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KAREN EASON.
invited to Germany to see Celebrity Solstice Has the experience of winning the
Sunshine Travel being built and watch the keel cutting for competition met your expectations and
The cruise onboard Independence of the Celebrity Eclipse. would you recommend agents get involved
Seas was just one of your prizes. What has in Face of Travel 2009?
been the best experience? How has winning Face of Travel helped you It has more than lived up to my expectations.
Abta’s Travel Convention was great. I in your job? It has been really rewarding and there have
absorbed a lot of information, which I have We’ve had lots of new business off the back been some great opportunities. People
presented to colleagues. of it, plus local radio and press coverage. We recognise me and suppliers know who I am.
Doreen McKenzie was inspirational in her didn’t sell any cruise before I got involved in I would encourage other agents to get
session. I will definitely use her ideas about the competition – the product scared us – involved next year because it is great, both
managing staff. but I’m more confident now. In the past six from a business and personal perspective.
I also met some cool people at the TTG months, we have taken £30,000 worth of I tried to be innova-
Travel Awards. The venue was lovely and I bookings for Royal Caribbean. That’s not tive and stand out
was able to speak to lots of suppliers. bad for our little shop! from the others in
Attending events such as Abta has also my presentation
What other opportunities have arisen? helped with business ideas. We were warned and that’s what
I have also signed up to Royal Caribbean’s by the economists that the industry would they should do.
Learning Community. They have been very take a downturn over the next few months
helpful and provided me with photos and so we need to make changes to survive. I
details about their new ships. am now looking at starting up a sideline
I am also expecting a promotional televi- business selling travel accessories.
sion from Gold Medal which I can use in my
shop window to advertise deals, as well as the How have you found reporting for TTG?
operator’s own products. In my presentation I had never blogged before but I’ve loved it. I
to the Face of Travel judges, I said I wanted have even had quite a bit of response from
to set up something such as this, and Gold one of my blogs. Karen
Medal has said it will give one to me. Reporting for TTG has been really
I was one of only six people from the UK beneficial, both for me and my colleagues.
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