Spain Fam

November 29- December 6, 2007

Barcelona – Granada – Ronda- Andalucía- Seville – Córdoba - Madrid

An Educational Sales Symposium & Familiarization Trip

Open exclusively to active travel sales professionals, we are excited to offer this working trip for serious leisure travel sales professionals. You will increase your knowledge of Spain and learn how to increase your sales through effective marketing and consultative selling skills.

Seminar/Discussion topics include: direct selling, group sales, increasing your client base through top-notch service, and more. This is not a fam tour where you will be shuffled around on endless sight inspections. Symposium topics provide in-depth training including strategic selling, agency growth strategies, and developing simple yet effective marketing plans based on your agency’s size and resources. Symposiums are most appropriate for owners and managers; however, top front-line agents are welcome to join.

Of course, we also want you to experience the best of Spain and enjoy your Tauck tour, so we have choreographed the perfect mix of morning workshop seminars, sightseeing, outstanding hotels, fine dining, entertainment, and free time. Plus, CTCs earn 10 continuing education credits.

Prices Include: Virtually every expense… all transportation within the tour itinerary, hotel accommodations, meals as outlined, seminars and materials, all sightseeing admissions, taxes, gratuities, tour director, and driver. See Tauck’s “2007 Europe” brochure for details. Airfare to Spain not included. You must provide your own air arrangements.

A Week In…Spain, 8 Days (7 Nights), 7 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches, 4 Dinners Welcome to Spain! A transfer is included to your Barcelona hotel, Le Méridien Barcelona; it is conveniently located in the heart of this exciting city. Meet fellow symposium members at our welcome reception and dinner.

Visit Las Ramblas, the fanciful, unfinished cathedral designed by Antoni Gaudí I Cornet. See the athletic venues of the 1992 Olympic games. From Barcelona, continue with a morning flight to Granada, then on to Ronda. In Granada, a visit to the famous Alhambra is a splendid example of the Moorish influence that has shaped so much of Spain. You’ll spend the night in one of Spain´s most famous Paradors.

Explore Ronda and journey into Andalucía’s lovely hills and charming villages. Continue on to romantic Seville, where your journey continues with a private evening performance of flamenco dancing. No Spain journey would be complete without a visit to charming Seville.

See the former Royal Tobacco Factory, where the fictional Carmen labored, and the splendid Palacio de San Temlo. Take a horse and carriage ride to Seville Cathedral, the third largest Roman Catholic church in the world; tour the cathedral, thought to be the final resting-place of Christopher Columbus.

In Córdoba, visit La Mezquita, third largest mosque in world, and tour the historic Jewish Quarter. Then, board the high-speed AVE train and travel first class to Madrid, the marvelous capital city.

A guided tour of the famous Museo del Prado, one of the best art museums in the world, precedes Madrid sightseeing where you’ll view sites such as the Neptuno and Cibeles fountains, the bullring, and the Palacio de Oriente, the ornate Royal Palace built in the 18th-century.

Enjoy typical Castilian entertainment at our farewell dinner, a fitting finale to your one-week Spain travel experience.

Bonus: Flight to Granada included… A $325 value! See page 112 of Tauck’s 2007 Europe brochure.

Regular tour price: Twin $3180 Single $4055 plus on tour air.

• Night 1,2 - Le Méridien Barcelona - Barcelona
• Night 3 - Parador de Ronda - Ronda
• Nights 4,5 - Meliá Colon - Seville
• Night 6,7 - The Westin Palace Madrid - Madrid

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Cancun Trade Show & Seminars

Cancun Convention & Visitors Bureau
is sponsoring the
Trade Show - Dinner & Seminar

Includes a fantastic sit-down dinner with wine
Meet with our Hotel and Product partners
Seminar about the Renewed Cancun Featuring the Newest Cancun & Puerto Morelos Guide with all the attractions and activities to enjoy
Interactive DVD
The Cancun Elite Resorts Guide
The Cancun Ultimate Resort Collection
Parking Validation
5.45PM to 9.00PM

Cities include”

• Sept 24,2007 PHOENIX AZ Phoenix Airpot Marriott
• Sept 25,2007 LOS ANGELES CA Hilton Los Angeles / Universal City
• Sept 26,2007 SANDIEGO CA Marriott La Jolla
• Oct 04,2007 MIAMI FL JW Marriott
• Oct 16,2007 CHARLOTTE TBA
• Oct 17,2007 ATLANTA GA The Westin Buckhead Atlanta
• Nov 07,2007 CHICAGO IL TBA
• Nov 08,2007 CINCINNATI OH TBA
• Nov 27,2007 ORANGE NJ TBA
• Nov 28,2007 PHILADELPHIA PA TBA
• Nov 29,2007 BOSTON MA TBA
• Dec 11,2007 DENVER CO TBA

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email Hijacks & Ransom

As Reported On the Kim Komando Show (www.komando.com) Last Night:

Email addresses like your@hotmail.com, your@yahoo.com and others are being hijacked and ransomed for $100.

