Referring Travel Agents Attend Funshine East Travel Trade Show

MarketWatch

YTB International, Inc. , a leading provider of Internet-based travel websites and home-based independent representatives in the United States, Bermuda, Canada, and the Bahamas, today announced that YTB Travel Network, one of its subsidiaries, held the most successful travel trade show in its history September 12-13.

Held in Orlando, Florida, this 2-day travel trade show included 39 travel vendors with 20 different travel seminars. One of the highlights of the event was a travel training session led by Dr. Marc Mancini with more than 1,500 RTAs in attendance. Dr. Mancini, one of the travel industry's most highly respected and best-known speakers, educators, and consultants, has been responsible for designing YTB's web-based training program.

"As the training opportunities for RTAs increase, so do our travel bookings," said J. Kim Sorensen, CEO of YTB Travel Network. "The Funshine Travel Trade Shows have consistently grown in popularity as our RTAs take advantage of the opportunity to grow in their knowledge of suppliers, sales skills and destination knowledge."