PHOTO: The Coronado Bay Resort, home to next year's CoNexion conference. (TravelPulse file photo)

Nexion, which just wrapped up its annual CoNexion conference aboard Norwegian Getaway, will hold its 2016 conference from Sept. 14 to 17 in San Diego at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort.

“Nexion has agents all over the country, so we try to move CoNexion around in order to make the conference more accessible, said Nexion’s president, Jackie Friedman. “Nexion also has over 300 agents within driving distance of San Diego, making it a popular location among our members.”

In Friedman’s view, the CoNexion conference aboard Norwegian Getaway, which drew approximately 375 agents and a total of 550 attendees, exceeded the expectations of agents and suppliers alike. “I had a lot of suppliers say that the trade show was one of the best we’ve ever had,” she said, adding that agents reported it enabled them to forge myriad new business supplier partnerships.

The weeklong conference also provided Nexion agents with myriad networking opportunities with colleagues. “I continue to marvel at how collaborative this group is,” said Friedman. “Having content spread over a week gave agents more informal networking opportunities than they typically have at other events.”

This year’s CoNexion conference bore fruit in another way as well. “It built a core of engaged agents who attend will next year’s conference – and we’ve also built up demand from those agents who weren’t able to attend the conference this year,” said Friedman. 

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