by Lacey Pfalz
Last updated: 10:25 AM ET, Mon November 18, 2024
WHY IT RATES: Travel advisors in Los Angeles, New York and the Mid-Atlantic states will enjoy some extra support from Pleasant Holidays and Journese's new sales hires. — Lacey Pfalz, Associate Writer, TravelPulse
Pleasant Holidays and its luxury brand, Journese, today announced the addition of three top-performing sales professionals to their national sales team with the purpose of assisting travel advisors achieve success growing sales and income. Based in New Jersey, Lil Musmanno represents the newly created New York/New Jersey metro territory; Nicole Isaac is based in Bethlehem, PA, and covers the Mid-Atlantic states and Los Angeles-based Ana Hernandez is responsible for the Los Angeles metro area.
All three are driven to build – and re-establish – connections with travel advisors in their regions to identify new leisure travel opportunities and strategies to grow commission income for package bookings of FIT, cruise vacations, destination wedding & honeymoon travel, Groups, incentive travel and more. They join a nationwide team of 15 full-time Business Development Managers based across the U.S., including one dedicated to assisting travel advisors with cruise vacations.
Musmanno, who has more than 35 years’ experience working with travel advisors in the New York/New Jersey area, said she aims to build confidence in advisors to sell resorts and destinations that are new to them. “I am looking forward to building relationships with new advisors and strengthening relationships with accounts I’ve worked with in the past, as well as educating and supporting travel advisors to increase their sales by conducting in-person and virtual trainings.”
Isaac has been in the travel industry for 29 years and brings long-lasting client relationships to Pleasant Holidays and Journese. “My strong understanding of resorts, destinations, and being a team player have been key in my travel industry journey. My goal is to be recognized as a trusted partner, sustaining growth for both the company and travel advisors.”
“I am determined to expand Pleasant Holidays' network and empower travel agents by demonstrating how they can leverage our services to enhance their clients' experiences and significantly boost their revenue,” said Hernandez, who has won awards as a travel advisor and as a cruise reservation specialist.
Pleasant Holidays and Journese offer custom vacations to 84 countries worldwide, along with river and ocean cruise vacations with 100 percent U.S.-based customer service and reservations agents, flights on 108 airlines in all classes of seating for maximum comfort, commissionable arrival and departure transfers, destination experiences and Hertz car rentals. Pleasant Holidays and Journese highly recommend travel protection coverage for international vacations with up to 100 percent commission protection and Cancel-For-Any-Reason options to protect travelers’ vacation investment.
For more information or to make a booking, travel advisors can visit https://journese.com/ or call 1-800-442-9244. Pleasant Holidays and Journese are members of Tourism Cares, the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) and active members of the United States Tour Operator Association (USTOA) and participate in the $1 Million Travelers Assistance Program.
SOURCE: Pleasant Holidays and Journese press release.
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