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Wed., Oct. 27th, 2021
1:00 PM to 9:00 PM CDT

Millennium Knickerbocker
163 East Walton Place Chicago, IL, 60611

  
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Presenting Sponsor


 

Meet Our Gold Sponsors

 

Join us for a unique half-day event designed to help you grow your travel business. Always a crowd favorite, hear from Gary Sadler, Executive Vice President Sales & Industry Relations from Sandals | Beaches Resorts.

We'll transport you to Puerto Rico. No passport required. Discover the people, culture, places to stay, and how to customize your client's experience. 

Connect with and meet suppliers you'll want to do business with in the roundtable session and trade show. It's also a great way to connect with other local travel advisors. Are you joining us?

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Take part in our Halloween festivities, including dressing in your best travel costume and trade show trick-or-treating!

 Come dressed in your favorite travel theme. Need some inspiration? Cruise director, tourist, pilot, favorite destination’s traditional dress. No costume? No problem, just enjoy the event.

Agenda

1:00 PM | Registration Opens 


2:00 PM | Welcome & CCRA Update
Peter E. Pincus | Chief Commercial Officer, CCRA International, Inc. 



2:15 PM | TRUE Accreditation
Holly Carrig | Senior Director, CCRA International, Inc. 


Find out why thousands of travel advisors are operating their business under the TRUE Accreditation. TRUE is guaranteed to boost your revenue and your business relationships. It’s time you build a business that rewards you! If you are not already a vetted, trusted seller of travel holding the TRUE Accreditation maybe it’s time you become one.

2:30 PM | Welcome Back Travel with Sandals | Beaches
Guest Speaker: 

We're thrilled to have Sandals back at our PowerSolutions event! Don't miss this fan favorite and how Sandals is ready to welcome back your clients and get working with you again.


3:15 PM | Meet TGN
Margie Jordan | Vice President, CCRA International, Inc. 


Learn about our newest membership offering, Travel Advisors Global Network (TGN), a host agency with no commission split. As a member of TGN, you'll keep 100% of your commission, get consortium access, a robust CRM to manage your agency and so much more.


3:30 PM | Discover Puerto Rico
Presented by: 

Learn about Puerto Rico’s hospitable people, great hotels, outdoor activities, and many aspects of travelling to a destination where there is no need for a passport, no customs, no immigration and no re-testing to get back home.


4:45 PM | Refreshment Break


5:00 PM - 7:15 PM | Gold Sponsor Roundtables


7:15 PM - 9:00 PM  | Dinner and Trade Show Including Prize Drawings 

Meet Our Silver Sponsors

 

Announcing PowerSolutions Live Prizes

COVID 19 Safety Protocol – Illinois Mask Mandate

Providing a safe environment for all attendees is of utmost importance to us.  We will be adhering to the Illinois mask mandate and all UpClose attendees are required to wear a mask during the event, regardless of vaccination status.  Masks may be temporarily removed while actively eating or drinking.  ABC•CCRA will closely monitor official government and local guidelines, and any event location specific requirements, as well as guidance and recommendations from the CDC. Based on their guidelines we reserve the right to revise safety protocols. All registered attendees will be notified prior to the event of any revisions to the safety protocols.