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Archive for April, 2007

This was a busy week:
Thursday and Friday: Home Based Travel Agent Show.
Saturday: Vegas cvb at the Atlanta Steeplechase.

This was the first Travel Technology forum for the travel industry, so I had to make this one. I was pretty impressed to say the least. Some of the topics included hardware, processing (credit cards) and database software. I thought most of the agents would use a supplier, but with those I talked to, were in in the industry 12 plus years and well established used their own bank, processor, and dealt directly with suppliers.

Another forum the next day was Weddings & Romantic Getaways. This was headed up by some online suppliers specializing in weddings services (not locations).

There was a another forum dealing with Spa & Golf Getaways, but did not have the time to make it.

Saturday was tough after about 4 hours sleep I picked up a travel friend and headed out to Rome Georgia for the Atlanta Steeplechase. This was a blast ! I couldn’t believe all the tents and spectators. There must have been 30 companies there. I was a guest of The Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority. Marla & Glenda did a great job .. Thanks for having me.

I was really impressed how the Steeplechase has grown. I took some pics and added a Flickr Group.

Glenda Damian, CMP
Las Vegas
Convention Sales
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority
3150 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702 892-0711
www.VisitLasVegas.com
www.lvcvc.com

Marla Laughlin
Sales Executive Convention Sales
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority
3150 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702 892-0711
www.VisitLasVegas.com
www.lvcvc.com

Kelly Fontenelle
Regional Marketing Manager
St. Lucia Tourist board
404 762-5738
800 456-3984

www.stlucia.org

Still using Brian´s Revolution Theme. The big change is the header, added an image from Occidental Grand in Cozumel and changed the background color to a greenish blue, something easy on the eyes. Also added a Event Calendar plugin to follow up-coming events.

The original design and back bone comes from Brian Gardner´s Revolution template theme. I picked this design and layout because it is w3c compliant, the design is ahead of it’s time and I want to know more about how WordPress works under the hood. Yes I could create this design myself, but I cut the design time to a 10th, and I want to learn more about WordPress.

Some of the changes to site:

• September 23, 2007 Added random images to the front page using php and css. There are only 3 images now, but it will be easy to add more.
• The Revolution theme was loaded in Late August 2007.

Lucia Rosario
Director of Sales
The Villas at Palmas
270 Harbour Drive, Suite 2
Humacao, Puerto Rico 00791
939 645-0916
800 815-7391 /45
www.villasatpalmas.com

Diana Soto
Director of Transient Sales
The Ritz-Carlton
6961 Avenue of the Governors
Isla Verde, Carolina Puerto Rico 00979
787 253-1700
www.ritzcarlton.com

Amarilis Cruz
Sales Manager
Embassy Suites Hotel
201 Dorado del Mar Boulevard
Dorado Puerto Rico 00646
787 796-6125 /3075
www.embassysuites.com

Carla E. Martinez
Sales Coordinator
Sun Village Resort & Spa
1 Paradise Drive
Cofresi Beach, Puerto Plata
Dominican Republic
809 970-3364 /35074
888 446-04695
www.sunvillageresorts.com

Urban G. Cumberbatch
Senior Business Development Manager
Barbados Tourism Authority
150 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1000
Carol Gables FL 33134
800 221-9831
www.visitbarbados.org

Brian A.M.Green
Business Development Manager

Just came back from the first part of the Bausch & Lomb Tennis championships on Amelia Island. I must have taken close to 500 pics. Most of those are multiple shots per second of serves. Also started a Flickr Group for Bausch & Lomb to post some of those.

I saw Venus Williams for the first night game and during the day I sat in for a match with Petrova seated #1, on the last day I was there.

When you come early to a large tournament it’s easy to move around between matches. And everyone was pretty good about waiting until players changed sides.

Hotspots
Found 2 free wifi hotspots on Amelia Island; Seattle’s Best on Centre Street is a big gathering spot for locals before the day begins. And Latitude’s, out in Yulee by Home Depot, I usually hit this coffee shop early in the am when leaving to head home.

Social Sites
I’ve started adding my sites to some social communities and social bookmarks and in a very short time starting to see a good increase in viewers.

Added a little Flickr widget on to the lower right column.

It looks like most of this coming week I’ll be loading pics up to Flickr.

Tanya Mann
Travel Manager
Dillard’s Travel
North Point Mall
7000 North Point Circle
Alpharetta Ga 30022
770 410-9999
www.dillardtravel.com

Candace Mancuso
Travel Consultant
Williamsburg Travel
570 West Crossville Road
Suite 102
Roswell, GA 30075
770 650-5515
Williamsburg Travel

Mary Jane Bills
Vice President
Sprayberry Travel
2440 Sandy Plans Road Building 15
Marietta Ga 30066
770 977-0783
www.sprayberrytravel.com

Jackie Schutt, DS
Travel Consultant
Sprayberry Travel

Jerry Iler
Iler Travel Destinations
2819 Dallas Street
Kennesaw Ga 30144
770 425-8747
www.ilertravel.com

Michelle Shofstahl
Bryant & Garrett Travel
834 Turner McCall Blvd.
Rome Ga 30161
706 291-7041
www.bryantgarrett.com

Bee M. Vermeersch
Vacation Specialist
Sprayberry Travel

Wendy Armentrout, DS
Travel Consultant
Sprayberry Travel