(Franchise Buy) - By guy norcott. Updated Apr 27, 2017
Travel Industry Veteran Saul Fonseca Joins
Dream Vacations A CruiseOne Company as Director of Sales
New role will focus on increasing individual agent profitability
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (April 27, 2017) - Dream Vacations A CruiseOne Company announces that industry sales veteran Saul Fonseca will join the team as Director of Sales. In this newly created role, Fonseca will work closely with the Marketing and Business Development teams to strategically grow and maximize revenue opportunities.
Fonseca will report to the Vice President of Sales and Marketing Rosemarie Reed. Regarded as an industry marketing pioneer herself, Reed is confident Fonseca’s efforts will quickly yield results as she notes, “With Saul’s history of strong relationship-building skills combined with his sales experience and tenacity, I know we will continue to propel Dream Vacations forward and break even more sales records.”
A resident of Miami, Fonseca brings extensive sales experience including his most recent role where he held the position of Director of Sales at Regent and Oceania. With more than 14 years in the hospitality and travel industries, Fonseca’s strengths include strong analytical skills, contract negotiation and creating strategic plans to achieve designated sales targets. He has extensive experience motivating a team of business development managers whom together were able to maximize revenue within specific markets. In addition, he oversaw a pilot program as a part of a consultancy relationship with Bain & Company which became the sales model for the entire U.S.
“I am eager and excited to be joining what is known as the most business-focused and growth-oriented travel franchise in the industry,” said Fonseca. “It is exhilarating to know our agents have the highest sales on average already, and paired with the team and my expertise I am confident we will be able to set the bar even higher.”
In his role, Fonseca will oversee a team of regional business development managers who provide on-the-ground sales and marketing support to travel franchise owners nationwide. Fonseca has achieved many accolades and is active in industry organizations, including serving as the Officer of Membership for Millennials in Travel.
Those who are passionate about travel with an entrepreneurial spirit who would like to start a travel agency franchise with a proven track record, should visit www.DreamVacationsFranchise.com or call 888-249-8235.
About Dream Vacations A CruiseOne Company
Dream Vacations A CruiseOne Company is part of World Travel Holdings, the world’s largest cruise agency and award-winning leisure travel company. As an experiential brand, Dream Vacations is the only travel franchise opportunity to have a name that speaks to the variety of vacation experiences its franchisees sell. With unrivaled buying power, franchisees can provide competitive prices and exclusive offers when selling memorable vacation experiences such as cruises, resort stays and land tours. For more information on Dream Vacations, visit www.DreamVacationsFranchise.com. Like Dream Vacations on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DreamVacationsFranchise, and follow on Twitter at @Dream_Franchise.