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Post Halloween Treats – Mind Candy for Vacay

Greetings!  Are you in a post-Halloween candy haze? I wanted to share a few post-Halloween treats with you – in the form of some mind candy to help plan your next vacay! – – Are you thinking about your next vacation? I can help orchestrate that dream. And make it a reality! – – I’ve […]

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Power of Virtuoso Connections – VIPing Clients

Three hundred and twenty eight 4-minute “speed dating”sessions.  Plus a bevy of 10 minutes sales calls, cocktail parties, dinners, and presentations.   That’s what I squeezed into my sophomore year at Virtuoso Travel Week this year (formerly called Travel Mart). But it was more than just ticking appointments off a spreadsheet, and schmoozing with my

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Riffing Seth Godin: Soapboxes + Microphones

I read an interesting blog today by marketer Seth Godin. He wrote about creative differences, and exposing yourself to diversity. But in his “the soapbox and the city”  blog, he wrote a line that resonated with me. (See http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2012/09/the-soapbox-and-the-city.html, and sign up for Seth’s blog – he has some interesting things to say.) Seth wrote, “Everyone

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Virtuoso Week – Luxury Travel is Back!

Peter Greenburg came to Vegas for CBS This Morning to cover Virtuoso’s Travel Week. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgWo7xGM2FA&feature=youtu.be As he reports, some might write off travel in these days of questionable job numbers and rising gas prices. But the numbers say otherwise. Peter noted that this is one of the largest, most prestigious gatherings of the travel industry, taking place

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The World is VAST (Virtuoso Active & Speciality Travel)

I just returned from Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas. Mind, blown. Ideas, exploded. Contacts, enriched.   The week started with a full day of VAST globe-trotting.  VAST is an acronym for Virtuoso Active & Speciality Travel suppliers. The globe-trotting day was set up for Virtuoso travel advisors to sample the best of what 38

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Name & Game Changer: Virtuoso Travel Week

Virtuoso’s biggest annual event – Travel Mart – has been changed this year to Virtuoso Travel Week. I’m excited!  This will be my second time going to Virtuoso’s Travel Week (formerly called Travel Mart).  The name change represents the game change in my career too. Last year was eye opening for me. Thousands of travel advisors

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