TTAND says ‘Thanks’ to its partners at annual VIP Supplier event
The Travel Agent Next Door (TTAND) hosted its annual VIP Supplier event at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York last night (Nov. 7), welcoming its partners to a evening that featured some animated conversation, an update on the latest news from the group, a look at some new developments and some fun.
TTAND founder, Flemming Friisdahal told his audience of supplier partners that this was his “favourite, favourite” event of the year because all his “favourite people are here” and it gave him a chance to say “thank you,” because without the “support of our suppliers, we wouldn’t be here.”
For TTAND, 2024 was a big year as it has been celebrating its 10th anniversary, having launched operations on March 19, 2014, and leading Friisdahl to observe that he “never could have imagined [at that time] that “the company would be where it is today.”
Jeff Element, TTAND’s COO, told the supplier audience, that in 2024, TTAND was on track to do $500 million in sales; it has 1,447 member agents (749 primary agents and 698 associate agents) and it is projecting it will do $560 million in sales in 2025 and will see its agency member numbers rise to 1,550 in 2025.
That success over the past decade has been built on TTAND’s mantra of Win, Win, Win, with Friisdahl telling his audience that that was all about doing everything to ensure the success of the group’s supplier partners and its agency members.
The evening also highlighted TTAND’s commitment to the Pencils for Kids charity which raises money for initiatives in Niger, West Africa. TTAND has being raising funds for the organization since 2016 and over that time, it has raised $311,000 for the charity.
Updates on TTAND’s activities during 2024, as well as details on a variety of program enhancements and new initiatives were also outlined during the evening.
As for what’s to come in the future, Friisdahl told his audience that: “The next 10 years will be so amazing. We’re going to bring some ‘kick ass’ programs to the industry,” before concluding: “Thank you for 10 amazing years of partnership.”
Stay tuned, there will be lots more to come from The Travel Agent Next Door in the next 10 years … as Flemming Friisdahl has said many times, “It takes a village to raise a child,” and clearly in case of TTAND, its community of partners and agents have done the job …
Oh, and in case you were wondering … seeing that it’s TTAND’s 10th anniversary, there was cake …
