- This year there were over 1,000
participants, among them over 600 travel agents who were exposed to the
region’s tourism offer.
The
Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) and the Puerto Vallarta
Tourism Trust (Fidetur) participated jointly in the annual The Mark Travel
Corporation Summit (TMTC). The event took place September 26-29 in Cancun,
Quintana Roo, where the US-based company hosted its top business partners and
travel agents.
This
year there were over 1,000 participants, among them 100 exhibitors, plus over
600 travel agents who received the latest information from wholesaler Mark
Travel Corporation. The agents also had a chance to meet with providers and
tourism destinations via tradeshows and social events. The schedule was full
and there was much networking.
“The
participation of the Riviera Nayarit is important especially right before the
Winter Season in order to incentivize reservations and the arrival of more
foreign visitors to the region,” said Marc Murphy, director of the CVB and the
Bahía de Banderas Hotel and Motel Association (AHMBB).
Lucero
Guerrero, sales and marketing manager for the CVB, added that during the TMTC
Summit 2018 the entity had contact with over 250 travel agents from the United
States who sell Funjet Vacations. The latter is an important business partner
for the destination, as it operates over 11 flights per week from cities
including Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, and St. Louis.
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The
Mark Travel Corporation is one of the most important wholesalers in the United
States; it has proudly served millions of happy tourists since 1974 and manages
vacation brands including the aforementioned Funjet Vacations, Blue Sky Tours,
My Destination Wellness, Showtime Tours, and Southwest Vacations. The
wholesaler is also an important source of revenue for the region, and currently
offers service to more than 1,100 destinations around the world.
The
fusion of the Apple Leisure Group (ALG, Apple Vacations, Travel Impressions [TI],
and Cheap Caribbean) and TMTC (Funjet, United Vacations, and Southwest Airlines
Vacations) was announced at the beginning of the year.
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Elvira Moncayo and Lucero Guerrero. |
Apple
Leisure Group is headed by Alex Zozaya, while Mark Travel Corporation is headed
by Bill La Macchia; both signed an agreement creating a joint business where
ALG will be the controlling partner, although each will keep their respective
executive offices in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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The Riviera
Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) and the Bahía de Banderas Hotel
and Motel Association (AHMBB) reaffirm their commitment to working intensely to
attract more and better tourism to Mexico’s Pacific Treasure with the support
of the Government of the State of Nayarit via the Tourism Promotion Trust
(Fiprotur).
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