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Find a great travel agent (or become one by studying online!)
By: Jake Solochek
Here are some Websites for Roadlovers 09 05 07
These organizations will match you to a travel agent -- we found this information in AARP Magazine Sept. 07
Enselmble Travel Group has 1,100 travel agencies in the US and Canada (866-442-68710) www.ensembletravel.com
Signature Travel Network has nearly 200 members and 300 plus retail sites (800-339-868). You can contact them at the member-owned web site www.signaturetravelnetwork.com.
Virtuoso: More than 6,000 travel specialists around the world (866-401-7974), www.virtuoso.com.
Has all this talk of travel might have spark an interest in you? Would you like to become a travel agent?
Signature Membership InformationSignature Travel Network (formerly Leisure Travel Group) is a member-owned association. www.signaturetravelnetwork.com
Signature Travel NetworkSignature Travel Network.
4640 Admiralty Way, Suite 306
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
(310) 574-0883
In an article at a franchise web site (www.homebasedtrade.com/co_op07/signature.htm), the president of STN, Michelle Morgan, listed ten reasons for joining her organization:
1. Member-owned and Member-controlled.
Signature's corporate structure is a co-operative.
2. Signature's Brand Strategy.
3. Technology — Content-rich, Relevant and Flexible.
4. Delivering the right vacation offer to the right client at the right time.
5. Unique privileges at hotels and resorts worldwide.
6. Special services on the ground when booking international itineraries.
7. An effective cruise and vacation selling system.
8. Training and more training!
Signature offers an in-depth sales, product, destination and technology training program, backed by a state-of-the-art, members-only Intranet.
9. A team of seasoned professionals supporting the network.
10. A comprehensive portfolio of quality travel partners.
If you want to learn how to become an english Language teacher in the growing business of speaking another language, contact FreeEnglishLessons.com, a free web site for links to training programs.
Language Academy in Fort Lauderdale offers a five-part training program for becoming a certificate for teaching. www.languageacademy.com.
A more rigorous program, started by the Royal Society of Arts and called CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) is available at www.celta.org. The program is well-accepted around the world in language schools, since the training is a four-week intensive 160-hour course.
Finally, you can go to school online:
Travel Agent University, Kissimmee-St. Cloud CVB Travel Agent Education Program. www.tauniv.com/edu/continuing.asp
CTC/CTA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Courses qualifying for Continuing Education Units from The Travel Institute (formerly ICTA).
*Program also accredited by The Travel Institute as a CTA or a CTC elective
By JK McCrea
www.Roadlovers.com
www.FreeEnglishLessons.com
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www.ensembletravel.com
Signature Travel Network: www.signature
6,000 travel specialists around the world www.virtuoso.com
ONLINE: CVB Travel Agent Education Program. www.tauniv.com/edu/continuing.asp
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