|
Ticket to paradise Need to get away? Beth Skypeck probably can help.
Click here for the artcile that appeared in Shop Talk, By JOHN ROLFE, Staff Writer, Portland Press Herald, May 29, 2008
207 WGAN Interview May 16, 2008 with James Currie, Brand Ambassador, Conservation Corporation Africa
“Stories from the bush: a day in the life of an African game ranger”
Currie is a world-renowned expedition leader, game warden, wildlife guide and naturalist and has traveled and led excursions in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Fiji, Australia, North America, Europe, Madagascar and Costa Rica. He is an expert in the field of sustainable development and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in African Languages and a Masters degree in Sustainable Environmental Management. He has led professional wildlife and birding tours for over 12 years and is a fully qualified wildlife guide in South Africa and worked as a game ranger for CC Africa’s Phinda Private Game Reserve for three years. He spoke with 207 host, Rob Caldwell, to tell tales from his experiences leading wildlife safaris and tours. CC Africa is Africa's leading ecotourism company and owns or operates 43 exceptional safari lodges in Africa and India. Click here for the complete story!
Maine News
Maine Considered as Location for High-End Vacations - News Story MBPN
May 29, 2008 - 90.1FM Portland, Maine
 With a slowing economy and rocketing fuel prices, many Mainers probably feel like a luxury holiday is something they cannot afford, but many tour operators insist luxury vacations are no longer the preserve of the super-rich. With careful planning, they argue, many of us could end up on trips to places we'd only dreamt of. Several travel agencies targeted Maine at a recent expo to sell high end vacations to Maine residents. A variety of destinations were on offer, from Europe to the African bush, the Carribean and Down Under, and some from even further afield. Tom Porter interviewed Pam Hurley Moser and Hurley Travel Experts' Luxury Explorers Showcase suppliers. Click here to hear the interview.
Reported by:
Tom Porter,
Radio News Producer
Contact MPBN Radio News
 HURLEY TRAVEL EXPERTS’ LUXURY EXPLORERS’ SHOWCASE TO FOCUS ON ADVENTURE, WELLNESS AND FAMILIES
Released 4/24/08
FALMOUTH, Maine – Long workdays, hectic schedules, and personal lives filled with demands -- and too few days to truly relax -- are common concerns for many in today’s society. As individuals and families prepare to take full advantage of their well-earned vacations, Hurley Travel Experts’ Luxury Explorers Showcase, with more than 30 visiting luxury travel leaders, will offer insight into a worldwide range of options.
Click here for the full story...
 HURLEY TRAVEL EXPERTS BRING THE WORLD TO FALMOUTH, MAINE ON MAY 17th AT THE LUXURY EXPLORERS’ SHOWCASE
FALMOUTH, Maine – From culinary tours through Europe to family adventures in Costa Rica – the world’s leading luxury and experiential travel providers are coming to Maine to introduce the hottest travel trends. Hurley Travel Experts’ will present Maine’s first Luxury Explorers’ Showcase, Saturday, May 17 at Falmouth, Maine’s Woodlands Club from noon to 8:00 p.m. The showcase is free and open to the public. Click here for more details.
David Cryden’s “The Good Life” www.smartmoneytalks.com
KYNS 1340AM Air America Interview with Pam Hurley Moser
Airdate: March 22, 2008 - Discussing Life Experience Experts & Travel
Click here for Pamela Hurley-Moser's interview
David Cryden’s “The Good Life” focuses on high-end, affluent, luxury lifestyle and financial topics and guests. Host David Cryden has been doing talk radio for over 15 years. Their Area of Dominant Influence is the Central Coast of California, reaching from lower Monterey County to upper Santa Barbara County, including all of San Luis Obispo County.
 Portland, Maine – With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Beth Carpenter and Jon McCabe of Windham will be celebrating their good fortune of winning a six-night all-inclusive stay at a Sandals Resort in the Caribbean courtesy of Hurley Travel Experts.
Click here for the complete story!
Maine Switch - Success Stories: Pam Hurley Moser
 2007-12-04
By Amy Martin
“As a child, I was really interested in travel,” Pam Hurley Moser says, reminiscing about how she read and daydreamed of faraway places. “I always knew it’s what I wanted to do.” Her sense of adventure took her to Orlando, FL, where she majored in business and travel at Nova Southeastern University, one of the best schools to study the travel industry. She later worked for Presidential Airlines before founding her own travel agency, Hurley Travel Experts. ... To read the complete story click here.
January 23, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
 Beth Skypeck Earns the Honeymoons and Destination Weddings Specialist Designation from The Travel Institute
Portland, Maine - Beth Skypeck of Hurley Travel Experts recently earned the Honeymoons and Destination Weddings Lifestyle Specialist (LS) designation from The Travel Institute.
Skypeck, a Cape Elizabeth resident, has been a travel counselor for over 13 years, and has sent more than 5,000 clients on memorable vacation experiences. She chose to specialize in honeymoons and destination weddings because she enjoys working with couples to plan this special journey in their lives. “I earned my lifetime Gold level status in Sandals Resorts’ Certified Sandals Specialist (CSS) program earlier this year and am well on my way to reaching their Platinum level.
I thought it was time to add the Travel Institute’s certification to my list of accomplishments and become certified in all honeymoons and destination weddings, she explained. “Vacations are memories in the making and we take our responsibility to clients very seriously. Customers want to be confident that the information they receive is based on expert knowledge and having the Travel Institute designation does just that,” she concluded.
Hurley Travel Experts is one of the nation’s largest, privately female-owned, full-service travel agencies and the only Maine-based travel agency that is a Virtuoso and a BCD Travel affiliate. Virtuoso is the most exclusive association of upscale leisure travel agencies supported by unique agreements with the finest travel suppliers in the world with local representatives in over 70 countries. Less than 1% of all travel agencies in the US are invited to become a member.
As an affiliate of BCD Travel, Hurley Travel Experts has the ability to leverage technology and best practice polices to simplify and streamline business travel services to benefit organizations on every level, from the bottom line to the business traveler. With US$12 billion dollars in annual sales and a worldwide workforce in excess of 12,000 travel professionals, BCD Travel operates in 96 key business markets on five continents.
For 40 years, The Travel Institute has been serving as a community of knowledge and insight for all travel professionals. Through innovative educational opportunities, professional certification programs, and customized learning solutions, the Institute fulfills its non-profit mission to promote a standard of industry knowledge, professionalism and excellence. For more information about The Travel Institute, visit www.thetravelinstitute.com or call 800.542.4282.
For more information about Hurley Travel Experts and how Skypeck can help you plan your next trip, please call 207.874.7400 or email us at travel@travelexperts.com.
### ### ###
|