Are YOU Setting A New Year’s Resolution? by Carla Smith, CTA Season’s Greetings! Most of us at some point have set a New Year’s resolution, but who among us has ever stuck with one and accomplished it? Within my circle of friends and family I noticed the difference between those who, like me, embrace a [...]

Last weekend I took a trip to a local farm to visit with The Cow, the mascot for our new Course of the Week. Here (as all good travel folks know) is my site-visit report. Me: Hi cow. Cow: Moo. Me: I came out to thank you for being a great mascot for our new [...]

The Travel Institute, just like many other organizations, has numerous projects going on simultaneously. Quite of few projects have tedious and repetitive tasks that need to be completed on a daily basis. Normally we would be assigning these duties to different staff members, but we are fortunate to have a summer intern this year – [...]

If you have ever attended one of my webinars on Communiversity or membership, you know that I have had a “technical awakening” in the last year. My skills, up until then, were pretty limited to Outlook and the occasional word document. I think back to the 80′s when I worked in operations for Maritz Travel [...]

With Memorial Day and its parades, honors and services behind us, we unofficially enter the summer season – a time that many call the best time of the year. For a little more than three months, things slow down to a much easier pace. With some extra time, what are you going to do this [...]

One fun thing about writing blogs is that in addition to using them to inform, you can also use them as an opportunity to vent a little. So, today I’m sharing ten pet peeves when it comes to grammatical mistakes. I am far from perfect and someone with an eagle eye may spot some errors [...]

by Carla Smith, CTA Manager, Marketing and Communications Now that we are into the month of May, I have been starting to think about finalizing plans for a summer vacation. Whether you work alone or are with other staff members, it is important to plan ahead and make sure business responsibilities and customers are well [...]

As providers of travel industry certification, training and continuing education, it only makes sense for us to find a partner who can take our candidates  to the next level… FINDING A JOB IN THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY!  HotTravelJobs.com does just that… their mission is to put travel people in touch with other travel people. The HotTravelJob.com [...]

Back in the 80s, I remember watching TV commercials for Prego Spaghetti Sauce. One of them went something like this. A mother and father are visiting their newly-married son and daughter in law. The father finds the son in the kitchen using Prego Spaghetti sauce from the jar. He’s shocked to learn that it’s not [...]