by Jan Mauer | May 21, 2012 | Travel Adventures
JAN MAUER COMPLETES THE DESTINATION WEDDING AGENTS WORKSHOP More Than 90 U.S. and Canadian Travel Professionals Gathered in Atlantic City on May 18 for This Intensive Training Program ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., May 21 – Jan Mauer with Exciting Vacations in Brunswick, N.J., successfully completed the DWAgents.com Destination Wedding Agents Workshop held at the Caesars Atlantic City Hotel & Casino on May 18. This intensive full-day training program focused on the critical planning, marketing, and customer service techniques required for success as a dedicated travel professional specializing in destination weddings. More than 90 travel consultants from across North America participated in the workshop. “We congratulate Jan on completing this challenging training program,” said John Hawks, the workshop’s chief trainer. “She sharpened her destination wedding planning skills at this workshop, and we were very pleased to have a travel professional of her caliber involved in the training. Couples considering a destination wedding in the future would be very lucky indeed to work with her.” The workshop was organized by DWAgents.com, the largest network of professional destination wedding agents and planners in North... by Jan Mauer | Jul 21, 2011 | Romance Travel and Honeymoons, South Pacific Tahiti, Travel Adventures
See the email below from my District Sales Manager at Intercontinental Hotels: Dear Jan, The Travel + Leisure 2011 World’s Best Awards have been published, and we are thrilled (okay, we’re ecstatic) that InterContinental Bora Bora Resort and Thalasso Spa has been voted #37 of the Top 100 Hotels in the World. With a total score of 93.56, the resort comes in at #2 in the Australia/New Zealand/South Pacific Region. Readers of Travel + Leisure were given an opportunity to vote for their favorite properties over a four-month period beginning in December, 2010. The short list of 100 hotels is culled from a selection of thousands worldwide and represents the hotels that offer, “…special access, noteworthy amenities, above-and-beyond service, and authenticity of place.” This coveted award comes on the heels of Thalasso’s World’s Best Service Award from Travel + Leisure in June. Readers gave the resort an impressive score of 93.33 this year; we were also honored with a Best Service award in 2010 with a score of 90.63. More Good News: Weddings for Visitors Now Legal in Tahiti The June 2011 issue of TravelAge West carries the news destination wedding specialists been waiting for: visitors to Tahiti can now be legally married there. Gone are the days when couples have to establish a 30-day residency in Tahiti before they can tie the knot. Look closely at the cover…that happy married couple is shown leaving the Blue Lagoon Chapel at the InterContinental Bora Bora Resort and Thalasso Spa. (The article is well worth a read as it outlines the requirements for legal weddings and is full of information about...