by Eric Bowman
Last updated: 12:45 AM ET, Fri June 29, 2018
Avoya Travel®, the network recognized as the best and most-awarded host agency, is seeing triple-digit network growth in 2017 over 2016 and continuing momentum in 2018.
Over 50 percent of Avoya's Network growth is attributed to travel professionals new to the industry, and these new-to-travel professionals are seeing increasingly early success in the Avoya Network.
Committed to the success of travel professionals and continuously looking for new opportunities to provide higher quality education to Independent Agencies in the Avoya Travel Network™, Avoya recently partnered with Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) to provide high caliber education for the growing number of new-to-travel professionals entering the industry and joining Avoya.
Through this first-of-its-kind partnership, new-to-travel professionals affiliating with the Avoya Network can join CLIA with Avoya's member rate and take a series of CLIA courses prior to affiliation. With an education in selling skills, customer service, cruising, geography and more, the CLIA courses are designed to give new-to-travel Independent Agency owners in the Avoya Network the knowledge and foundation needed to achieve early success with their Independent Agencies.
In addition to receiving the education needed to start a travel business, this partnership gives agents affiliating with the Avoya Network the opportunity to receive their CLIA membership at a discounted rate, to earn CLIA certifications and more additional CLIA perks. This recent partnership, in conjunction with the education Avoya offers and access to Live Leads™, has allowed entrepreneurs new to the industry to hit the ground running - booking more exceptional vacations and achieving early success.
Average commissions earned in the first sixty days for new-to-travel professionals joining the Avoya Network in 2018 is already outpacing that of new-to-travel Independent Agencies who joined the network in 2017. This growth only continues to accelerate with exclusive access to the world-class resources and support Avoya offers.
To help both experienced travel professionals and new-to-travel professionals continue to grow their businesses, Avoya has also recently expanded the Avoya Mastermind Academy program to provide Independent Agencies in the Avoya Network with more tailored education and support based on sales and industry experience. Due to popular demand, new courses and more dates than ever before are being offered in 2018 as Avoya increases its investment in helping Independent Agencies continue to increase their businesses success.
The Academy program is an extension of the award-winning Avoya Mastermind Program™, which is an exciting, fun, very valuable, and optional resource offered exclusively to Independent Agencies in the Avoya Network looking to improve their overall success and profitability, and includes peer-to-peer think tank, one-to-one strategies, sales best practices, business foundations, role-playing, business coaching, and more.
The expansion of the Academy program includes three levels, each designed to maximize an Independent Agency's success based on their individual business through results-driven professional and personal development education. Content for these events ranges from best practices, mentoring, and coaching tailored for new-to-travel Independent Agencies to help increase early success, to building basic sales foundations, to more advanced content for experienced professionals that focuses on suggested strategies for continuing individual growth and business expansion.
These ongoing successes and innovations reflect Avoya's commitment to helping Independent Agencies in the Avoya Network achieve business success in the travel industry. With access to the industry-leading marketing, technology, support, and educational resources that Avoya offers, Independent Agencies in the Avoya Network are able to focus on sharpening their sales skills and product expertise to accelerate the growth of their business and are among the highest performing in the industry.
Avoya has programs for both experienced travel professionals and entrepreneurs new to the industry. To learn about the business opportunity in the Avoya Network contact us at 888-425-6078 or visit www.JoinAvoya.com
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