On The Road To Trump International Sunny Isles March 11, 2008

After all of the travel so far this year it was really nice to be working with a local client hotel, as the Trump International Sunny Isles is only 15 minutes from our offices.  This was an extra special booking as well because one of my dearest client friends, Courtney Howell, had just taken over as Director of Revenue Management.  Courtney has been attending my trainings since 1992, and in the late 1990’s when her hotel was taken over by a major destination resort management company, had helped us secure one of our biggest clients.  We’d been out of touch for a few years while she was working in other areas of the hotel industry, so I was very flattered when she called me during her first or second week on the job to see what services we could offer.  What a great resort as well, and I hope to one day be able to visit with Cathy and the kids when we are ready for a local beach holiday.  Here’s a picture of me with Courtney and her reservations sales team that day:

                          

On The Road To Outer Banks Vacation Rental Association March 25, 2008

Next up on my agenda was another booking back in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where I’ve done so many days of training in my career.   The vacation home rental companies that operate there have been very loyal clients for over a decade now, so it was a great chance to reconnect with a lot of people I’d not seen for a while.  The sponsor was once again the Outer Banks Board of Realtors – Vacation Rental Division, but the real driving force behind this initiative to bring me in was one of the influentcial members, Sharon Twiddy, owner of Twiddy & Company vacation rentals.  I guess it helped that she personally pledged to send about 25 people to the two sessions I was doing that day, although once the momentum got going about every one of the 50 seats in each session were sold out by the sponsor.  Here’s a picture of me with Sharon Twiddy, followed by one of me presenting and also the view right outside of my beachfront (literally!) room.