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TORONTO Over the course of the pandemic, we’ve heard time and time again how travel agents have never been more valued – or needed – as travel became increasingly more complicated.
Fareconnect.com celebrates success of virtual conference: “Adaptability is where it’s at”
Date: Feb 11 2021
WINNIPEG Over 80 travel agents attended Fareconnect.com’s annual conference, which this year went virtual as a way to build on the momentum the host agency has seen throughout the pandemic.
Having taken place on Jan. 30, the conference focused on the importance of adaptability, something that Fareconnect.com has continually practiced since the onset of the pandemic. Over the past year, it has shifted all of its efforts and resources to enhancing its multi-tiered Training Program, upgrading to a new CRM system, and providing weekly sales & marketing opportunities to help agents grow their businesses. Its annual conference was yet another way for the agency to cater to and celebrate its agents.
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It s been hard to get the company s site to show up on search engines due to limits tech giants have placed on COVID-19-related services, he said. They re preventing people from capitalizing or being opportunistic surrounding the pandemic. But in the same breath, I think it s limiting the ability, for organizations who are providing genuine services, the ability to advertise or broadcast a lot to the larger public.
A lab worker processes a COVID-19 test Thursday.(Austin Grabish/CBC)
Even though there has still been one daily Winnipeg flight to the U.S., few people are flying.