In announcing its nominations for the prestigious TrendSetters Award, industry magazine TravelAge West has nominated PRIDE Travel’s S. Nathan DePetris in the category of Travel Agent SuperStar. The nomination marks the second category out of four that PRIDE Travel is being honored for at this year’s gala ceremony; Marc R. Kassouf was previously named as a nominee in the Best Community Service Effort category.
DePetris is one of only two finalists being nominated and is already assured to win either the top TrendSetter SuperStar award, or the runner up award. Upon hearing of his nomination for the award, Mr. DePetris was “truly excited to learn that I’m being recognized for all my hard work…” He is delighted to be considered for such an honorable award, pointing out that “…I already feel like a winner!” The TrendSetter awards are slated to be conferred at the black tie annual TravelAge West WAVE awards ceremony being held mid-June at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills. The travel industry’s top executives and experts will be in attendance recognizing the best of the best in the travel sector.
This week’s TravelAge west magazine, the leading trade magazine for travel agents and the travel industry in the 14 western states, announced the 2009 Trendsetter awards as the feature article on the cover of its magazine. Among those honored, Marc R Kassouf and PRIDE Travel were awarded Best Community Service –runner up, 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 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Queer 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 annual budget enabling programs such as youth suicide prevention, health awareness and disease prevention, counseling and mentorship, elder-care, and numerous other local programs benefitting the community.
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