Want to run for the NTA Board of Directors ?
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Want to run for the NTA Board of Directors ?
Well , now is your chance . The NTA Nominating Committee is accepting applications through July 28 from tour operators , tour suppliers and destination marketing organization representatives who are interested in serving on the 2018 NTA Board of Directors .
Board candidates come from the three main membership categories and represent a range of geographic locations , occupational specialties and diversity of business / product . Open positions for 2018 include :
• Vice chairman — must be a tour operator ( one-year term )
• Secretary — must be a tour operator ( one-year term )
• Three tour operator directors ( three-year terms )
• Two supplier directors ( one will serve a two-year term , the other will serve a three-year term )
• Two DMO directors ( one will serve a two-year term , the other will serve a three-year term )
Interested candidates should request an application from NTA Industry & Member Engagement Manager Morgan Maravich via email at morgan . maravich @ ntastaff . com . All applications must be completed and returned by Friday , July 28 , at 5 p . m . EDT .
Once applications are received , the Nominating Committee will review them and conduct interviews . They will then put forth a slate of candidates — one nominee for each position — and there will be a period when nominations from the floor are received . After that , the final ballot will go out in early November , and voting will conclude Dec . 15 at Travel Exchange in San Antonio .
Tour operators : Vote for Courier ’ s Distinguished Dozen
The first round of balloting will open this month for the seventh Courier Distinguished Dozen awards . Tour operators will receive the survey via email , which asks them to vote for tour supplier and DMO organizations based on the quality of the product , their level of customer service , the value they offer their customers and their dedication to relationship building .
Following the first stage of write-in balloting , results will be tabulated to narrow the field to the top five vote-getters in each of the 12 categories . A second email will go out asking operators to choose among the finalists to determine the gold , silver and bronze winners .
Results will be announced in late August , then information on of all the winners will appear in the December 2017 issue of Courier . Award recipients also will be recognized as part of a luncheon in San Antonio at Travel Exchange .
July 14 is the deadline for deep Travel Exchange discounts
Circle July 14 on your calendar .
If you ’ re a tour supplier or DMO who didn ’ t attend in St . Louis , you have until July 14 to receive a $ 300 early-bird discount when you register for Travel Exchange ’ 17 in San Antonio ( Dec . 14 – 18 ). And if you attended Travel Exchange in St . Louis , July 14 is the last day you can receive half-off registration fees for the San Antonio convention .
Visit NTAonline . com / convention and sign up today to experience the one show where 80 percent of NTA tour operators can only be found — Travel Exchange .
2017 Distinguished Dozen gold winners
Deep in the heart # TREX17
8 July 2017