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Press Releases by Host Agencies

Nexion Travel Group Re-Introduces Nexion 100 Plan

Members Can Now Choose from Seven Plan Types IRVING, TX (November 1, 2023) – Nexion Travel Group, the travel industry’s premier host travel agency in North America, is bringing back a popular commission plan to its members: Nexion 100. Nexion 100 plan gives travel advisors the chance to keep 100% of their commissions booked through all non-ARC suppliers. Nexion members on any type of Nexion ...

Setting a New Standard for Luxury Travel: 1000MTG Signs on with Virtuoso in the UK

  1000 Mile Travel Group (1000MTG) is proud to announce its exclusive partnership with Virtuoso in the United Kingdom, the world’s leading network of leisure travel advisors and carefully curated travel providers. By becoming a Virtuoso member in the UK, 1000MTG solidifies its position as a trailblazer in the luxury travel industry, offering its travel advisors and their customers ...

WorldVia Travel Group Edifies, Celebrates Travel Professionals at WORLD23

Oct. 3, 2023 – Atlanta – WorldVia Travel Group, one of the leading travel host agencies in the United States, recently hosted the highly attended WORLD23 event, the company’s annual, premier conference for members of Travel Quest Network. The conference took place at the Waldorf Astoria Orlando, September 8-10, 2023, drawing hundreds of travel professionals from around the United States for ...

Cruise Planners advisor Juan Velazquez is Semi-Finalist in Carnival Cruise Line’s ‘Your Winning Plan’ business challenge

Cruise Planners advisor Juan Velazquez is Semi-Finalist in Carnival Cruise Line’s ‘Your Winning Plan’ business challenge CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. Oct. 2 — Cruise Planners franchise owner Juan Velazquez was one of eight semi-finalists who competed in the prestigious Carnival Cruise Line ‘Your Winning Plan’ business challenge. Velazquez beat out 1,000 other contestants to make it to the ...

NEST Expands Business Analyst Team to Enhance Personalized Support to Fast-Growing Network

Pioneering Home-Based Advisor Network Welcomes Industry Veterans Jen Duckworth and Serra Wheeler  OYSTER BAY, NY (September 28, 2023): With travel sales across segments skyrocketing and the home-advisor sector flourishing, innovative home-based agency network NEST is investing in its future growth by adding to its team of business analysts.  Travel industry experts Jen Duckworth and Serra ...

2023 Dream Vacations and CruiseOne® Land Summit: Elevating Resort Vacation Sales

Hyatt Inclusive Collection hosted the four-day intensive training at Secrets/Dreams Playa Mujeres Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (September 26, 2023) – Land and resort vacation business is booming for travel advisors with Dream Vacations and CruiseOne®, with land sales up 20 percent year over year. The need for travel agent training in this niche is more important than ever. Hyatt Inclusive Collection ...

Avoya Travel Names Phili Cappeli as Chief Sales Officer

Avoya Creates New Executive Leadership Role to Further Drive Growth and Opportunity Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. – September 18, 2023 – Avoya Travel®, one of the travel industry’s most innovative brands, is thrilled to announce the engagement of Phil Cappelli as the company’s Chief Sales Officer (CSO). The addition of Cappelli, a highly respected executive leader across the travel industry, will ...

2024 National Conference Revealed for Dream Vacations and CruiseOne®

Conference to take place aboard Celebrity Cruises newest ship, Celebrity Ascent   Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (September 7, 2023) – Home-based agents with Dream Vacations and CruiseOne® were surprised at the Ft. Lauderdale Regional Training when Katina Athanasiou, senior vice president of sales and services for Celebrity Cruises, made the announcement revealing the date, cruise, and itinerary of ...

Cruise Planners Hosts Premiere Luxury Forum at Secrets St. James & Wild Orchid in Jamaica

Cruise Planners hosts premiere Luxury Forum at Secrets St. James & Wild Orchid in Jamaica   CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Aug. 31, 2023—Fresh off the heels of a highly successful and lauded Land Symposium held in Fort Lauderdale, Cruise Planners is upping the ante and following up with another premiere Luxury Forum event held at Secrets St. James & Wild Orchid in Jamaica. The ...

Nexion Travel Group’s CoNexion 2023 Kicks Off at Sea

Host Agency Members Gather for Annual Conference Aboard the Celebrity Equinox   IRVING, TX (August 19, 2023) – Nexion Travel Group, the travel industry’s premier full-service host agency, kicked off its annual member conference CoNexion today aboard Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Equinox. Taking place from August 19-27, 2023, the conference will sail from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to the ABC ...