October 2005

In this issue...

OSSN Home
Destination: Firenze
by James Langford
President's Message
by Gary Fee
Diary of a Luxury Travel Agent
by Anita Balamane
What do these Initials Mean
by Penney Rudicil
Tour & Cruise Heads for Tampa
by Martin Deutsch
Managing your Travel Business
by John Hawkes
Travel Selling 101 / Selling Cruises
by John Hawkes
Travel Niches: Grandtravel
by John Hawkes
The Top Three Reasons for Choosing a Travel Agent
by Gary Sain
TravelSafe’s OSSN Direct
by Melody Fee
Fams & Seminars

CHAPTER CHATS

Oregon
New Jersey
Cruise



Chapter Chats

New Jersey Chapter

Frank Hryszkanich organized a mini trade show for his chapter in New Jersey. As these photos show, he had a packed house, with many leading vendors (from global tour companies to TravelSafe insurance)!

Oregon Chapter


P.J. Ott from Oregon(center) takes the cake with supporters
from St. Lucia and Dreamy Weddings & Tours at a recent meeting.


One lucky agent left with the raffle prize: bride-and-groom bumblebees!

Cruise360


OSSN President Gary Fee (pictured, standing) led a packed room of agents through
his seminar at the inaugural Cruise360 trade show in Fort Lauderdale.


Agents gathered at the entrance of the trade show floor at the CLIA show,
which attracted more than 1,200 attendees in late September.

Oregon and Utah at NEST


(l to r) Lisa Maddux (OSSN's Utah director), Stuart Cohen (senior vice president of the NEST home-based agents consortium), and P.J. Ott (OSSN's Oregon director) discuss sales and revenue opportunities during the NEST reception at the recent Home Based Agent Show in Baltimore.

Home Based Agent Show in Baltimore


Almost 20 OSSN directors and staff members swapped ideas and talked shop during the Home Based Agent Show in Baltimore in late September. They judged the show a huge success, with more than 1,300 agents and several hundred suppliers in attendance.

 

 


OSSN Home  |  Firenze  |  President's Message  |  Diary of a Luxury Travel Agent
What do these Initials Mean  |  Tour & Cruise Heads for Tampa  |  Managing your Travel Business
Travel Selling 101 / Selling Cruises  |  Travel Niches: Grandtravel  |  Chapter Chats
The Top Three Reasons for Choosing a Travel Agent  |  TravelSafe’s OSSN Direct  |  Fams & Seminars