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Host Agency Overviews: America's Vacation Center
Travel Trade
The key difference between a travel professional who earns $40,000 a year and one who earns $140,000 a year is efficiency. Through exclusive patent-pending software, unparalleled training, 50-plus support staff and more, America's Vacation Center (AVC)...(Click here to read the article) |
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Cruise Sales Giant
By James Shillinglaw - Agent @ Home
You've heard all the hype about America's Vacation Center (AVC) - how it has won nearly every cruise line award for top sales in the business, including top performance honors from Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line, among others. So what's behind the phenomenal success of this high-tech host?...(Click here to read the article) |
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Seabourn Inducts AVC into Pinnacle Club
Modern Agent
America's Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading cruise-selling travel agencies in the U.S., said it has been inducted into The Yachts of Seabourn's Pinnacle Club for 2008 due to....(Click here to read the article) |
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A Visit with AVC
Modern Agent
Next to the freeway in a mall in Vista, Calif., just 40 minutes outside San Diego, is the headquarters of one of the most successful host travel agencies in business today. Located in a two-story building that formerly housed a Coldwell Banker real estate offices is America's Vacation Center (AVC). There are no travel agends here, however - AVC independent affiliates are located in their homes around the country, and they just happen to be some of the most successful cruise sellers in the U.S....(Click here to read the article) |
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Stop Thinking - Just Work
Travel Weekly
If nothing else, the letter had the virtues of clarity and brevity: "Stop thinking - just work." The recipient of this advice was a 19-year-old college student, a premed molecular biology major who was trying to earn some extra cash handling luggage for Amtrak...(Click here to read the article) |
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Home-Based Growth Slowing?
Cruise Week
One of the biggest changes in distribution that's taken place since the big slowdown after 9-11 is the growth of home-based agents selling cruises, and some suppliers tell us they may be the ones most impacted by the current economic slowdown...(Click here to read the article) |
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TravelAge West Awards Trendsetting Agents
TravelAge West
TravelAge West magazine honored innovative and dedicated travel agents and agencies with 2008 Trendsetters Awards during its third annual WAVE Awards...(Click here to read the article) |
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America's Vacation Center Graduates 100 Baltic Cruise Specialists
By George Dooley - Travel Agent
America’s Vacation Center (AVC), a major agency, has graduated over 100 of its Independent Affiliates from its training program for certifying Cruise Baltic specialists. With over 100 new Cruise Baltic graduates in its network, AVC plans to increase its Live Lead marketing efforts...(Click here to read the article) |
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AVC Hosts First-Ever National Conference
TravelAge West
America's Vacation Center (AVC) will host its first-ever national conference Nov. 15-20 in Florida for its network of Independent Affiliates. The five-day event will...(Click here to read the article) |
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Techies Discuss Electronic Payments, Security
Travel Trade
Security and electronic payment options are among the variety of high-tech issues brought up by travel agents at the technology workshop at Travel Trade's CRUISE-A-THON in Vancouver...(Click here to read the article) |
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The Talent Crunch
Travel Professional
With spiraling oil and food prices, the housing downturn, a global credit crunch and a weak dollar, the challenge of recruiting newcomers may not dominate your list of worries this summer. But the issue is no less pivotal - not just in retail travel but throughout the service economy...(Click here to read the article) |
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Building Your Tech Solution
By James Shillinglaw - Agent @ Home
Just how important is technology to the growth of the home-based travel agent market? Well, let's put it this way - if the technology didn't exist, there wouldn't be a market for agents working from home. Today, agents at home can run their businesses using the latest hardware, software, and communications devices...(Click here to read the article) |
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Disney Cruise Line Honors America's Vacation Center
Modern Agent
America's Vacation Center / American Express said it received the "EarMarked Top Achiever Award" from Disney Cruise Line for exceeding productivity by over 10 percent for 2007 in comparison to 2006. "We are extremely honored...(Click here to read the article) |
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America's Vacation Center Plans First-Ever National Conference
Modern Agent
America's Vacation Center (AVC) has announced details of its first-ever national conference for its network of Independent Affiliates...(Click here to read the article) |
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In the Spotlight
Travel Agent
At the America's Vacation Center (AVC) reception in San Diego...(Click here to read the article) |
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Help Wanted: How to Recruit and Train New Agents
By J.L. Erickson - TravelAge West
As owner of Willett Travel, Tama Taylor Holve has experienced first-hand today's challenges in recruiting and hiring new agents...(Click here to read the article) |
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AVC Says Platinum Affiliates Sell 500% More
Travel Trade
The host agency America's Vacation Center (AVC) will now offer only its Live Lead-focused Platinum Agency Program because Independent Affiliates accepting Live Leads are selling over five times more annually than those not partaking in the program...(Click here to read the article) |
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MSC Cruise Executives to Participate in AVC Webinar
ModernAgent
MSC Cruises' top executives will participate in an online Travel Executive Forum presented in conjunction with America's Vacation Center. The free webinar...(Click here to read the article) |
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Become A Home-Based Travel Agent: An Interview with America's Vacation Center
By Tom Ogg - Home-Based Travel Agent.com
I first met the Anderson family way back in the 1970s as a Sales Manager for Aloha Airlines. Pal Anderson Travel in La Jolla, California was considered a top account for Aloha and I always enjoyed calling on Pal. The Andersons' continued in the travel industry to become one of the most dynamic and well-thought-of host agencies in America...(Click here to read the article) |
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Carnival Honors America's Vacation Center, Cruise Line Ltd.
