Annabelle Seow has joined The Travel Agent Next Door as Director, Marketing. Seow was formerly with Merit Travel and Travel Cuts. The host agency has also announced three new hires to its support staff team.
TTAND founder Flemming Friisdahl says the company is preparing for a surge as the travel industry recovers.
"I am sure I am like many people who have recognized we need to learn to live with COVID and any new variants. The good news is we are learning how to live with it and we are seeing consumers starting to travel in great numbers," Friisdahl says.
"March sales were the best of the company's history and we could not be happier for our partner agents. But more importantly, March was the highest payout of commission in the company history and that is great news to agents," Friisdahl added.
"With this in mind, we are very excited to announce that Annabelle Seow has joined TTAND as Director of Marketing, bringing years of travel experience and marketing to the team."
TTAND Adds New Support Staff
The Travel Agent Next Door has also added three new support staff, two of them based in Alberta.
"As TTAND continues to be innovative, I am also happy to announce we have added two new support staff located in Alberta to even better service our partner agents located in Western Canada," said Friisdahl.
Pamela Shaw has been in the industry for 15 years as a travel consultant in both Edmonton and Red Deer. Alberta. Most recently she was an associate agent with TTAND, but during the pandemic took a step back. Friisdahl says Shaw is excited to be back in the world of travel full-time, and to expand her travel expertise from a support perspective.
Rebecca Mueller has joined TTAND in an Experienced Agent Support role. She attended the travel program at MacEwan University in Edmonton in 2013 and worked a travel agent with Flight Centre in the Edmonton area, departing during the pandemic.
Joining TTAND as Travel Agent Co-ordinator, Alaina Salita is new to the travel industry but brings strong experience in project management. She will be responsible for onboarding of new travel agent partners. She previously worked for Nikoleta & Associates where she managed the student onboarding program.
"We are very happy that Pamela and Rebecca have joined TTAND and they will be a great addition to the Agent Support team. And we welcome Alaina to the position of Travel Agent Co-ordinator, supporting the onboarding of new partner agents to TTAND," said Friisdahl.
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