OASIS Travel Network (OTN) celebrated its 10th annual conference and retreat from December 5 -7 at the Hilton Lake Las Vegas Resort and Spa. With the theme "Relax. Refresh. Reconnect," the event offered travel advisors and suppliers educational sessions, networking opportunities and the chance to learn what’s on the horizon for the host agency in 2020. The conference included Office Hours, which allowed OTN members time for in-depth discussions with supplier partners.
During this year’s conference, attending travel advisors had the opportunity to learn first-hand from suppliers about best practices for marketing products to their customers. The company also announced a few updates of its own, including a new business development program to help new-to-the-industry advisors and recently new advisors jump start their travel business. In addition to seminars, OASIS Travel Network hosted raffles offering free cruises and trips to Norway, Europe, the Caribbean and more. Thanks to the dedicated efforts of the network advisors, $1,400 was raised during the span of the event benefiting the Tyler Robinson Foundation. The non-profit charity organization is dedicated to helping families both financially and emotionally as they cope with a pediatric cancer diagnosis.
The conference culminated with an awards ceremony honoring leading suppliers, agents, and Chairman’s Club producers – a top goal for many independent agents within the host agency. Delta Vacations and NCL were named supplier partners of the year in the cruise and land categories, respectively. Rising Stars of the Year were awarded to Ed Tenuto and Shelly Riedemann. The new Above and Beyond award this year went to Richard Hickey and Emerald Waterways for delivering first-class customer service. The Chairman’s Club top 10 producers were announced. As the top producers for 2019, this group will receive an invitation to cruise Croatia in May 2020 aboard a chartered yacht.
The eleventh annual OASIS Travel Network conference will be held November 2-5, 2020, at the new Le Meridien in Fort Lauderdale. The event will be followed by an opportunity for those attending to sail Celebrity Cruises' new Celebrity Apex November 5-7.
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