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Travel Alliance Partners welcomes newest member, Maxima Tours

Maxima Tours is an award-winning family-run tour operator under the direction of founder Gemma Allan and her two sons Managing Director Jason Allan and Operations Manager Damon Allan.

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – Travel Alliance Partners, LLC (TAP) announces that Hamilton, Ontario-based Maxima Tours is the newest TAP member company. During a recent meeting in Virginia Beach, Va., the member companies voted unanimously in favor of Maxima Tours joining TAP, a privately-held corporation. TAP members meet twice each year in different North American cities to discuss the corporation’s business and develop unique new tour programs.

To be considered in good standing with the corporation, TAP Members agree to adhere to 12 standards of participation; new potential Members are carefully screened to ensure that they will live up to the standards and continue growing TAP’s corporate brand within the industry. “Maxima Tours is committed to excellence, and many of its core values resonate with TAP’s fundamental standards of offering new and unique tours as well as building strong relationships with staff, PPTPs (“suppliers” in other circles), and of course its client base,” stated TAP President Kevin Murphy, also General Manager of founding TAP Partner Sports Leisure Vacations.

Maxima Tours is an award-winning family-run tour operator under the direction of founder Gemma Allan and her two sons Managing Director Jason Allan and Operations Manager Damon Allan. Though much of Maxima’s historic focus has been on the retiree North American group travel market, they have recently expanded to new audiences, as well as small group experiences to locales including Italy, Morocco, Kenya, and Portugal.

“It is a great pleasure to officially welcome Maxima Tours to our TAP family” said Executive Director Stefanie Gorder. “They bring fresh ideas to the table, as well as their excitement and knowledge of all aspects of the travel experience. Their pride in developing and operating unique, quality tours will be a great fit with the TAP family.”

TAP has made significant contributions to the tourism and travel industry over the last 12 years that include its revolutionary founding principle of partnership among rivals, the concept of Guaranteed Departures, and its renowned series of free tour-based webinars available to travel professionals.

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Travel Alliance Partners recently also finished their 2015 planning and 2014 review at their annual business meeting in Virginia Beach, Va. TAP held a marketplace for local travel professionals as well as two days of business meetings filled with key decisions, product development, and brainstorming sessions that generated creative ideas that maintain their commitment to the North America travel & tour industry.

In 2014, TAP saw growth in programs with the launch of the newly rebranded TAP Tour Wrap, which allows travel professionals to showcase hundreds of Guaranteed Departures on their own websites. Successes also included the unveiling of TAP’s Power of Partnership brochure featuring TAP’s many programs for potential partners, travel professionals and PPTPs (Preferred Professional Travel Providers – known in other circles as “suppliers”), in addition to significantly increased distribution for TAP’s Guaranteed Departures brochure and Dream Destinations magazine, due in large part to TAP’s successful TAP Into T.A.P. weekly webinar series.

Under President Kevin Murphy’s leadership, TAP continues to grow. He is pleased to announce the 2015 Board of Directors:

  • President Kevin Murphy of Sports Leisure Vacations (Sacramento, Calif.)                
  • Secretary/Treasurer Greg Wingham of Joy Tour & Travel (Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • Vice President Products Richard Arnold of Atlantic Tours Ltd. (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)
  • Vice President Legal/Membership Richard Durgan of Durgan Travel Service (Stoneham, Mass.)
  • Vice President Marketing Rick Pharr of CTN Travels (Midland, N.C.)
  • Director At Large Kate Scopetti of Mid Atlantic Receptive Services (Stephens City, Va.)
  • Director At Large David Burns of All American Tours (Ellington, Mo.)
  • In addition, three new Partners joined in 2015 – OregonWest Excursions (Salem, Ore.) in April, Let’s Go Travelin’ (Hermitage, Tenn.) in June, and Maxima Tours (Hamilton, Ontario) in December.

The new Board of Directors and new and existing Partners are committed to expanding the TAP standard of setting the bar high for the travel industry with hard work, dedicated service, and the highest quality in tour operations.

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