PRIDE Travel executives S. Nathan DePetris and Marc R. Kassouf wrap up their attendance of the OSSN travel trade show in San Diego last week, including a pre-show ‘refresher’ stay designed to reintroduce San Diego’s attractions and highlights to attendees so that agencies can better serve clients with fresh information and first hand know-how. Mr. Kassouf and Mr. DePetris visited the world-famous San Diego Zoo, SeaWorld, and had the opportunity to step aboard the SS Midway museum the weekend leading up to the tradeshow.

Although not members of the Outside Sales Support Network, OSSN, Kassouf and DePetris received invitations to visit the conference and show which presented a great opportunity to reconnect with industry partners and perhaps learn something new. The conference and tradeshow offered seminars on subjects ranging from sales and marketing tactics, technology innovations, to specific products and services appealing to all segments of the travel industry. The tradeshow floor hosted suppliers and vendors from around the world and introduced a few new service–related products that PRIDE Travel may soon be implementing. “I saw one product that would help our office be more efficient when working on client documents and research… Read the rest of this entry »

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