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A Picture is Worth …

May 23, 2017 by Tom Berrigan

Here is a photo sampler from NAJ’s Tour Operator Summit East in New York and some of the people who were a part of its seminars, panel discussions, breakfast, luncheon, business meetings and closing reception.

Deborah Garry (right), partner, BBG&G; and Bethany Lunden, account executive, BBG&G

Anna Klapper, manager, global trade development, Brand USA

Tracy Francis, national sales manager, Visit Baton Rouge; Mike Prejean, international tourism division, Louisiana Office of Tourism; and Erica Davis-Telsee, tourism sales manager, Shreveport-Bossier Convention & Tourist Bureau

Martha Martinez (left), tour and travel sales manager, Astor Crowne Plaza, New Orleans; and Danielle Ackerman, sales manager, North America, Experience Kissimmee

Jake Steinman, founder and CEO, NAJ Group

Laszlo Horvath, CEO, ActiveMedia

Jason Hackett, CEO, Briar Katama

Left to right: Nicole Absher, group sales manager, Destination Gettysburg; Julie Payne, group sales consultant, Hershey; and Karen Dodson, tourism sales associate, The Strong National Museum of Play

Jesus Garcia, manager, international sales at Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau; and Jennifer C. Workman, regional director of contracting, East Coast, New World Travel

#10 — Sally Berry, tourism sales and marketing manager, Corning Museum of Glass

#11 — Left to right: Carol Johnson, destination marketing manager, TripAdvisor; Derek Price, director, media sales—North America/East, Expedia Media Solutions; and Bonnie Borkin, digital & integrated marketing, advertising & sales leader, Travelzoo

#12 — Left to right: Jack Lok, founder, L&L Travel; Pabs Raghava, president, Tours Limited; Esther Roth, senior group manager, AlliedTPro; and Jennifer Workman, regional director of contracting-East Coast, New World travel

#13 — Jasmin Shaw (left), regional sales manager, Boyd Gaming; and Lisa Arrell, group ambassador, Kitchen Kettle Village

#14 — Yasir Talib, destination and product manager, Inbound USA and Canada, G2 Travel; and Nadia Mohammed, product-New York, Hotelbeds

#15 — Adriana Vargas, senior sales manager, Gulliver’s Gate

#16 — Kimberly Hartley (left), Canadian/International sales manager, Visit Myrtle Beach; and Carolyn J. Feimster, travel and tourism manager, SHOP*DINE*PLAY*USA

#17 — Mara Sultan (left), senior sales manager, Discover Lancaster; and Ann Pilcher, tourism sales manager, Pocono Mountains Convention and Visitors Bureau

#18 — Left to right: Julie Payne, group sales consultant, Hershey; Sally Berry, tourism sales and marketing manager, Corning Museum of Glass; and Jeffrey Hentz, president and CEO, Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Bureau

#19 — Isaac Pacheco, tour and travel sales manager, Hornblower Cruises & Events

#20 — Pabs Raghava (right), CEO, Tours Limited; and Radhika Tripurani, director, web portal operations, Tours Limited

#21 — Noriyuki Kawai (left), sales representative, IACE Travel (New York) ; and Yasuji Hanada, supervisor, IACE Travel (New York)

#22 — David Lusvardi, domestic sales manager, Travel Nevada; and Roxana Rivera, director of sales and marketing, Newseum

#23 — Typical scene during the business appointment sessions

#24 — Ray Thomas, president, City Tours USA

#25 — Jack Lok (left), founder, L&L Travel, with two members of his team

#26 — Blanca Rosa Espinosa (left), executive director of sales, CitySightseeing New York; and Anna Kozma, sales services manager, CitySightseeing New York

#27 — Stephen Braun, manager, tourism marketing, Macy’s; and Catherine Xie, coordinator, tourism marketing, Macy’s

#28 — Left to right: Florian Hermann, content manager, NAJ Group; Grey Brennan, international & regional director, Alabama Tourism Department; and Rosemary Judkins, sales manager, Alabama Tourism Department

#29 — Heather Colache (left), leisure group sales manager & national film manager, Atlantic City Convention & Group Sales; and Meg Lewis, executive director, marketing and bus operations, Resorts Casino-Hotel (Atlantic City)

#30 — Aerial view of the action during the business appointments taking place in the Grand Ballroom of the Wyndham New Yorker Hotel

#31 — Roderick Lewis, director of membership and business development, American Bus Association

#32 — Tico Soto, president, Tourism Tactics by Tico

#33 — Tara Hippensteel (left), director of tour and travel, North America, Hard Rock International; and Kelly Cohen, catering sales manager, Wyndham New Yorker

#34 — Left to right: Larry Chen, president, Bigdream Tours Enterprise Inc.; Harry Wade, tourism marketing manager, Duty Free Americas; and Holly Zhao, general manager, Bigdream Tours Enterprise Inc.

#35 — John M. Haas (left) director, Great Rivers Country; and Roger L. Carmack, executive director, Great Rivers Country

#36 — Lisa Itel, travel trade manager, The Americas and Oceania, Travel Oregon; and Laurel Bennett, vice president of tourism sales, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.

#37 — Katie Bautis, destination manager, Expedia; and Alan Locher, senior director, PR, marketing and sales, On Location Tours

#38 — Sally Berry, tourism sales and marketing manager, Corning Museum of Glass; and Greg Marshall, senior vice president/director of marketing, Visit Rochester

#39 — Esther Roth (left), senior group manager, AlliedTPro; and Amy Tometich, group sales manager, Museum of Science and Industry

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