GIVC’S 2019

12 TH

Annual Gourmet Inclusive ® Vacation Consultant Sales and Marketing Forum & Awards

Each year, Karisma Hotels & Resorts recognizes and honors the top performing travel professionals at the Gourmet Inclusive® Vacation Consultant Sales and Marketing Forum Awards. Hosted at El Dorado Royale, over 150 Gourmet Inclusive® Vacation Consultants from around the world participated and recaped the great milestones we have been able to achieve with the dedication and loyalty of our travel agent partners throughout the years.

GIVC is about recognizing and celebrating the hard work and success of Karisma Hotels & Resorts’ top performing travel partners, so the event kicked-off with a one of a kind Super Heroes themed night, which turned the main ballroom into the largest Super Headquarters to get the engines started for the following days.

The next morning, the Sales & Marketing Forum took place under the title “No Guts, No Story” where Marilyn Cairo, AVP of Sales for North America, encouraged each of the travel professionals in the room to do things differently. In a world where the new generations of clients want to create unique memories, live new experiences when travelling and make decisions quicker than ever, travel agents need to work towards finding new creative ways of engaging with their clients and building long-lasting relationships with them.

During the Forum, travel professionals also had the opportunity to hear and learn from the leaders of worldwide renowned brands like El Dorado Spa Resorts, Margaritaville and Nickelodeon, who shared their opinion and advise on multiple trend topics in the industry, as panelists, and encouraged travel partners to keep their focus on the future which will bring growth, challenges and new opportunities. Mandy Chomat, President of Premier Worldwide Marketing, exclusive worldwide sales and marketing representatives for Karisma Hotels & Resorts, wrapped up by thanking ur travel agent partners for their loyal support and encouraged them to keep working hard as new projects will continue to come.

The company was incredibly proud to have welcomed our valued travel agent partners at El Dorado Royale for our 12th Annual GIVC Sales & Marketing Forum Awards to celebrate another year of hard work and reaching goals together. Our Gourmet Inclusive@ Vacation Consultant are an instrumental part of the company’s ongoing success. As Karisma Hotels & Resorts continues its rapid global growth, we look forward to building upon our relationship with the Gourmet Inclusive® Vacation Consultants to deliver valuable tools, enhanced programs and offers, authentic experiences and exceptional new properties around the world.

The 12th annual Gourmet Inclusive Vacation Consultant Sales & Marketing Forum wrapped up with an Awards gala to honor the top producing travel professionals.

At the beginning of the gala night, the successful year for the company was highlighted with multiple awards including having the resort’s own Le Chique Restaurant named the Best Restaurant in a Hotel for the 2nd year in a row by Food & Travel Reader Awards.

The night wrapped up as Marilyn Cairo thanked everyone for another amazing year of partnership and friendship and support and opened an invitation to reunite next year for the 13th Annual Gourmet Inclusive® Vacation Consultant Sales and Marketing Forum & Awards to take place in October 2020.