Luxury Travel Network Launches TripPro at Conference

travel agentWhile the Luxury Travel Network (LTN) remains a small boutique host agency, its annual fall convention has continued to grow in both attendees and number of supplier participants, the agency reports.

This year's conference -the fourth -  included 110 participants and 28 suppliers. The five-day combination land/sea meeting was held November 29 - December 3, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and subsequently onboard the inaugural sailing of the new Celebrity Reflection

With a theme of “The Difference is You!”, the LTN leaders encouraged the luxury travel affiliates to participate in the full range of educational workshops, networking sessions and best practice roundtables offered at the conference to help build and grow their businesses.  

The luxury advisors were able to meet with each luxury travel supplier via six-minute sessions, hear tips and tricks from an Advisory Panel, and learn how to create or fine-tune their marketing program for 2013, LTN says.

LTN also recognized member agents for their achievements, including: 

Outstanding Sales Achievement - Walter Nauyoks, Miami, FL (Achieved highest year-over-year sales growth in the Luxury Travel Network)

The Globe Award - Alina Barcia, Miami, FL (Championed new Luxury Travel Network tools and technology and participated in the most Luxury Travel Network training and educational opportunities including Annual Convention, seminars and trainings)

Top Single Supplier Sales - Deirdre Irlam, San Juan Capistrano, CA (Achieved the highest sales for Cunard Cruise Line)

Top Overall Sales - Gigi Llorente, Miami, FL (Achieved highest overall sales in the Luxury Travel Network)

Virtuoso Engagement Excellence Award - Linda Lindgren, Tampa, FL (Honors the most engaged learner/user of Virtuoso sales tools) 

 LTN's also introduced new initiatives at the conference, including:

A TripPro domestic online booking tool now available to the luxury travel affiliates featuring the easy-to-use flight search and comprehensive flight results taken directly from Sabre.

A Customer Experience Program is currently being rolled out to the Luxury Travel Network advisors. The program features customizable triggered emails that can be sent on behalf of the independent luxury advisors through the company’s proprietary technology system CruiseWeb to keep in touch with their clients throughout their travel experience.

The new Virtuoso Travel Folio which assist the luxury advisors with their marketing efforts by selecting several trip itineraries and comparing them side-by-side with the ability to share it with their clients via email or Facebook. 

A new global hotel program featuring 20,000 hotels worldwide.

Tom Baumann, president of Luxury Travel Network, commented, “The face time each luxury advisor enjoyed with our preferred luxury suppliers was invaluable in helping them increase their product knowledge, along with their sales and profits."  

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