IC TRAVEL AGENT June 2014 | Page 4

Steve Crowhurst, CTC, Publisher No Permission – No Commission YOWZER! And I don’t say that word too often. Well, it seems like we’re heading back into the good ole days when winning new clients was all about how you advertised and used what we called attraction marketing. Then there were press releases and consumer events, cruise nights and bill boards, road signs, non-addressed fliers and a whole bunch more activities to spur a prospect on to make the call, to make contact and to ask for your help in arranging their vacation. This back to the future feeling comes about through the latest anti-spam legislation to be launched in Canada come July 1st, 2014. The legislation also affects US travel agents who market north of the 49th. Suppliers too. Tourism boards… The theme to carry in your head is No Permission No Commission. That’s about it pure and simple PLUS the return to what we have termed “tra