Just Picture It Now: Birthday Bash Announcements

For those wondering what went on during the Birthday Bash here are some of the highlights.

Recruiting:

A) Not ONE Lime Green T-shirt was seen during the Birthday Bash with the quote "I got here for FREE as me how!"

B) To our knowledge, not one person was recruited to joining YTB during the entire sailing.

New products and Affiliations:

A) New 17 minute video on on-line fundraising-"Passport to Giving" for prospecting non-profits, will not change the price or destination but the way they book to raise funds for travel they are already doing.

B) "Two Fly Free" backed by Thomas Cook , the oldest and largest hotel and airline consolidator.

C) Hunting and Fishing.Biz is live. Trips and products with similar prices to Bass Pro Shop, and going from 8,000 to 30,000 products as we expand.

D) YTB cars expanding to local markets and will be offering any brand and at as reasonable prices as any where else you would buy.

E) RTA incentives; adding UPS over night mail at up to 50% savings.

F) Spring Tour International, the largest tour operator in China, is offering YTB exclusive tour packages to China, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Especially exciting are a series of tours to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing which include hard to get Olympic event tickets. Packages offer a 25% commission.

International Expansion :

A) The Bahamas-Went live in the Bahamas on 1/11/2008 .

B) Bermuda-opening 2/8/2008 .

C) Canada-opening 2/8/2008 (Saturday 2/9/2008 2:00 til 4:00pm Vancouver, British Columbia, meeting at convention center.)

Saturday 2/16/2008 2:00 til 4:00 pm Toronto/Ontario (location TBA)

Travel and Marketing Updates :

A) New owner Stuart Johnson of Success Magazine will have a new format in 2008 will be the best in the industry on Network marketing, not just one company and we have structured an arrangement with the owner for a special edition 8 page story on YTB and an insertable disc on the company.

B) Founders tour for 2008 coming to all areas 26 stops already scheduled with Coach, look for e-mail to be sent today.

C) 2008 on the travel side goal is to be #1 with #1 Carnival. We have 40,000 active cruises booked, need 100,000 to be #1, everyone get in the game and book a group cruise. Goal is to sell 3000 Olympic packages to fulfill our responsibility to Spring Tour International. 2007 booked over 5 hundred million with goal to book over a billion 2008. (Which only 12 companies have done.)

D) Income Disclosure Statement for 2007 will be sent out attached to an e-mail today.

E) California requirements for credentials are standard for everyone.

Coming in 2008 - One presentation for everyone, CRTA training updated with streaming videos. Travel booking engine state of the art updating Communication updates to the field, more trained RTAs in travel than all other companies put together.

"If it ain't right don't do it and if it ain't true don't say it" ~ J. Lloyd "Coach" Tomer

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