Quail Lodge Resort & Golf Club in Carmel Valley, California has announced the appointment of Max Schroeder as Director of Sales and Marketing. Schroeder will play a key role in re-launching the 93-room resort, which will reopen on March 26, 2013, following a $28-million-dollar top-to-bottom rejuvenation. “Max’s extensive background working with prestigious hotel companies makes …
Vacationers visiting the new CaribbeanTravel.com website will soon be able to register to win a free Caribbean vacation per month, plus be eligible for the Grand Prize one-week “Caribbean Vacation of the Lifetime” at the conclusion of the year-long promotion. The website provides a central place to experience the Caribbean region featuring 33 destinations, hundreds …
Terry Dale, president of the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) has announced the recent appointment of Peggy Murphy as vice president. A seven-year veteran of USTOA, Murphy previously held the position of director of operations, responsible for overseeing association operations including financial administration; annual conference organization and execution; and liaising with the membership committees. …
Travel + Leisure has announced that Julia Douglas of Jet Set World Travel in Chicago and David Lowy of Renshaw Travel in Vancouver, British Columbia have been named to its prestigious Travel Agent Advisory Board (TAAB). The Travel + Leisure TAAB brings top agents into an ongoing dialogue with Travel + Leisure to provide insights …
In a move that will form one of the largest and most integrated travel marketing firms in the world, MMG Worldwide and Ypartnership announced today that the companies are merging in a transaction that will form a new company called MMGY Global. “We are taking the unrivaled research and strategic planning components of Ypartnership and …
Tours and packages by IsramWorld’s LATOUR and ESCAPADE VACATIONS subsidiaries are now “Virtuoso Preferred,” it was announced today by A. Ady Gelber, IsramWorld owner and CEO. “This means that five of our product lines are now “Virtuoso Preferred,” says Gelber, “with the newly approved brands joining ISRAM’s Israel and Middle East, EUROPETOO’s Central Europe and …
Once again, Caravan-Serai Tours owner by Rita Zawaideh has received the prestigious honor of being named Top Travel Specialist from Conde Nast Traveler magazine. 2011 marks the ninth consecutive year in which Rita has received this recognition. In an annual survey of travel specialists, the magazine lists “The Top Travel Specialists” developed after exhaustive interviews, …