The largest Canadian independent travel agent conference happened on board Harmony of the Seas last week, as The Travel Agent Next Door hosted nearly 300 agents and suppliers for a week long summit. While the week was jam-packed with informative sessions; the highlight of the week was the Friday night TTAND Gala where suppliers and TTAND both gave out awards to their top performers.
Suppliers have voted TTAND their favourite conference for the past three years running; and it's something President Flemming Friisdahl prides his team on; it's different from other conferences which can sometimes feel routine. With TTAND, it's about the relationships.
"We're here to try and foster relationships, to foster meeting other agents. We started this year a 'buddy program' where new agents who hadn't attended could, if they wanted, find a mentor," Friisdahl told TravelPulse Canada. "That mentor would help them talk through how to support them at the conference, help them meet people at the conference. As it turned out, we had actually more agents wanting to be a part of mentoring than agents that needed support, which speaks to the comradery of our group."
That comradery is what help TTAND Agent and ACITA co-founder Judith Coates to take home her second Extraordinary Agent Award, voted by her peers, two years in a row. She also took home the Peer to Peer Award while Christine Winchester also won the Ambassador Award for the second year in a row.
Without further ado, here are the 2022 TTAND Supplier and Top Performance Award recipients:
The Supplier Top Producer Awards go to:
5continents - Garth Layden
Air Canada Vacations - Ruth Guiry
AmaWaterways - Shelly Cota
Collette - Judi Oracheski and Judith Coates
G Adventures Rising Star Award - Ola Ulewicz
Globus Family of Brands Most Engaged Advisor - Silvia Fuchs
Goway Travel - Cindy Almond
Hurtigruten Expeditions Top Seller - Carol Baldwin
Insight Vacations Rising Star - Collette Trabucco
Norwegian Cruise Line - Lee Ann Jensen
Oceania Cruises - Christine McFarlane
Regent Seven Seas Cruises - Garth Layden
Tourcan Vacations - Wendi Gladstone and Kim Lake
TravelBrands Inc - Maria Garcia
Viking - Ruth Ruddy, Sandra McLeod and Linda Chan
Princess Cruises - Vivica Watson
Royal Caribbean International - Vivica Watson, Betty Brohman, Jackie Weinkam, Karen Davidson
Royal Irish Tours Rising Star - Camille Wilson
The TTAND Awards go to:
Highest Insurance Close Ratio - Primary Agent - Carolyn MacMillan
Highest Insurance Close Ratio - Silver/Gold Agent - Jennifer Jones
Highest Insurance Close Ratio - Agency - Stewart Travel Group
Highest Insurance Close Ratio - Associate Agent - Brenda Ostlund
Highest Insurance Sales - Primary Agent - Wendi Gladstone
Highest Insurance Sales - Silver/Gold Agent - Jennifer Jones
Highest Insurance Sales - Agency - Stewart Travel Group
Highest Insurance Sales - Associate - Adrienne Sarabando
Highest Average Rate of Commission - Primary Agent - Danny Hoag
Highest Average Rate of Commission - Silver/Gold Agent - Jennifer Jones
Highest Average Rate of Commission - Agency - Iain Perkins
Highest Average Rate of Commission - Associate Agent - Liana Rowan
Highest Earned Commission - Primary Agent - Danny Hoag
Highest Earned Commission - Silver/Gold Agent - Larissa Bureau
Highest Earned Commission - Agency - Stewart Travel Group
Highest Earned Commission - Associate Agent - Tracy Luff
Highest percentage of Preferred/Approved Suppliers - Primary Agent - James Li
Highest percentage of Preferred/Approved Suppliers - Silver/Gold Agent - Jennifer Jones
Highest percentage of Preferred/Approved Suppliers - Agency - Garth Layden
Highest percentage of Preferred/Approved Suppliers - Associate - Kerry Berlingquette
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