VOICES OF LEADERSHIP
Pam Inman
President
101 Prosperous Place, Suite 350
Lexington, KY 40509 USA
+1.859.264.6551
[email protected]
IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE that I recently started my fourth year with NTA! During that time, my list of industry friends has grown,
along with my list of interesting stories about connections that have been made. I expect each of you has a similar list, and the
longer you’ve been with NTA, the better the stories! One thing I do know is that there are three degrees of separation, no mat-
ter who you start with.
With Travel Exchange on the horizon, I asked members of the executive committee of the NTA Board of Directors to give an
example of how a connection they made at an NTA resulted in new partnerships. Some of the responses were long, so I’ll share
half of them now and half next month.
I hope these stories will remind you of the importance—and the fun—of networking at Travel Exchange and Contact. I’ll be
eager to hear your story when I see you in San Antonio.
Paul Larsen
Ed-Ventures Inc.
A travel agent client of mine once called and said, “I
know you take wine groups to Europe, but can you do
Oregon? The Williamette Valley, to be specific. And I
don’t want tourist wine tastings; I want high-end, authentic wine
tastings! Can you do it?”
I had just come back from Cont