Modern Agent
Carnival Cruise Lines has named America's Vacation Center and The Cruise Line Ltd. as its travel agencies of the year for 2007. The two agencies were selected from among more than 30,000 cruise-selling agencies throughout the U.S. and Canada...(Click here to read the article) |
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Two Agencies Win Awards From Cruise Lines
Travel Trade
America's Vacation Center (AVC) has added to its list of industry kudos. The host agency is Carnival Cruise Lines' "Agency of the Year" for 2007...(Click here to read the article) |
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New AVC Portal
TravelAge West
America's Vacation Center has launched Vacation Explorer, a portal on its Web-based Agent Power software that allows home-based agents and Independent Affiliates to access and book live inventory...(Click here to read the article) |
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Reaching the Pinnacle
TravelAge West
To celebrate the induction of America's Vacation Center (AVC) into Carnival Cruise Lines' Pinnacle Club, AVC was presented with a detailed replica of a Carnival Fun Ship to display at its Vista, Calif., office...(Click here to read the article) |
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America's Vacation Center Inducted into Carnival's Pinnacle Club
Modern Agent
America's Vacation Center (AVC) was inducted into Carnival Cruise Lines' "Pinnacle Club." The program was created by the cruise line to acknowledge those high-volume travel agencies that meet a certain sales criteria and exhibit excellence in...(Click here to read the article) |
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AVC Launches Tour Booking Tool
Travel Trade
The hugely successful cruise-booking host agency America's Vacation Center / American Express announced that it has launched a beta test of its Vacation Explorer tour booking platform, as a complement to its highly rated Agent Power cruise booking program...(Click here to read the article) |
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NCL Honors Travel Agent Partners for Sales, Enterprise, and Growth
Travel Trade
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) announced the winners of its Travel Partner Awards presented during Norwegian Gem's inaugural events in Boston and New York...(Click here to read the article) |
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NCL Announces Winners of Travel Partner Awards
ModernAgent
Norwegian Cruise Line announced the winners of its Travel Partner Awards presented during Norwegian Gem's inaugural events in Boston and New York in December. For the first time, NCL presented five awards honoring the cruise line's most innovative and successful partners...(Click here to read the article) |
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Agent Insider
By David Eisen - Travel Agent
With Queen Victoria being a British ship, we thought it fit to ask two cruise experts a question with a European twist. There's been a lot of talk in the cruise industry over the last year about...(Click here to read the article) |
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America's Vacation Center / American Express Has Received Two Awards
Travel Trade
America's Vacation Center / American Express has received two awards: Holland America Line's Centurion award as one of its top 100 producing travel partners for 2006 and...(Click here to read the article) |
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Agent Exchange: The Bottom Line
By David Eisen, Debbie Strong - Travel Agent
Is it more profitable to book group travel? Longer trips? Or to deal with wealthier clients? Travel Agent asked, and travel agents answered: What's the highest commission you've ever earned, and what was it for?...(Click here to read the article) |
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In New Prog, HBAs Mentor HBAs
By Marilyn Green - Travel Trade
America's Vacation Center (AVC) recently launched My AVC Mentor, a 90-day program designed to enrich agents' businesses through mentoring and coaching from other experienced AVC affiliates. A spokesperson for AVC reported that the mentoring relationships "have generated tremendous...(Click here to read the article) |
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Royal Caribbean Execs to Host AVC's Second Online Forum
Travel Weekly
America's Vacation Center, will host its second Travel Executive Forum with Royal Caribbean International executives Adam Goldstein, president, and Lisa Bauer, senior vice president of sales, on April 24 at 12 noon, EST, aboard Royal Caribbean's newest ship, the Liberty of the Seas while...(Click here to read the article) |
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AVC Webcast to Feature Royal Caribbean Executives
ModernAgent
America's Vacation Center (AVC) on Tuesday, April 24, will hold its next Travel Executive Forum, presented by Royal Caribbean International (RCI) executives Adam Goldstein, president, and Lisa Bauer, senior vice president of sales. The Webinar will be streamed live online from Europe aboard...(Click here to read the article) |
