Stephen Smith, Senior Vice President, Leisure Strategy & Marketing for Direct Travel, is pleased to advise that four of the group\u2019s Canadian independent travel advisors have been named to the prestigious Cond\u00e9 Nast Travel Specialists list. And \u2013 even more of an accolade \u2013 each has been featured at least once before.<\/p>\n
The list, which features some of the world\u2019s best travel advisors and niche tour operators, recognizes top travel pros for their experience, expertise, resourcefulness and customer care. As Cond\u00e9 Nast expresses it: \u201cThey\u2019ll pull off the impossible and spare you the logistics.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact that these Direct Travel advisors have been repeatedly showcased on the list is a tribute to the consistently superior service they provide,\u201d says Joelle Goldman, VP Host Services and Luxury Hotel Program at Direct Travel. \u201cThey are clearly at the top of their game and we are tremendously proud of their achievements.\u201d It\u2019s evidence, Goldman added, that the supportive and collaborative culture of Direct nurtures the best in travel advisors.<\/p>\n
The Canadian Direct Travel advisors are: White-Rock, B.C.-based Ariane Henry (making her fourth appearance on the list); sisters Lisa and Nancy Zupancic of Toronto (in their third year); and Katherine Velan of Montreal (now celebrating her second year).<\/p>\n
Says Velan, \u201cWhen I was little, my Dad subscribed to the Cond\u00e9 Nast Magazine, and I decided I wanted to become a writer and travel the world. I never became a writer, but became the best travel agent I could \u2013 and lucky for me they noticed!\u201d<\/p>\n
Adds Henry: \u201cI am honoured to be recognized by Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler once again. It’s a privilege to be acknowledged alongside such esteemed colleagues in the industry.\u201d And, according to the Zupancic sisters, \u201cThis recognition allows us to think we are on the right track with our care and inventing explorations for our clients. What is clear is we do not work in a vacuum and having wonderful clients and exceptional suppliers is the key.\u201d<\/p>\n
Two of their Direct Travel colleagues in the U.S. (Jennifer Fried of Cleveland, Ohio, celebrating her second year on the list, and Jesse Taylor of Naples, Fla. \u2013 a fourth-time honouree) – also appear on the prestigious list.<\/p>\n
The complete list of Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler Specialists can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stephen Smith, Senior Vice President, Leisure Strategy & Marketing for Direct Travel, is pleased to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7,2,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advisors","category-diversity","category-hosting","category-latest"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CondeNastAdvsiors2024.jpg",2000,2000,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CondeNastAdvsiors2024-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CondeNastAdvsiors2024-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CondeNastAdvsiors2024-768x768.jpg",640,640,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CondeNastAdvsiors2024-1024x1024.jpg",640,640,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CondeNastAdvsiors2024-1536x1536.jpg",1536,1536,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CondeNastAdvsiors2024.jpg",2000,2000,false],"elegant-magazine-featured":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CondeNastAdvsiors2024-1024x1024.jpg",1024,1024,true],"elegant-magazine-medium":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CondeNastAdvsiors2024-720x380.jpg",720,380,true],"elegant-magazine-medium-small":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CondeNastAdvsiors2024-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CondeNastAdvsiors2024-50x50.jpg",50,50,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Joelle Goldman"]},"category_info":"Advisors<\/a> Diversity<\/a> Hosting<\/a> Latest<\/a>","tag_info":"Latest","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":966,"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960\/revisions\/966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}