If busy equaled commissions directly, then we d be swimming in money, said Alex Sharpe, CEO of Signature Travel Network. They are really busy, and it s a challenge and an opportunity. They re busy because there s a lot of pent-up demand. People want to travel. But at the same time, I would say up until very recently, the last couple of weeks, a lot of what they re booking is [for] 2022 and beyond, particularly for cruise.
But Sharpe is optimistic that the shorter-term bookings agencies are doing now will carry them through to the end of the year. That will keep people going until we get to [payment for] the really incredible bookings we have for 2022 and beyond, he said.
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NEST Adds Independent Contractor Option Called NEST Plus
April 15, 2021
The Network of Entrepreneurs Selling Travel (NEST) today announced that it was adding a new option for independent contracts (ICs) called NEST Plus, built to serve a growing number of ICs who want to work in a fully-hosted environment.
NEST Plus is designed for those advisors who want “the financial choice for their business coupled with NEST’s rich mix of marketing, back-end technology, supplier partnerships and other services we offer,” NEST president Kathryn Mazza-Burney said in a statement announcing the news.
NEST, for its part, was started 17 years ago and has since grown as the advisor community has increasingly shifted to being home-based. Now, Mazza-Burney and the NEST team are expanding their offerings to “serve a growing segment of unbound travel advisors with our suite of personalized services,” she said.