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NEW YORK, NY (September 7th, 2010) – Today, Travel Marketing Worldwide (http://www.

travelmarketingworldwide.com) launches as the travel industry's premier association of travel marketing professionals. The company specializes in effective, affordable representation services focused on selling global travel product through tour operators in the Americas. With a client base focused on boutique properties and experiential ground operators in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia Pacific and the Himalayas & Beyond, Travel Marketing Worldwide brings together a diverse, well-respected team of travel industry veterans and marketing professionals to offer a proprietary, strategic suite of travel representation services.“Above all, we are dedicated to connecting our clients with the businesses in the U.S. and Latin America that can generate tangible sales,” explains Sarah Fazendin, Principal Consultant with Travel Marketing Worldwide. “Our clients are looking for increased occupancy from the U.S. market. By combining our passion for extraordinary journeys with a clear understanding of today's dynamic travel industry, our impressive team of industry veterans now helps providers of experiential travel across the globe realize incremental sales from the US market.”The core of Travel Marketing Worldwide's services consists of product training to travel agents and tour operators who specialize in destinations the company represents. Trainings are offered via regular webinars, one-on-on trainings both online and in person, and regular communications to engage the travel trade. The company is thrilled to assist travel agents and tour operators develop new, innovative products and help them through the sales process, particularly if they are new to these destinations and products. Travel Marketing Worldwide has a robust suite of resources available to the travel trade online, which can be accessed here: http://www.travelmarketingworldwide.com/tradepartnersThe team of Travel Marketing Worldwide Principal Consultants includes:Mark Campbell: With a strong marketing and advertising background along with considerable upscale travel industry experience, Mark is well-connected in the North American travel industry. Focused on opening doors and creating partnerships for Travel Marketing Worldwide's clients, Campbell's specialty lies in helping clients to develop robust marketing messages by developing their authentic and unique brand stories.Sarah Fazendin: After beginning her career in advertising and tourist board representation, Fazendin has spent the last five years specializing in marketing private-sector African travel experiences and has quickly become a highly respected expert within the African safari industry.Maisa Fernandez: Having spent the last decade leading marketing strategy development for a wide variety of global tourism boards in the US market with Carlson Companies, Fernandez excels at creating innovative industry partnerships for her clients. She also has a strong public relations background and is well connected in the travel and tourism media world and has strong private sector tourism business development background.Emma Fontanet: A South American native, Fontanet leads representation services in the Latin American outbound travel market for Travel Marketing Worldwide clients. A well-connected industry veteran based in Argentina, she understands the unique needs of operators serving Latin American travelers.Steve Morgan: For over 25 years, Morgan managed and developed emerging businesses across the globe. Today, he is thrilled to lend international business and global travel expertise to clients in the Asia Pacific region.Alexia Nestora: One of the travel industry's leading social media marketing experts, Alexia specializes in helping adventure and volunteer travel providers with cost effective marketing strategy as well as monitoring industry trends. Today, she utilizes this experience to bring travel experiences within the emerging Indian Subcontinent to North American market.The Travel Marketing Worldwide team shares a common passion for connecting with travel industry entrepreneurs who are dedicated to providing responsible, sustainable travel experiences that pamper, delight and transport travelers off the beaten path to connect with cultures and places in a deep and meaningful way. The company is currently taking on representation clients including properties and ground operators in the Latin American, Asia Pacific and Indian Subcontinent regions.To learn more about marketing services please visit www.travelmarketingworldwide.com or email info@travelmarketingworldwide.com.