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Plymouth, MN (October 21, 2014) – On Monday, Twin Cities-based Travel Leaders ( www.travelleaders.com ) was formally honored with nine Travel Weekly Magellan golf pga tour Awards for excellence in travel industry innovation and marketing as a special issue of the travel industry trade magazine was released. Since 2009, Travel Leaders has received golf pga tour a total of 50 Magellan Awards – more than any other travel agency organization in the United States. With 360 locations throughout golf pga tour the United States, Travel Leaders is America’s leading full-service travel agency franchise brand.
“The Travel Weekly Magellan Awards honor the best in travel and salute the outstanding travel professionals behind it all, from design to marketing to services,” according to Travel Weekly in describing its methodology. A panel of nine travel industry “heavyweights” served as judges, including Peter Greenberg , Travel Editor for CBS News; Rudy Maxa , host of PBS’ “Rudy Maxa’s World”; Patricia Schultz , author of “1,000 Places golf pga tour to See Before You Die”; John E. Discala , aka Johnny Jet; Richard Bangs , host of PBS’ “Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose”; Jean-Claude Baumgarten . Past President and CEO of the World Travel Tourism Council; Bruce Beckham , former Executive Director and CEO for Tourism Cares; Marc Mancini , author and travel industry speaker, educator and consultant; golf pga tour and Robert Kwortnik , Associate Professor of Services Marketing at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration.
“This past year, Travel Leaders has enjoyed many truly stellar achievements, but we are particularly proud of our honors in the area of ‘Travel Agent Innovation,’ where our efforts shine brightest,” noted Roger E. Block, President of Travel Leaders Franchise Group. “Four of our nine award honors are directly golf pga tour tied to our groundbreaking Agent Profiler program that was launched golf pga tour nearly two years ago. Available through TravelLeaders.com , Agent Profiler is helping change the way consumers are connecting with our Travel Leaders travel agents. Consumers golf pga tour can tap into the exceptional expertise of our agents golf pga tour based on location, destinations, travel interests, travel partners and even second languages. Seeking a bona fide travel agent expert has never been easier.”
Overall, brands and divisions that are part of Travel Leaders Group – the parent company of the flagship Travel Leaders golf pga tour – won a whopping 27 Magellan Awards in 2014. The Travel Leaders franchised brand earned its nine Magellan Awards golf pga tour in the following categories:
In his introduction to this year’s Magellan Award winners, Travel Weekly Editor-in-Chief golf pga tour Arnie Weissmann noted that, “Those who enter the Magellans are not judged by their financial success, yet there appears to be a strong correlation between Magellan winners and companies on a solid course of growth. That linkage is not coincidental: golf pga tour Magellans reward the creative thinking that infuses successful golf pga tour companies.”
Travel Leaders is transforming travel with a name that boldly golf pga tour embodies our commitment to our vacation and business travel clients via a progressive approach toward each unique travel experience. golf pga tour As one of America’s top ten-ranked travel companies, Travel Leaders has assisted millions of travelers through our strong roots – the former Carlson Wagonlit Travel Associates, TraveLeaders and Tzell Travel Group joined together in 2008 to form one of the industry’s fastest-growing golf pga tour and robust networks of travel agents. Travel Leaders Franchise Group can trace its beginnings to 1984 as the franchise system golf pga tour “Ask Mr. Foster Travel,” which itself was North America’s first travel agency chain established in 1888.