If you use the same password for other accounts banking, or any logins there could be bigger problems in the future.

Use passwords with letters (with and with & out-caps), numbers and control(whatever symbols). And change them several times a year. The hard part is to keep these in a safe place. That does not include your cell phone, a spread sheet or a word doc.

If you have an interest in beefing up your security please let me know.

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Geeks on a Cruise

Yes, even geeks need to take a break sometimes.

Avalon Waterways Danube Cruise

Avalon Waterways Danube Cruise
from $399 per person.

The Globus family of brands invites you to join an exclusive travel agent opportunity. Experience a first-class European river cruise with Avalon Waterways down the legendary Danube from Budapest to Nuremberg.

1. Departure from the USA on Friday October 26, 2007, on board the Avalon Poetry®
2. Departure from the USA on Friday November 2, 2007, on board the Avalon Artistry®

Daily Itinerary:

• Day 1 – FRI - depart USA
• Day 2 – SAT - arrive Budapest – PM hotel check in
• Day 3 – SUN - embarkation
• Day 4 – MON - Budapest to Vienna
• Day 5 – TUES - Vienna
• Day 6 – WED - Durnstein-Melk
• Day 7 – THUR - Linz-Passau
• Day 8 – FRI - Regensburg
• Day 9 – SAT - Nuremberg
• Day 10 – SUN - Nuremberg, Disembarkation, flight home

• • PRICE INCLUDES: 1 night hotel in Budapest with buffet breakfast;
  cruise accommodation; meals onboard plus wine with dinner; shore excursions/entertainment/lecturers
  and transfer from hotel to the ship.
• PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE: Airfare, taxes, gratuities, port
  charges of $84 per person, transfers, alcohol and soft drinks, or items of a personal
  nature
• Package is non-commissionable and non-combinable
• Eligible participants are travel agents and one companion
• Space is limited; cabin categories are limited; assigned on first come/first serve basis

Share twin priced from $399 per person
Single twin priced from $769 per person

Submit your request to avalonspecial@globusfamily.com

Our Barbados Bus Driver

Patrick Best was our bus driver during the whole fam. I highly recommend him, not only is he a native of Barbados, but a darn good bus driver too. Patrick also does island tours, airport pickups, weddings and family outings.

Patrick Best
Best Enterprises & Taxi Service
Business (246)420-6386
Cell (246)241-7903
Home (246)428-9175

Hawaii Trade Show

The Maui Visitors Bureau Cordially invites you to attend:
Destination Maui, Molokai and Lanai Trade Show and Seminar

PLUS!!!
Travel agents will be entered to win a trip to
Maui Hawaii, the World’s Best Island and
#1 Travel Destination
Includes:

An Educational Video Presentation
Trade Show
Power Point Presentation
Round Table Discussions
“Island-Style” Food and Beverage
Hawaiian entertainment provided by award winning “Halau Hula Na Lei Kaumaka O Uka”

Locations

MARIETTA, GA
October 8, 2007
HYATT REGENCY ATLANTA
2999 Windy Hill Road
Marietta, GA 30067
Telephone: 770-956-1234
Dinner Function: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

 

DURHAM, NC
October 9, 2007
DURHAM MARRIOTT
201 Foster Street
Durham, NC 27701
Telephone: 919-768-6000
Dinner Function: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

 

FAIRFAX, VA
October 10, 2007
FAIRFAX MARRIOTT FAIR OAKS
11787 Lee Jackson Highway
Fairfax, VA 22033
Telephone: 703-352-4471
Dinner Function: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

 

PHILADELHIA, PA
October 11, 2007
HILTON PHILADELPHIA
4200 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Telephone: 215-879-3399
Dinner Function: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

 

NEW YORK, NY
October 12, 2007
WESTIN NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE
270 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Telephone: 212-201-4643
Dinner Function: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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Other related Links:
Maui Specialist Program

My wifi hotspots

Panera Bread is close by and has a lot of choices salads, and in the morning, Spinach artichoke souffle hits the spot.

I’m creating a list of helpful free hot spots in del.icio.us that will grow. If you have a site you like please leave it here for everyone to use.

Panera Bread has some great sandwiches and salads. In the evenings or weekends I can get a sandwich and save a half for lunch the next day. This is a great way to cut down on the volume of food and get a couple of hours on the net.

Chick Fil A is close to work, but there seems to be trouble ftping and sending pictures to Flickr. I think they just visitors using email and surfing.

Caribou Coffee, well it’s almost free. You get a free login for an hour and with a purchase of something over a dollar and change you get a card with a password for another hour.

Atlanta Bread, I’ll try this location out next. It’s close to home and they have pretty good Omelets.

Links to wifi hotspots.