Signature Wraps Sales Meeting With 60th Anniversary Kickoff

Alex Sharpe, president and CEO, Signature Travel Network
Alex Sharpe, president and CEO, Signature Travel Network

Signature Travel Network has concluded its annual Sales Meeting & Trade Show. At the event's closing lunch, Signature announced that 2016 will be a full year of celebration in honor of the network’s 60th Anniversary.

Incorporated in 1956, Leisure Tours, Inc. began as a small southern California co-operative. Leisure Tours became Leisure Travel Group in 1996 and $1 billion in annual sales by 2000. The goal of $1 billion annual sales was accomplished in 2000. Leisure Travel Group was re-branded as Signature Travel Network in 2004 and an office was opened in New York City. By 2006 annual sales had doubled to $2 billion. Sales had doubled again to $4 billion by 2009, and steady growth continued at the rate of $500,000 annually to total $7 billion in annual sales in 2015. In the past twenty-five years, Signature Travel Network has grown five times over, now including 202 member agencies with 447 retail locations in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and New Zealand.  

The organization also shared some photos from this year's event:

Alex Sharpe, president and CEO, Signature Travel Network; Char Berger; Erin Marsh; Don Berger, CruisingCo.com
Alex Sharpe, president and CEO, Signature Travel Network; Char Berger; Erin Marsh; Don Berger, CruisingCo.com
Michael Hannan, San Marin Travel receiving service award from Eric Maryanov, CTC, All-Travel; Alex Sharpe, president and CEO, Signature Travel Network
Michael Hannan, San Marin Travel receiving service award from Eric Maryanov, CTC, All-Travel; Alex Sharpe, president and CEO, Signature Travel Network
Erik Wahl, keynote speaker
Erik Wahl, keynote speaker
Tim Smith, president, San Diego Travel Group, Recipient of the Michelle Morgan Leadership Award for 2015
Tim Smith, president, San Diego Travel Group, Recipient of the Michelle Morgan Leadership Award for 2015
Bruce Poon Tip, founder, G Adventures, keynote speaker
Bruce Poon Tip, founder, G Adventures, keynote speaker
Ini Mucunabitu, Tourism Fiji; Amy Rubinsohn, Rubinsohn Travel; Debbie Zatarain, Cruise Vacations of Orange County
Ini Mucunabitu, Tourism Fiji; Amy Rubinsohn, Rubinsohn Travel; Debbie Zatarain, Cruise Vacations of Orange County
Brent Jenson, Morris Murdock Travel; Ryan Hansen, Bon Voyage Travel; Ivette Pimentel, Celebrity Cruises; Marc Kazlauskas, FROSCH
Brent Jenson, Morris Murdock Travel; Ryan Hansen, Bon Voyage Travel; Ivette Pimentel, Celebrity Cruises; Marc Kazlauskas, FROSCH
After hours party at Rivea (Skyfall Lounge)
After hours party at Rivea (Skyfall Lounge)
Ignacio Maza, executive vice president; Karryn Christopher, senior vice president, sales and marketing; Karen Yeates, executive vice president, information technologies; Alex Sharpe, president and CEO, Signature Travel Network
Ignacio Maza, executive vice president; Karryn Christopher, senior vice president, sales and marketing; Karen Yeates, executive vice president, information technologies; Alex Sharpe, president and CEO, Signature Travel Network

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