure that every aspect of your vacation is tailor made to your expectations.
During the three day event, at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida, we go nonstop. Starting on the afternoon of our arrival with small boardroom presentations by suppliers followed by an evening reception hosted by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau at the antique car museum. The agenda has us wrapping up the day at 11:30pm!
The next morning we start off with a breakfast presentation at 7am, from there we move between more boardroom presentations and individual appointments with suppliers before wrapping up the day just after 9pm. Don’t worry, I checked the agenda and we have a 14 minute break from 11:06am – 11:20am and another longer break of 25 minutes from 4:13pm -4:38pm in the afternoon – with that attention to detail in the schedule you can see this is a very well planned out event! Day three is pretty much a carbon copy of day two. There will be over 100 industry suppliers in attendance and a nearly equal number of travel advisors.
I look forward to deepening supplier relationships with those industry colleagues that we rely on quite often when planning your dream vacations. I also look forward to meeting new connections that can bring new opportunities and unique opportunities to our portfolio of suppliers. Another wonderful aspect of a gathering of travel advisors of this caliber is the opportunity to share innovative ideas that ultimately benefit you, the traveller.
When you are ready to plan your next dream vacation click here and you’ll see first hand what those connections can do for you!
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