Travel Agent just hosted a roundtable on reaching out to Millennial travelers. In attendance were Bernadette Sperrazza, an advisor at The World Awaits Travel; Dane Steele Green, president of Steele Luxury Travel; Carole-Anne Hughs Wood, co-founder and global director of partnerships for Young Travel Professionals (YTP); Marisa Costa, director of NEXT, a division of Tzell and Protravel; Marley Gibbons, lead travel advisor at Skylark Travel Group, an affiliate of Ovation Travel Group; Ryan Doncsecz, group manager at VIP Vacations, Inc.; Blaine Horton, manager of leisure travel at The Accomplished Traveler; Robert Morgenroth, business development manager at R. A. Travel, Inc.; Justin Lindblad, owner, Willing Foot; Aurlelio Giordano, owner and travel agent, Ace World Travel; and Ali Gerakaris of Apple Vacations. Travel Agent's Senior Editor Joe Pike hosted the discussion.
In our excerpt above, the agents discussed what destinations are hot with Millennial travelers, as well as how river cruise lines are appealing to this demographic. Stay tuned to www.travelagentcentral.com and a future issue of Travel Agent magazine for more insights from the roundtable.