Category Archives: Press Releases

Trends Revealed at “Elevate” – Global Travel Collection’s Virtual Conference and Trade Show   NEW YORK (October 18, 2021) – As countries reopen their borders and international air travel resumes, pent-up demand for hard-earned vacations is driving new luxury travel trends. Travel advisors and experts from the Global Travel Collection (GTC) recently shared key insights from travel ...

Prestigious Travel Awards Recognize Avoya for Pandemic Response and Groundbreaking Initiatives   Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. – October 18, 2021 – Avoya Travel®, one of the travel industry’s most innovative brands, has been honored with four of Travel Weekly magazine’s esteemed 2021 Magellan Awards. The prestigious awards distinguish Avoya as a travel industry leader with innovative ...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (October 11, 2021) – World Travel Holdings announces that it is merging its Cruises Inc®. independent contractor and CruiseOne®/Dream Vacations franchise business models, so it can create more profitable opportunities for its network of agents. Starting in 2022, the company will be operating one franchise unit under the CruiseOne and Dream Vacations brands, which makes ...

  Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (October 6, 2021) – Dream Vacations recently ranked #1 in Entrepreneur’s Top Franchises for Veterans list, published in the October/November issue of Entrepreneur magazine. Since 2017, Dream Vacations has beenranked the top travel agency franchise for veterans by Entrepreneur magazine, always ranking either first or second out of 150 franchises ...

  Boca Raton, FL (Sept. 29, 2021) – ASTA’s 2021 Host Agency of the year—OASIS Travel Network—announced today a free membership plan for qualified advisors to help them “bounce back” into business. The no-cost plan includes a generous commission split on the upfront commissions received from OTN’s supplier partners. In addition to the generous commission split on the ...

Award is given yearly to a new travel advisor who shows great promise as an industry leader   IRVING, TX (September 27, 2021) – Gillian Boucher, owner of Dèrive Travel and a member of Nexion Travel Group-Canada, has been named as the host travel agency’s 2021 Canadian Rising Star. Presented at Nexion Travel Group’s international conference CoNexion, this award honors a newer travel ...

Award is given yearly to a new travel advisor who shows great promise   IRVING, TX (September 27, 2021) – Amy Butcher, owner of Pineapple Destinations, has been named as Nexion Travel Group’s Rising Star for the United States. The premier host agency for travel professionals gives this annual award to a new Nexion Travel Group member whose sales, skills, engagement and attitude have set ...

Inaugural Event Focused on the Return of Cruising and Offered Educational and Networking Opportunities for the Avoya Network™   Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. – September 27, 2021 – Avoya Travel®, one of the travel industry’s most innovative brands, recently concluded its first ever Back to Cruise Event, which took place virtually from September 22 – 23, 2021. Hundreds of Independent ...

Avoya Attributes Impressive Retention Rate to Resiliency of Avoya Network™ and Enhanced Support Efforts, Resources, and Services   Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. – September 01, 2021 – Avoya Travel®, one of the travel industry’s most innovative brands, just announced that over 97% of the Independent Agencies in the Avoya Network that sold over $1 Million in 2019 have remained affiliated ...

OTN Recognized Among Travel Industry’s Most Excellent Individuals and Organizations Following Travel’s Most Challenging Year   Boca Raton, FL (Aug. 31, 2021) – OASIS Travel Network has been named Host Agency of Year for 2021 by the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA). The annual awards given by ASTA—which is celebrating 90 years as the premier trade organization for travel ...