Monday

Webinar series introducing Tauck

Join us for a weekly webinar series introducing Tauck with Peter Tauck

As part of our new partnership, Tauck and Vacation.com have scheduled a weekly Webinar series with Peter Tauck! Peter will introduce you to each of the Tauck brands and enlighten you on the unique features that will help you target new customers and sell. Please read the descriptions below and register for one or more of the webinars.

Special incentive just for Vacation.com members:  Introduce 1 new client to each of Tauck's product lines and earn an extra $2000 in BONUS COMMISSION!

November 30 at 4pm EST – Click here to register
Tauck’s Classic Land Tours! Join Peter Tauck and learn about Tauck World Discovery — Tauck’s classic guided land tours. These inclusive, life-enriching tours cover USA & Canada, the “Yellow Roads of Europe,” as well as Tauck’s exotic journeys to Asia, India, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand. Find out how to make more money by selling the most inspiring destination experiences available.

December 7 at 4pm EST – Click here to register
Tauck’s Niche Cruise & Tour Offerings: Join Peter Tauck and learn about Tauck’s broad offering of travel options, targeting every life stage and travel preference of upscale world travelers. Tauck Cruising includes Small Ship Cruising and European River Cruising. Our Tauck Bridges is the leading guided for family adventures, and the newest member of the Tauck’s family —Tauck Culturious —takes smaller groups of active, inquisitive travelers to the most memorable destinations in the world. Are you Curious, join Peter and find out more.

Do it now

W. Clement Stone began as a shoeshine boy and became a multimillionaire. He credits his success to three words: Do It Now. He required everyone who worked for him to write those words on index cards and post them in their work area.

Free Cruising Training

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Below is an opportunity for you to attend a webinar by Regional Trainer from Celebrity Cruises .  CruisingPower.com - CruiseMatch 2.0 - November 30 at 1:00 PM Eastern

https://CELANDAZWEBINAR.skilldialogue.com/brands/WDG/WDG_WebInterpoint/join.asp?schedID=67473&sTopic=CruisingPower+functions&sDateTime=%201%3A0%3A0%20PM

Tuesday

Free Facebook advertising

American Express is also giving $100 of free Facebook advertising to 10,000 business owners.

Small Business Saturday is a national movement to help small business do more business. Your clients can get a $25 credit and your agency can get free online advertising.

According to Donna Flora, Vice President, American Express Travel Industry Relations, the business travel community of agencies and tour operators are ideally positioned to take advantage of the opportunities Small Business Saturday offers to them, their clients and potential clients. “By spreading the word about Small Business Saturday”, Ms. Flora says, “we can help raise awareness about the critical role small travel companies play in the overall economy - and help drive business to them at a time when the travel industry needs support the most.”

American Express is launching campaigns on Facebook and Twitter where you and your clients can participate in many ways, including:

American Express is giving a $25 statement credit1 to 100,000 Cardmembers who register their Card and use it to shop on Small Business Saturday at any locally-owned, independent small businesses that accepts American Express.

American Express is also giving $100 of free Facebook advertising2 to 10,000 business owners who sign up at facebook.com/smallbusinesssaturday to help build online buzz and drive customers to shop at their businesses on Small Business Saturday. By simply entering a few pieces of information and clicking a button, these business owners can create a personalized, geo-targeted ad that will run on Facebook leading up to November 27th. Facebook has donated $500,000 in Facebook credits for these small business owners to use in the future.

Learn more at facebook.com/smallbusinesssaturday.

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Wednesday

Get Away with SuperClubs Resorts & Spas - The World's Favorite Super-Inclusive® Resorts Learn more

Escape to the exciting world of the SuperClubs Collection of Resorts & Spas in the Caribbean with Bob Ford, Senior Director of Wholesale Sales. SuperClubs' fabulous Caribbean resorts include Breezes, Hedonism, SuperFun Beach, and Rooms Resorts & Spas where guests enjoy the world's finest beaches, the most comfortable accommodations, unsurpassed gourmet dining, and pro-quality golf and tennis facilities.

