Travel Agent - September 10, 2007 - (Page 54)

Home-Based Travel Expo Update Sneak Preview of HBTAE A wide range of commissionable opportunities await you on the Home-Based Travel Agent Expo show floor, representing every major segment that will enhance and grow your profitability. Beyond commissionable opportunities, here’s list of organizations to date that will be on hand to provide crucial information and discuss trends. Hotels and Resorts: Blue Waters Antigua, Caribe Royal Orlando/Buena Vista Suites, Castle Hotels & Resorts, Elite Island Resorts, Harrah’s Entertainment, Hooters Casino Hotel, KSL Resorts, MGM Mirage, Nickelodeon Family Suites, Secrets Dreams and Sunscape Resort and Spas, Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, The Villa Group, Tropicana Las Vegas and Vail Resorts. Host Agencies: America’s Host Agency, America’s Vacation Center, CruiseOne Inc., CruiseShipCenters, Joystar, Montrose Travel, Partners In Travel, Travel Planners International, Travelex Insurance Services, Uniglobe Vacation Consultants of America and Valentine Graber & Company. Cruise Partners: Amadeus Waterways, Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Costa Cruise, Holland America Line, MSC Cruises USA, Niche Cruise Marketing Alliance, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises & Cunard, Regent Seven Seas, Royal Caribbean, Uniworld River Cruises, Viking River Cruises and Windjammer Barefoot Cruises. Air travel partners: Air New Zealand, FareBuzz and WestJet. Tour Operators and More Tour Operators: African Sunrise Safaris, ATS Tours & Islands in the Sun, Brendan Worldwide Vacations, Central Holidays, CIE Tours International, Classic Vacations, Collette Vacations, DFW Tours/ Holiday House, Down Under Answers, Globus Family of Brands, Golden Sports Tickets & Tours, GTS Globotours, Happy Vacations, Insight Vacations, Met Global/ HotelPro, MLT Vacations, Newmans South Pacific Vacations, Ocean One Travel Center, Qantas Vacations, Southwest Airlines Vacations and Trafalgar Tours. Destinations: Aruba Tourism Authority, Barbados Tourism Authority, Cayman Islands, Disney Destinations, Florida Keys & Key West, Greater Miami CVB, Grenada Board of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board, Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority, Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp., Orlando & Orange County CVB, Puerto Vallarta CVB and St. Maarten & St. Martin Tourist Board. Other Companies: Access America, Agents Who Excel, Auto Europe, Berkely Agency, Caribbean Tourism Organization, CLIA, CSA Travel Protection, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, First Data ISS, Hewlett Packard, NEST, Passport Online, Quick Coach Lines, Sabre, SATA - South & Central America, Travel Counsellors, Travel Insured International, Travelworks Technologies, TravelSafe Insurance, Trisept Solutions/VAX Vacation Access, Vacation Rentals 4 Agents, Virtuoso and Worldspan. Media Companies, Official Entertainment Partners and Associations: Travel Agent Media Group, Outside Sales Support Network (OSSN), National Association of Commissioned Travel Agent (NACTA), MailPound, Phantom–The Las Vegas Spectacular, Stomp Out Loud, V–The Ultimate Variety Show, Mesmerized, The Rat Pack is Back and The World’s Greatest Magic Show. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to increase your earnings by meeting with these suppliers. To register, visit www. homebasedtravelagentexpo.com. Alicia Evanko, CMP Show Director aevanko@questex.com December 4-6, 2007 • Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino • Las Vegas To register or for more information about exhibiting, visit www.HomeBasedTravelAgentExpo.com 54 TravelAgent September 10, 2007 http://www.homebasedtravelagentexpo.com http://www.homebasedtravelagentexpo.com http://www.HomeBasedTravelAgentExpo.com

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Contents Editor's Letter News You Can Use Agenda: Fam Trips, Calendar of Events, Deal of the Week South America Rising: COVER STORY EUROPE: Undiscovered Croatia PACIFIC/ASIA: Chiang Mai: Hotspot of Northern Thailand LAS VEGAS: Las Vegas’ Inside Man Las Vegas News & Notes Las Vegas: The New Frontier PACIFIC NORTHWEST: A Gem on Oregon’s Central Coast FLORIDA: Hyatt Regency Miami Spruces Up Ensemble Update Agent Outlook: Cruising Today Nantucket Island Resorts Classified Marketplace Home-Based Travel Expo Update Advertisers’ Information People & Places Thailand Planner

Travel Agent - September 10, 2007

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