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America's Vacation Center Plans to Open a South Florida Office
Travel Weekly Home-Based Newsletter
America's Vacation Center plans to open an office in south Florida by the third quarter of this year. The host agency said the new location would provide...(Click here to read the article) |
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Photo: Insider
Travel Weekly
The late Deborah Natansohn, who served as president of Seabourn Cruises, was among the 2007 inductees to the CLIA Hall of Fame. Among those attending the Hall of Fame Dinner were...(Click here to read the article) |
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AVC to Open Florida Office
TravelAge West
America's Vacation Center (AVC) recently announced plans to open an office in South Florida by the third quarter of this year. By launching a new office, the travel agency aims to provide increased support to...(Click here to read the article) |
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A Home Based Revival Meeting
ModernAgent
The fourth annual Home Based Agent Show took place in Charlotte, N.C., over the weekend and I was honored to served as master of ceremonies for the general session on Friday. These events usually end up feeling more like revival meetings for the travel agency trade than...(Click here to read the article) |
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America's Vacation Center Plans South Florida Office
ModernAgent
America's Vacation Center (AVC) said yesterday that it plans to open an office in south Florida by...(Click here to read the article) |
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Travel Confidential
Travel Weekly
Carnival Cruise Lines CEO Bob Dickinson has said he wished America's Vacation Center, the San Diego-based agency, could...(Click here to read the article) |
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Voices From Home
Agent @ Home
I joined America's Vacation Center / American Express over three years ago and could not be happier. After I came on board...(Click here to read the article) |
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Big is Beautiful!
Agent @ Home
Brad Anderson, co-president of America's Vacation Center (AVC), urges at-home agents to consider what the host agency specializes in before...(Click here to read the article) |
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Following the Right PATH
Agent @ Home
Another major host agency that is taking a wait-and-see approach to PATH is America's Vacation Center (AVC)...(Click here to read the article) |
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Travel Trade Academy: Dickinson on Successful Selling
Travel Trade
Being the gatekeepers of people's vacations is a very fulfilling and worthwhile vocation, Carnival Cruise Lines president and CEO Bob Dickinson told the 1,000 agents participating in the recent online Travel Executive Forum produced by the Host agency America's Vacation Center and sponsored by American Express. In his seminar on sales, Dickinson said...(Click here to read the article) |
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EXCLUSIVE: America's Vacation Center Opening East Coast Office
Travel Agent
America's Vacation Center exclusively tells Travel Agent that it will open a second office in south Florida by...(Click here to read the article) |
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AVC Speaks at Cruise3sixty
Travel Weekly Home-Based Newsletter
America's Vacation Center will present four seminars at CLIA's cruise3sixty conference, March 29 to April 1 at the... |
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AVC Forum Web Site
Travel Trade
America's Vacation Center (AVC) announced a Web site for its new Travel Executive Forum at www.TravelExecutiveForum.com where agents can register for seminars, open to both AVC affiliates and nonaffiliates. The Forum is meant to serve as a venue for industry leaders to share...(Click here to read the article) |
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America's Vacation Center Sets Seminars at CLIA Conference
ModernAgent
America's Vacation Center (AVC), a leading host agency, will sponsor four seminar sessions and the Hall of Fame dinner at the third annual Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) cruise3sixty conference...(Click here to read the article) |
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Investing in Education
By Kate Rice - Agent @ Home
Training at this host agency is performed under the umbrella of AVC University (AVCU). AVCU offers specialization training, refresher courses, and...(Click here to read the article) |
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Travel Executive Forum
Travel Weekly Home-Based Newsletter
America's Vacation Center on March 20 will present Carnival Cruise Lines President Bob Dickinson at the host agency's first Travel Executive Forum, a series of seminars that will be...(Click here to read the article) |
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Europe By Land & Sea
By Rick Shively - Recommend
Prior to my river cruise in November, I probably sold four, and I think I've probably sold...(Click here to read the article) |