Lance Parrish, Hotel Manager of the SuperFun Beach Resort & Spa, will join this event to give you first-hand sights and sounds of this fun new property.

In this event, you will take an in-depth look at the following topics:

Check out Jamaica's newest fun capital at the SuperFun Beach Resort & Spa in Runaway Bay, Jamaica.

Get up-to-date on Breezes Resorts & Spas Resorts throughout the Caribbean and Latin America and learn about the exciting features awaiting your clients.

Check out our super "Dream Wedding" packages available for your destination wedding clients at SuperClubs.

Be rewarded for all your bookings to the SuperClubs Collection of Resorts & Spas with their Ca$h Online Program - learn how to redeem all your bookings today!

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Tuesday

CLIA 5 Day Agent Training Course

CLIA'S cruise3sixty will be held April 14th – 17th at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale. This will mark the 7th Annual event and cruise3sixty's return to its Homeport after a successful 2010 gathering in Vancouver, BC.


For five days – Thursday through Monday, twenty cruise ships, including the world's biggest and newest, will welcome delegates on ship inspections in Fort Lauderdale and Miami.

Among the vessels open to delegates will be Royal Caribbean International's Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas, the two largest; Norwegian Cruise Line's new Epic, the third largest cruise ship in the world; five of Carnival Cruise Line's most popular ships, including Carnival Liberty, Valor, Destiny, Glory and Imagination; the MSC Poesia; three Celebrity Cruises vessels, including Celebrity Eclipse and Solstice; Holland America Line's Noordam and others.

For additional information and to register for this soon-to-be-sold out event please visit:
http://www.cruise3sixty.com/

Monday

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment is a unique collection of 10 parks throughout the country. This 9-chapter course takes you into the wondrous worlds of these parks, where you can discover why they are among the most beautiful and best-known family-oriented theme parks in the world.


These parks provide clients with authentic, inspiring “real world” experiences with up-close exotic animal encounters, the best roller coasters and thrill rides and the most innovative and exciting shows and attractions.

Graduate Benefits
• SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Specialist diploma (immediately downloadable upon graduation)

• Five CEUs credited to Travel Institute’s certification program for agents who are CTAs or CTCs. Go to www.thetravelinstitute.com for details on the

Institutes’ certification program, eligibility for continuing education units and how to receive these units following graduation.

• Six CITC credits for Canadian Institute of Travel Counsellors program

• Two free tickets to one of our theme parks*

Copy and past URL
http://www.travelagentacademy.com/Course.aspx?f=wod2&p=index.html

Friday

Luxury Travel Expo

As a travel professional with live customer interactions on a daily basis, your brand is based on your personal image and how you come across to clients. People make decisions about you in as little as three seconds. They read your signals and decide in a blink to trust you, listen to you, or read anything on your website.


Learn how to make a powerful "iBrand" during Luxury Travel Expo and apply today to be chosen as one of the two lucky travel agents that will receive a "iBrand" makeover on Thursday, December 8 during the general session. The deadline to apply is November 15th and you must be a registered attendee of Luxury Travel Expo to be considered eligible for the iBrand makeover.

Still need to register? Register for Luxury Travel Expo at http://www.luxurytravelexpo.com/ in November to qualify for the November Grand VIP prize courtesy of AMAWaterway. Plus, American Express Card holders will receive an additional 10 percent discount when they use an American Express Card. Learn more about the prize program here.

Book your hotel stay today! Reserve your stay with our housing bureau by November 17th to take advantage of the reduced rate of $109 per night at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino. All reservations include a complimentary resort fee (valued at $60), a $25 resort credit, two-for-one tickets to Disney’s The Lion King and complimentary access to the invitation-only Foundation Room at House of Blues. Don’t miss your chance to save, book your stay now.

Learn how to become a travel agent and open your on online travel agency.
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