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Why can't we be friends? Forming productive travel advisor-supplier relationships (feat. Vicki Freed and Jamie Margolis)

Why can't we be friends? Forming productive travel advisor-supplier relationships (feat. Vicki Freed and Jamie Margolis)

FromTrade Secrets Podcast


Why can't we be friends? Forming productive travel advisor-supplier relationships (feat. Vicki Freed and Jamie Margolis)

FromTrade Secrets Podcast

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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Mar 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Welcome to the season four finale of Trade Secrets. This week, co-hosts Emma Weissmann and Jamie Biesiada welcome Royal Caribbean’s Vicki Freed, senior vice president of sales and trade support and service, and Jamie Margolis, owner of the Dream Vacations franchise Moms at Sea, during the second installment of a two-part series with Freed (listen to part one here). 
During the episode, Freed and Margolis talk about the importance of forming — and maintaining — a good agent-supplier relationship, the “unicorn” cabins onboard Royal Caribbean ships that offer more space for less money, the value proposition of cruising and more.
In two weeks, Trade Secrets will release a special episode about the making of the podcast. It will return for season five two weeks after that, on April 8.
This episode is sponsored by Travel Insured International. 

Further resources
Contact Vicki Freed by email or her personal cell phone, 305-458-0463
Find Jamie Margolis and Moms at Sea online, on Facebook and on Instagram
The last Trade Secrets episode, also featuring Vicki Freed
From Travel Weekly, Agent Life: From Facebook group to franchisee: Moms at Sea’s fantastic voyage 
Mentioned in this episode:

The Taylor Swift cruise: From TravelAge West, Who is Marvelous Mouse Travels, and why is it hosting a Taylor Swift-themed cruise? 
Sign up for Vicki’s Tips online 
On Millie Schwartz, from Travel Weekly: At 90, Schwartz still drawn to selling travel 
An example of Carnival’s Fun Ship cruise commercials from the 1980s


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Email us: tradesecrets@travelweekly.com
 
Theme song:
Sock Hop by Kevin MacLeod
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Released:
Mar 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (78)

Welcome to Trade Secrets, a podcast from the editors of Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, where travel advisors ask -- and answer -- questions. On each podcast, our editors will ask a veteran travel advisor to join them and field listeners’ questions. Topics will range from business advice to industry trends, history and more — as long as it’s travel-related, we want to address it! Find Trade Secrets wherever you get your podcasts, or at travelweekly.com/podcasts. ABOUT YOUR HOSTS: Jamie Biesiada is a senior editor with Travel Weekly. She is an award-winning journalist, including being named the American Society of Travel Advisors’ 2019 Travel Journalist of the Year. Her roots are in community journalism, where she was the editor of several local newspapers and a regional entertainment magazine. Emma Weissmann is a Senior Editor of TravelAge West, a print and online magazine for travel advisors based in the Western U.S. She is also the host of the Humans of Travel podcast, where she interviews notable individuals in the travel industry about their lives — the highs and lows that make them human. Theme song:Sock Hop by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4387-sock-hopLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information