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Why Attend the Expo as a Home Based Agent? Top 10 reasons to attend & specialize in faith travel 1. Learn how to effectively build a profitable faith-based travel business or division. 2. Meet the "Who's Who" in faith tourism for travel providers. 3. Discover new faith vacation products and services. 4. Enrich your existing portfolio for the religious market to include a diverse range of trips, vacations, and events. 5. Learn how to market and sell effectively to various faith-based consumers. 6. Gain in-depth knowledge on the size and scope of the religious market in North America (for example, learn that 1 in 3 people are interested in faith travel). 7. Develop relationships with key faith tourism authorities, leaders, and personnel. 8. Find out about important faith-based travel FAM trips. 9. Participate in the most comprehensive educational conference ever hosted on the faith tourism market. 10. Become a part of history as the World Religious Travel Expo serves as the first-ever and most important gathering in the faith tourism industry. It's a New Era in Faith Tourism for Travel Agents It's a New Era in Faith Tourism today for travel agents. Faith Tourism has evolved from a "niche market" into a full-blown industry of 300 million religious travelers globally. Furthermore, Faith Tourism has grown into a robust and lucrative industry comprised of multi-billion dollar niches and market segments ranging from pilgrimages to leisure vacations to cruising to conferences/events to adventure travel to attractions to missions and volunteer vacations and to much more.
As one of the fastest growing segments of the global travel industry, it is imperative that if a home-based agent wishes to stay at the forefront of the burgeoning faith tourism industry, the agent must make their presence visibly known in this marketplace and must capitalize on the full kaleidoscope of today's wide variety of faith vacations and travel requests.
Looking for Diverse Vacation Experiences
Today faith-based travelers are looking for quality, first class travel products. And they are looking for something new, a more diverse range of travel experiences. Here are some exciting new travel products and opportunities that your agency will learn about a the Expo and can showcase to the faith consumer:
Which of the following faith vacations & markets
(see chart)
does your agency currently tap into and promote? The role of WRTA & Expo 2008 is to increase your faith consumer business in each of these applicable markets:
Two
Forums for Travel Agents
1. The International Tradeshow The International Tradeshow provides a venue for travel providers, suppliers, and destinations to showcase and demonstrate their products and services direct to the faith tourism industry including travel agents and group planners. The tradeshow convention also provides an opportunity to interact and conduct business in person.
2. The Educational Conference The Educational Conference is the most comprehensive educational program ever assembled on faith tourism. The Educational seminars and panels will be hosted by leading travel companies, authorities, and leaders in faith tourism. Learn how to enter or expand your presence in this industry by marketing, selling, and developing products and services direct to the faith community. The Educational Conference alone is worth attending the Expo!
How can I learn more about
Faith Tourism?
Click on any of the following 3 resources... How much does it cost to attend the Expo? In order to assist travel agents in attending this most important event of the year for the faith tourism industry, the World Religious Travel Association is sponsoring most of the cost for travel agents to attend. Hence, the total cost for travel agents is anywhere from $100 to $250 depending WRTA Membership and any advertised specials. Click here to view the cost to attend the Expo. (To join WRTA as a New Member and receive the lower Expo attendee rate, click here.) How do I register to attend the Expo? All registrations are done online and registering is very easy and quick. To register online to attend the Expo, simply click here.
Special "Combo" Packages: Did you know you can register to attend the Expo and join WRTA as a New Member at the same time? We offer a special "Combo" package which provides discounted rates for both Expo Registration & WRTA Membership Registration. Be sure to look for this special "Combo" package when you register online....and get ready to enjoy a full year of Faith Tourism benefits.
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