WITS National Parks Night , January 11th, 2022
The meeting was held via Zoom in the comfort of your home or office with the following vendors:
Collette
Kensington Tours
Abercrombie and Kent
They talked about Mount Rushmore, Devils Tower Monument as well as Yellowstone National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, Bryce Canyon and Lake Powell. They were very informative and made us all want to go!
Hope you can join us next month on February 8th, 2022 for a Zoom meeting all about romance and destination weddings.
Respectfully submitted,
Elaine Ciulik, Secretary
WITS Romance and Destination Wedding Night – February 8th, 2022
Once again the meeting was presented via Zoom in the comfort of your home office or wherever you are comfortable.
Vendors presenting were:
Couples Resorts
Sandals
Turks and Caicos Luxury Resorts
There was a lot of information on how to kindle the Romance. Updates on weddings, renewal of vows, Covid protocal and more!
Join us next month for an in person event at the Browns Brewery in Troy, for Irish night on March 16th, 2022. Hope to see you all there.
Respectfully submitted,
Elaine Ciulik, Secretarys
Dear Ireland and Britain Suppliers,
The WITS Capital District Area organization invites you to take part in our “Ireland and Britain Night” dinner and trade show on Wednesday March 16th, 2022.
WITS is an organization comprised of travel professionals, owners and suppliers whose mission is to promote travel services by enhancing ideas on travel promotion and selling; and to develop travel knowledge through educational
Programs.
Strength in numbers! WITS has a membership of over 100 agents and travel partners, with decades of experience of selling travel.
The format will be:
5:30PM- cash bar – Trade Show
6:30PM dinner- each vendor will have 5 minutes to introduce themselves, their products and draw a card for a door prize.
The cost to participate in this Tradeshow/Dinner is a very low $250 per vendor which includes 1 dinner, a table to distribute your information and meet travel agents and 8 minutes at a podium to promote your product. This is a very economical way of greeting and talking to many travel agents from a wide area in one evening.
The venue is Brown’s Revolution Hall, 417 River Street, Troy, NY
Phone (518)273-2337
Call or e-mail if you have any questions:
Connie Dyer Elaine Ciulik
WITS President WITS Recording Secretary
(518)833-6543 (518)229-3207
connie@packyourbags-travel.com elaine.imperialtravel@gmail.com
WITS Caribbean Night – April 19th, 2022
The meeting was held in person at Wolfert’s Roost, April 19th, 2022
The vendors present were:
Marriot
Couples Resorts
Aruba Tourism
InnRoads Hospitality
Hyatt Resorts
AM Resorts
AIC Hotel Group
DEB Marketing
Bahamas Tourist Board
St Marten/St. Martin Tourist Board
The Sands Resorts
So much information and beautiful resorts to book and we all definitely want to go!
Next month is our cruise night May 17th, 2022 at the Vista at VanPattens Golf Course, yu won’t want to miss it. Hope to see you all there.
Respectfully submitted,
Elaine Ciulik, Secretary
WITS General Meeting September 8th, 2022
Our first r:neeting of this new and exciting year was held at the Peebles Island Park on the Hudson River. It was an outdoor BBQ with lots of gre1t food and vendors. Hope you didn’t miss out!
It was at no cost to travel advisers and very well attended. The vendors that were present were:
Blue Diamond Resorts
Aruba Hilton
St Maarten/St. Martin Tourist Office
AM Resorts
RCCl
EZ ftaty
Affluent Hospitality
Hilton Caribbean
Kensington Tours
Inn Roads Group
The Sands
Explore Journeys
UniWorld Boutique Cruises
Rocky Mountaineer
Turks and Caicos Col1ection
Arch Roomright
Barcello Hotels
AIC Hotels
Margaritaville Beach Resort Nassua
Lots of information and getting us already to sell!
Next meeting will be sponsored by Sandals and Beaches on the 11th of October, 2022, hope to see you all there!
Reseptfully submitted, Elaine Ciulik- Secretary
WITS General Meeting
October 11th, 2022
Our October 11th, 2022 Meeting was presented by:
Sandals & Beaches Resorts who gave a wonderful presentation for all they have to offer, all of their resorts on different islands in the Caribbean.
The meeting was held at Hilton Garden Inn, Troy NY with a very tasteful meal consisting of Filet and Shrimp, along with delicious sides and wine.
Next meeting will be sponsored by Alaska vendors and the venue and date will be announced.
Thank You,
Respectfully submitted,
Elaine Ciulik-Secretary