Friday, June 5, 2009

Travel Trade's Cruise-A-Thon

I arrived in NYC yesterday (June 4) morning; just in time to hear Peter Yesawich speak and just in time for the cruise panel afterwards. Both sessions were great and everyone is extremely optimistic given the current economic conditions. Attendance at the show is on the low side, but the agents are extremely engaged.

Travel Trade invited me to speak during this morning's (June 5) general session. I was prepared to speak before Dan Hanrahan, President & CEO of Celebrity/Azamara Cruises and before Andy Stuart, EVP, Global Sales & Passenger Services. But last night I was informed that I would follow these fine gentlemen. What a hard act! Dan is a great speaker, if you haven't heard him before. And Andy is clearly a crowd pleaser. He had stolen a few laughs from the audience, which I had hoped to get from my time. We were running a little over schedule so I had accommodate the fine people in attendance and cut a few minutes short. All-in-all I think everyone appreciated the speakers this morning. I look forward to fielding questions from eager attendees tomorrow afternoon, during the trade show.

Continuing on my welcomed responsibility of creating VTC impressions...

Chris Flores
Product Manager, VTC Program

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