Travel Agent - August 20, 2007 - (Page 48)

People & Places 1 2 3 4 5 1. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino hosted the annual Delta Air Lines’ Leisure Sales Team meeting in July. The attendees participated in a variety of sightseeing tours and events, including a dinner cruise on Lake Mead. 2. On July 26, the Bay County Chamber of Commerce and Panama City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new Serenity Spa at the Bay Point Marriott resort in Panama City Beach, FL (left to right): Erin Johnston, spa director for Bay Point Marriott; Lisa Burwell, president for Cornerstone Marketing & Advertising; Randy Whiteside, VP of sales and marketing for Bay Point Marriott; Madra McDonald, PR director for Cornerstone. 3. Sir Rocco Forte pops in to help Harriet Carribick from Reed & Mackay to fill out her form marking the official launch of Rocco Forte’s Code Change Competition. 4. David J. Sargent has been named the senior vice president of sales and marketing for the Orlando/Orange County Convention Visitors Bureau, Inc. 5. At the Appleton Rum Factory on the south coast of Jamaica during a recent Island Outpost fam (back row, left to right): Rosalena Huarcaya, Carfree Vacations; Patty Reeder-Shackeroff, Beachside Travel; Chris DeRose, First Travel of California; Gary Francesconi, Travel Store; Carla Feliciano, First Tee Promotions; (front row, left to right): Sissy Alexander, Timely Travel; Geraldine Harvey, League Marketing; Rick Lozano, Air Jamaica. E-mail photos of agents out and about in the industry for consideration to dbutcher@questex.com (300 dpi) or send to Travel Agent magazine, attn: Daniel Butcher, 757 Third Ave., 5th floor, New York, NY 10017. Photos must have captions to be considered. TRAVEL AGENT (ISSN 1053-9360) is published weekly, with the exception of December, where 3 issues will be combined (51 issues yearly) by Questex Media Group, Inc., 306 West Michigan St., Suite 200, Duluth, MN 55802. Subscription rates: $250 for one year in the United States; $350 for one year in Canada and Mexico; all other countries $350 for one year. Single copies (prepaid only): $4.95 in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and in all other countries. For air-expedited service, include an additional $75 per order annually. Include $6.50 per order plus $2 per additional copy for U.S. postage and handling. For current single copy or back issues on CD-rom, call 866-344-1315. Outside the US, please phone 615-377-3322. Periodicals postage paid at Duluth MN 55806 and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to TRAVEL AGENT, P.O. Box 5066, Brentwood, TN 37024-5066. Canadian G.S.T. number: 840033278RT0001. Publications Mail Agreement Number 40017597. Printed in the U.S.A. Copyright 2007 Questex Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including by photocopy, recording, or information storage and retrieval without permission in writing from the publisher, Questex Media Group, Inc. Authorization to photocopy items for internal/educational or personal use, or the internal/educational or personal use of specific clients is granted by Questex Media Group, Inc. for libraries and other users registered with the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Dr., Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400 fax 978-750-4470. For those not registered with the CCC, send permissions request to: questexpermissions@reprintbuyer.com or 800-494-9051, Ext 100.

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Contents Editor's Letter News You Can Use Agenda: Fam Trips, Calendar of Events, Deal of the Week Cover Story: Hot Cruise Ports: 2008 and Beyond Central & South America: Costa Rica’s New Resort Europe: Heathrow Upgrades Hawaii: Grand Wailea Resort Hotel and Spa Caribbean: Westin’s Plans in the D.R. Still on Track Africa: Pacific Delight Tours’ South Africa Itinerary Hotels: West Virginia Icon Gets Makeover Tech Advisor: Search Engine Optimization 101 Spa Luxury Travel Expo Update Advertisers’ Information Classified Marketplace People & Places

Travel Agent - August 20, 2007

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