334 – How To Use Google+ To Promote Your Travel Business

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Podcast Number 334 COHOSTED SEGMENT Google+ is Google’s answer for a Facebook type of social media platform. Is Google+ a place where you can promote your travel business? Is Google+ easy to use? What are its advantages and disadvantages? Catherine Heeg, a social media expert in the travel trade, joins Lorene and I to answer … Continue reading 334 – How To Use Google+ To Promote Your Travel Business →

333 – Are Your Clients Looking for Paradise? Check Out Kaanapali Beach

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Podcast Number 333 COHOSTED SEGMENT  Great food, the best coffee, mix with shopping, beaches, golf and you have paradise located on Kaanapali Beach. Lorene and I had the pleasure of talking with Shelley Kakula, the Executive Director of the Kaanapali Beach Resort Association, for the interview portion of this show. Shelley filled us in on … Continue reading 333 – Are Your Clients Looking for Paradise? Check Out Kaanapali Beach →

332 – Are You A New Agent Or Experienced Agent? Montrose Travel Is A Host Agency For You

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Podcast Number 332 COHOSTED SEGMENT  Montrose Travel has been in business since 1956 and is a 165 million dollar agency with a family of agents that are really treated like family. It doesn’t matter if you are a new agent or a seasoned seller of travel, Montrose has a place in their family for you. … Continue reading 332 – Are You A New Agent Or Experienced Agent? Montrose Travel Is A Host Agency For You →

331 – Have an Incredible Experience in Fort Lauderdale and Sell an Incredible Experience in Fort Lauderdale

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Podcast Number 331 COHOSTED SEGMENT Fort Lauderdale is a great place for your clients to enjoy a pre or post cruise stay, or simply a great place to visit. Josh Winston from the Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors’ Bureau is our guest on the show and he details what Fort Lauderdale has to offer your … Continue reading 331 – Have an Incredible Experience in Fort Lauderdale and Sell an Incredible Experience in Fort Lauderdale →

330 – Travel Agent Support and the Importance of Choosing the Right Host Agency from NACTA’s Vice President

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Podcast Number 330 COHOSTED SEGMENT  Ann Van Leeuwen, Vice President at the National Association of Career Travel Agents (NACTA), joins Barry and Lorene on the show to discuss upcoming events sponsored by NACTA for travel agents. We also discuss the NACTA community of travel agents and the great support this community provides its members. Travel … Continue reading 330 – Travel Agent Support and the Importance of Choosing the Right Host Agency from NACTA’s Vice President →

329 – Ideas and Passion for Travel Agents to Create New Business – Incantato Tours

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Podcast Number 329 COHOSTED SEGMENT  This was an interview that left me filled with ideas and possibilities for creating new business in the tour market. Sandra Weinacht and Crista Hartenstein from Incantato Tours described how they personalize tours for people in your community to give them experiences of a lifetime.  Incantato Tours is a small … Continue reading 329 – Ideas and Passion for Travel Agents to Create New Business – Incantato Tours →

328 – Exclusively Spain, A Travel Agent’s Resource To Design An Unforgettable Vacation in Spain

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Podcast Number 328  Subscribe in iTunes  COHOSTED SEGMENT  Spain offers a world of experiences for your clients and Exclusively Spain is the company that works exclusively with travel agents to give your clients that special experience. Vivianne Schael joins the show and describes the different regions, cultures, events and culinary experiences her company can tailor … Continue reading 328 – Exclusively Spain, A Travel Agent’s Resource To Design An Unforgettable Vacation in Spain →

327 – The Year in Review and What’s Ahead for the Home Based Travel Agent Show

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Podcast Number 327  Subscribe in iTunes  COHOSTED SEGMENT Lorene and Barry discuss some of the highlights for the Home Based Travel Agent Show in 2012. Lorene clues us in on some of the guests she has lined up for 2013. LINKS TO ITEMS WE’VE DISCUSSED IN THE SHOW Roll call of our recent shows and … Continue reading 327 – The Year in Review and What’s Ahead for the Home Based Travel Agent Show →

326 – Score a Great Fam Trip With Anchorage Wild Expert

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Podcast Number 326  Subscribe in iTunes  COHOSTED SEGMENT Jody Overstreet and David Kasser join us in the co-hosted segment to talk about the new training modules they are adding to the Anchorage Wild Expert (AWE) program. The training modules offered by Visit Anchorage in their AWE program are designed as a fun way to learn … Continue reading 326 – Score a Great Fam Trip With Anchorage Wild Expert →

325 – The Northern Lights and Culinary Delights With Salmon Berry Tours

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Podcast Number 325 COHOSTED SEGMENT Lorene and I had an enjoyable experience interviewing Candice McDonald, the owner of Salmon Berry Tours. Candice was joined by her co-workers Debora Dawn and Mandy to discuss their winter tours to the Iditarod dog sled races, to an exotic lodge to watch the northern lights at midnight and their … Continue reading 325 – The Northern Lights and Culinary Delights With Salmon Berry Tours →