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AdventureAgents™ Travel Network, Powered by GordonsGuide.com, Signs 500th Travel Agency
Travel Agents Worldwide Use AdventureAgents to Sell Adventure Travel
Fresno, Calif. (October 9, 2007) - Gordon’s Guide, publisher of the world’s largest Web site on adventure and active travel, www.GordonsGuide.com, announced that its AdventureAgents ™ Travel Network has signed 500 travel agencies worldwide. The Network is the largest connection of travel agents selling adventure and active travel.
The AdventureAgents (AA) Travel Network is a turn-key solution that allows travel agencies to quickly start selling adventure and active travel and tap into the lucrative active travel market. The service is complimentary with no upfront fees or licensing costs, and no programming or training required.
A major feature of the AA Travel Network: GordonsGuide.com (GG) syndicates the largest selection of adventure and active travel content to participating travel agencies. Members can instantly add 10,000 trips to 3,000 destinations in 126 countries to their very own websites. Travel agencies can directly bring to their clients a vast array of adventure and active travel options, exclusive traveler specials, trip and company information, photo galleries, e-cards and more.
“The AdventureAgents Travel Network has added a ton of content to our website and has dramatically increased our traffic,” said Gary S. Spears, executive vice president, CWT/Spears Travel. “The Network is a great resource for our travel agents. There’s no other comparable resource for travel agents who want to sell adventure travel.”
The benefits of participating in the AA Travel Network are numerous. Travel agents earn incentives from the sale of these trips such as free travel, cash bonuses, additional commissions, complimentary trips and special gifts.
“The adventure travel market is the fastest growing segment of travel, and we want travel agents to take advantage of this growth,” said Timothy E. Gordon, CEO and founder of Gordon’s Guide. “We are currently working with thousands of travel agents globally by providing them with the finest adventure travel content, great incentives, and technical support to facilitate market entry.”
Participating agencies include firms affiliated with high-profile consortiums such as American Express, Carlson Wagonlit, Ensemble and Virtuoso, and growing.
To enroll, travel agents can call 1 (559) 490-2800 ext. 114 or go to http://www.adventureagents.com/contactus.cfm.
About Gordon's Guide
10,000 Trips, 3,000 Destinations, 126 Countries - 1 Web Site
Founded in 1997, Gordon's Guide - Adventure & Active Travel Worldwide is a leading publishing company based in Fresno, California. The company publishes highly regarded magazine-style travel guides and an award-winning website, www.GordonsGuide.com, the premier information resource for active travelers, offering the finest adventure and active vacations from around the world. Gordon's Guide has partnered with premier vacation providers and resorts such as O.A.R.S., GAP Adventures, Dean Cummings H2O Heli Guides, Intrepid Travel, Backroads, Fairmont, Vail Resorts, Hilton Caribbean, Forever Resorts, Intrawest, ARAMARK Parks and Resorts and Delaware North. Forbes Magazine has awarded GordonsGuide.com "Best of the Web" eight straight years.
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