Networking, good times and the opportunity to celebrate the year’s successes: top-producing home-based agents from two of Canada’s best-known host agencies, TPI and TravelOnly, got all this and more on recent cruises with AmaWaterways.
On TPI’s fourth annual Chairman’s Circle trip, 15 of TPI’s top producing agents sailed the serene waters of Vietnam and Cambodia for an AmaWaterways cruise on the Mekong River.
Hosted by TPI CEO and President, Morris Chia, the trip rewarded the exceptional performance of the invited agents and allowed them to experience AmaWaterways – one of TPI’s preferred suppliers – first-hand. The seven-night river cruise aboard the AmaDara, sailing the ‘Vietnam, Cambodia, & the Riches of the Mekong’ itinerary, was part of an all-expenses paid trip for the agents.
The cruise started in Ho Chi Minh City and then it was on to Phnom Penh and further up the Mekong and beyond to the renowned Angkor temples including Angkor Wat. Next year’s Chairman’s Circle trip will be a cruise with Crystal Cruises, said Chia.
TravelOnly’s President’s Club at Juno Beach
TravelOnly’s President’s Club onboard AmaLyra
Chia said it was “truly my honour to have hosted our top achievers for this once-in-a-lifetime voyage as we recognize their commitment to success.”
The TPI Chairman’s Circle trip is part of TPI’s larger Velocity travel advisor recognition program and recognizes the successes of TPI’s highest-producing travel advisors.
TravelOnly’s top producers were also feted with a cruise, with members of TravelOnly’s President’s Club sailing the beautiful Seine in France aboard AmaWaterways’ AmaLyra. There were stops in Paris, Vernon, Caudbec-en-caux, Rouen, Les Andelys and Conflans, with a special reading of ‘In Flanders Fields’ on Juno Beach.
Although the President’s Club trip started as a reward for top performers, “over the years it has evolved into something much more”, allowing members to collaborate on their business strategies, challenges and opportunities, including ways they can work with suppliers to provide the best possible experiences for their clients, said TravelOnly President Gregory Luciani.
Preferred partners including Celebrity Cruises, Sunwing Vacations, NCL and TravelBrands joined the team onboard to share their expertise.
“A trip of a lifetime,” was how President’s Club member Karen Gill described her experience, adding that seeing Juno Beach was “literally life changing”.
Luciani says The President’s Club trip also serves as a great motivator for up-and-coming TravelOnly Associates who look to this group for mentorship and advice as they grow their businesses. “After only a few hours back on home soil, many were posting about their experiences, newly inspired to reach this pinnacle of success once more in 2017.”
Luciani gave his congratulations to the entire President’s Club: Dashnor Hasku, Bujar Zejnullahu, Brian Kendrick, Barbara Scrocco and Robert Rizzo, Pat Probert and Mary de Almeida, Karen Gill, Anie Chevrier-Huot, Kevin Visser, Holly McBean and Pauline Blacoe.
