Effective July 1st, 2009 Tracy Vaughan, Director, International Sales & Marketing, in Tallahassee, Florida is handling Canadian market sales & promotions. The RMR Group will continue to handle Public Relations on behalf of Visit Florida, under advisement from PR Manager Canada, Henny Groenendijk.
Tracy will lead a team of sales professionals in the corporate Visit Florida office who will work closely with the travel industry in Florida and in Canada to promote Florida to key travel trade professionals and participate in Travel Industry events in Canada.
Travel agents will continue to order their Florida collateral pieces online at www.hippoexpress.ca or call toll free 1 877 817 8789.
Visit Florida recently launched a new and improved area of their consumer website dedicated to the Travel Professional. This will allow the travel trade to explore specific information for their clients as they plan Florida vacations.
Travel agents, tour operators and other travel professionals can access multi lingual e-guides, locate contact information for the Visit Florida Sales Staff plus find links to pre-post cruise and group itineraries, local and state resources, an image gallery, driving and distance charts and Travel Professional Tool Kit. Check it out at http://visitflorida.com/travel_professionals.
Tracy Vaughan can be reached by e-mail: tvaughan@VISITFLORIDA.org or phone (850) 205.3858. Tracy is looking forward to continue growing the longstanding relationship with the Canadian market.
