WHY IT RATES: Few industries rely on others in the business like the travel industry. To be recognized by your peers is a true accomplishment. - Rich Thomaselli, TravelPulse Senior Editor
PHOTO: Some of Travel Impressions' Partners of the Year. Pictured (left to right): Ryan Doncsecz, Groups Manager, VIP Vacations; Emily Fisher, FIT Sales Team Leader, VIP Vacations; Ryan Lettow, Business Development Manager, Travel Impressions; Jennifer Doncsecz, President,VIP Vacations; Bryan Croot, Operations Manager, VIP Vacations; Emma Brumbaugh, Destination Weddings Manager, VIP Vacations; and Heather Hendrix, Director of Sales-Eastern Region, Travel Impressions. (Courtesy Travel Impressions)
Having unveiled its new tagline - Your Success is Our Destination - communicating its longstanding commitment to the travel agent community, Travel Impressions is recognizing industry partners who have succeeded this past year by embracing this strategy and applying it.
PHOTO: Executives from Cruise Planners, Travel Impressions' Overall Partner of the Year. Pictured left to right: Bryan Coats, Business Development Manager, Travel Impressions; Laura Blanco, Director of Sales, Cruise Planners; Michelle Fee, CEO, Cruise Planners; Jeff Clarke, President & CEO, Travel Impressions. (Courtesy Cruise Planners)
The agent-dedicated operator's 2015 'Partners of the Year' awards honor those companies who best exemplify the level of teamwork and loyalty which have become a hallmark of Travel Impressions' most successful relationships.
Partners of the Year for 2015 include:
· Overall Partner of the Year: Cruise Planners
· National Account Partner of the Year: Travelsavers
· Host Agency Partner of the Year: Nexion
· Northeast Partner of the Year: VIP Vacations
· Southeast Partner of the Year: Travel Planners International
· Central Region Partner of the Year: Shelli's Travel
· Western Region Partner of the Year: Montrose Travel
· AAA Partner of the Year: AAA Northeast
Pictured (left to right): Daren Autry, Manager Leisure Sales, Montrose Travel; Andi McClure-Mysza, Co-President, Montrose Travel; Cindee Crain, Business Development Manager, Travel Impressions; and Melissa Murray, Manager Supplier Relations, Montrose Travel.
"These partners have delivered significant year-over-year growth by taking advantage of the products and services we've designed to help them succeed," said Jeff Clarke, president of Travel Impressions.
"They have demonstrated how partnership with Travel Impressions is a win-win and continue to be great partners with strong forecasts for 2016."
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