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Travel Show Industry Conference and Trade Day have
become the can't-miss regional industry event for
travel professionals. Travel professionals can
register for the event at
www.bostonglobetravelshow.com . Registration for
the Friday and Saturday conference, evening trade
reception and to walk the show floor is free.
Attendance at the Friday luncheon is available for
a $10 fee. Seating is limited, so pre-registration
is strongly recommended. Admiral George
Naccara, the Federal Security Director of Boston's
Logan International Airport, will offer the
conference keynote address on Friday. As a
representative of the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, Admiral Naccara will detail some of the
changes inherent in travel security, providing
information on how travel professionals can prepare
their clients for an enhanced, safer travel
experience. Two workshops will offer
accreditation by The Travel
Institute: • Discovering
the Growing Market for Gay & Lesbian Travel,
presented by Ed Salvato, Editor in Chief, The Out
Traveler and Corporate Director of Travel Media for
PlanetOut Inc.; and Jeff Guaracino, VP -
Communications, Greater Philadelphia Tourism
Marketing Corporation, and Author, Gay and Lesbian
Marketing: The Essential Guide for
Marketers. • The Ultimate
Selling Workshop, presented by Scott Koepf, CTC,
MCC, offering specific tools to garner sales and a
personalized process and style to help cultivate
lifetime clients. Additional
workshops and seminars will take place throughout
Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, all designed
to make travel agents more successful at their
jobs. These seminars include: • Caribbean
Travel Updates • Evolving
the Home-Based Agent Market • Finding a
Cruise for Every Customer • Putting a
face to New England Travel • Selling
Resorts & Rooms • Utilizing
Essential Travel Technology • Vacation
Access (VAX) Training Confirmed
panelists include: • William
Alverson, CEO, Joystar Travel
Network • Jeffrey
Anderson, VP - Marketing, America's Vacation
Center • Terri
Burke, Vice President, Norwegian Cruise
Lines • Celebrity
Cruise Line • Jeff Drew
CTC, Senior Vice President of Sales, Oceania
Cruises • Gary Fee,
President, Outside Sales Support
Network • Michael
Ihle, Vice President - Product Development,
Galileo • James
Killen, Director East Coast, Club
Med • Scott
Koepf, General Manager, Nexion /
Jurni • Bob
LaCroix, Sr. Vice President, Trisept
Solution • Mark
Travel / Funjet Vacations • Narciso
Moreno, Northeast Regional Director, Puerto Rico
Tourism Company • Lee
Rosen, President, TRAMS • Aracelys
Sánchez Cruz, Leisure Sales Mgr., Westin Rio
Mar Beach Golf Resort & Spa • Society
of American Travel Writers &endash; Northeast
Chapter • Robert
Weiss, Publisher, Travel New England A complete trade program
is available online at
www.bostonglobetravelshow.com . In addition to the
conferences and workshops, each attending travel
agent will receive a "coupon booklet" with offers
provided by exhibitors, providing valuable
financial incentives for each trip sold by agents
to consumers. Busch
Entertainment, Carnival Cruise Lines, Aruba Tourism
Authority, New Brunswick Tourism and Vacation
Outlet have signed on as premier Travel Show
sponsors. Other industry partners include American
Society of Travel Agents, New England Inns &
Resorts, Africa Travel Association, Canadian
Tourism Commission, Caribbean Tourism Organization,
Pacific Asia Travel Association, United States Tour
Operators Association and PlanetOut,
Inc. About The
Show Established in
2006, the Boston Globe Travel show was created to
bring together the New England travel community and
the New England traveler. The show is open to the
trade exclusively on Friday, March 23, and to the
public on Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25.
More than 200 exhibitors are expected to be in
attendance at the show. For more information about
exhibiting at the 2007 Boston Globe Travel Show,
contact Cyndie Gardner at 203.622.7509 or visit
www.boston.com/travelshow. About The Boston
Globe The Boston Globe is
wholly owned by The New York Times Company (NYSE:
NYT), a leading media company with 2006 revenues of
$3.3 billion. The New York Times Company includes
The New York Times, the International Herald
Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily
newspapers, nine network-affiliated television
stations, two New York City radio stations and 35
Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and
About.com. The Company's core purpose is to enhance
society by creating, collecting and distributing
high-quality news, information and
entertainment. Media
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Boston,
MA, February 1, 2007. The 2007 Boston Globe Travel
Show has announced a full slate of seminars and
conferences designed to help travel professionals
learn from some of the industry's top sales
leaders. More than 30 presenters will offer 10
topical seminars and accredited workshops during
the Travel Industry Conference, which spans Friday,
March 23, and Saturday, March 24, at the Seaport
World Trade Exposition Center in Boston.
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