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PRIDE Travel’s Kassouf Receives Travel Industry TrendSetter Award: Community Service For Second Year In A Row

TravelAge West TrendSetter Award Recipients 2010

TravelAge West TrendSetter Award Recipients 2010

TravelAge west magazine, the leading trade magazine for travel agents and the travel industry in the 14 western states, announced the 2010 Trendsetter awards as the feature article on the cover of the June 21, 2010 Issue. Among those honored, Marc R Kassouf and PRIDE Travel were awarded Best Community Service –runner up– for the second year in a row for their exemplary and continued contributions to the Center of Long Beach. The Center, which provides extensive community and health programs to the local and Gay and Lesbian community, has been the beneficiary of Marc’s and PRIDE Travel’s contributions individually and as a company for almost a decade. Contributions have helped the non-profit charitable organization raise in excess of $100,000 to supplement its budget enabling programs such as youth suicide prevention, health awareness and disease prevention, counseling and mentorship, elder-care, and numerous other local programs benefiting the community. When he received the nomination, Kassouf said “To even be nominated for this amazing award is an honor in itself”, pointing out that “Winning would be a nice ‘bonus’.”

The trendsetter award for best community involvement was conferred at the black tie annual TravelAge West WAVE awards ceremony held June 10th at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills. The travel industry’s top executives and experts were in attendance recognizing the best of the best in the industry. Read the rest of this entry »

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PRIDE Travel receives runner-up 2009 Trendsetter award -Best Community Service by magazine Travel Age West for contributions to the LGBTQ Community

 PRIDE Travel was awarded runner-up “Best Community Service” by TravelAge West magazine at this year’s black-tie Wave Awards benefit dinner for exemplary contributions to The Center, a community services organization catering to the local and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Queer communities. PRIDE Travel is the first gay & lesbian travel agency to ever receive this honor.

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Travel industry magazine Travel Age West nominates PRIDE Travel and Marc Kassouf as finalist in 2009 Trendsetters award for Best Community Involvement

PRIDE Travel one of only two nominees for 2009 Trend Setters award -Best Community Involvement by TravelAge West magazine; the award is scheduled to be conferred in June. The nomination of Owner Marc Kassouf and PRIDE Travel is for exemplary contributions to The Center, a community services organization catering to the local and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Queer communities.

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