Montrose Travel Wins Magellan Award for Training
Montrose Travel was recently selected as a 2008 Magellan Award Winner for its Training Program.
Honoring a broad range of industry segments including Hotels and Resorts, Travel Destinations, Cruise Lines, Online Travel Services, Airlines and Airports, Travel Agents and Agencies, and Car Rental Companies, the Magellan is the award to win if you are in the business of travel. The Magellan Awards, sponsored by Travel Weekly, received entries from the top travel organizations and professionals worldwide and the quality of the work displayed by Montrose Travel was considered to be outstanding and worthy of this award.
"Being selected as a Magellan Award Winner is a tremendous achievement and proves we represent a high standard of excellence within the travel industry. We’ve always believed our training was superior in scope; now it’s been validated. We're very proud of this accomplishment," says Andi McClure-Mysza, President of the MTravel.com Home Based Agent Division of Montrose Travel.
Because of the priority Montrose Travel places on training, they’ve invested in a full time training person, Rhonda Holguin, General Manager. She provides a long-term perspective about Montrose Travel and clearly understands the needs of front line agents as well as support staff. She’s critical in this role.
"It’s my pleasure to focus my energies on both new hire and ongoing staff training. It gives me the opportunity to share my extensive knowledge of the industry, our company and our business philosophy with our people," says Rhonda Holguin.
This training is available to Montrose Travel’s home based agents with www.MTravel.com as well.
"Our training program affords us the ability to attract and retain both experienced independent travel professionals as well as people who are new to the industry. Structured training sessions combined with our training archive housed on Agent Connex, our support site, and ongoing business coaching makes us a top choice for independent home based agents, says McClure-Mysza.
Earlier this year, Montrose Travel launched www.MTravelSchool.com, an online, self-paced travel school for those desiring a complete foundation in the travel industry.
Montrose Travel strives to provide the highest quality services and most complete leisure, corporate and group travel management solutions. Established in 1956, Montrose Travel was purchased by the McClure family in 1972. Montrose Travel is a Top 5 Host Agency and Top 50 travel company nationwide at $110 million. Growth has been solely out of the reinvestment of profit and positive cash flow. The company currently has no, and has never had any, debt. To learn more, please visit www.MontroseTravel.com or www.MTravel.com. | 
