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MIAMI, Feb. 9, 2010 — America’s Vacation Center / Avoya Travel, one of the leading travel companies in North America and beyond, today announced that Royal Caribbean International has presented the company with its highest-ranking honor for 2009, the “President’s Award fo…

MIAMI, Dec. 29, 2009 — America’s Vacation Center, one of the leading travel companies in North America and beyond, today announced that it recently held its 2009 National Conference, bringing together hundreds of its Independent Affiliates, dozens of travel industry leaders, and Ameri…

MIAMI, Dec. 23, 2009 — America’s Vacation Center, one of the leading travel companies in North America and beyond, today announced that Celebrity Cruises named the company its 2009 “National Accounts Partner of the Year” based on America’s Vacation Center’s u…

MIAMI, Sept. 21, 2009 — America’s Vacation Center (http://www.JoinAVC.com), one of the leading travel companies in North America and beyond, today announced details of its National Conference for its network of Independent Affiliates, entitled “Go for the Gold!” The fiv…

MIAMI, Sept. 16, 2009 — America’s Vacation Center (http://www.JoinAVC.com), one of the leading travel companies in North America and beyond, today announced that August 2009 was the best month in the company’s history. The record month was based on every measure of success, inclu…

MIAMI, May 13, 2009 — America’s Vacation Center(R), one of the leading travel companies in North America and beyond, today announced that the company will commit another $1,000,000 to assist the travel agency community as a part of its “Travel Agent Stimulus Plan(TM)” (http…

Cindy Jabbour demonstrates extraordinary talent and performance

MIAMI, April 10, 2009 — America’s Vacation Center (http://www.JoinAVC.com), one of the leading travel companies in North America and beyond, today announced that Cindy Jabbour, an Independent Affiliate of America…

MIAMI, March 18, 2009 — America’s Vacation Center, one of the leading travel companies in North America and beyond, today announced that Brendan has named the company their first-ever “Agency of the Year” for 2008.

This award is the first of its kind from Brendan, who chose Ame…

MIAMI, March 5, 2009 — America’s Vacation Center(R), one of the leading travel companies in North America and beyond, today announced that the company will commit $1,000,000 to help the travel agency community by launching the “Travel Agent Stimulus Plan(TM)” (http://www…

MIAMI, Feb. 27, 2009 — America’s Vacation Center, one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced that MSC Cruises USA has named the company “Best Online Travel Agency” for its continued expansion and success in 2008.

“America’s…

MIAMI, Jan. 30, 2009 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced that Regent Seven Seas Cruises named the company a “Top Producer for 2008″ and a member of the Regent Seven Seas Council - an exclusive invita…

Company provides unparalleled event for its agency network on the Celebrity Solstice

MIAMI, Dec. 1, 2008 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced that it recently held its first-ever National Conference onboard t…

Patent-pending Agent Power(TM) receives top Travel Weekly Magellan Award

MIAMI, Sept. 9, 2008 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, has been named a “Gold Magellan Award” winner for its patent-pending Agent Powe…

Patent-pending Agent Power(TM) receives Travel Weekly’s Silver Magellan Award

MIAMI, Sept. 9, 2008 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, has been named a “Silver Magellan Award” winner for its patent-pen…

TravelAge West magazine recognizes travel agency for its outstanding technology

MIAMI, June 18, 2008 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced that TravelAge West magazine selected the company as a finalist for th…

Specialized curriculum provides increased value to travelers worldwide

MIAMI, June 5, 2008 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, announced that it held a graduation ceremony today for over 100 of its Independent Affiliates th…

Host agency partners with suppliers to provide unparalleled event for its network

MIAMI, May 23, 2008 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced the details of its first-ever National Conference for its network of In…

Independent Affiliates sell over 500% more with Live Leads(TM)

SAN DIEGO, March 26, 2008 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced that AVC independently owned and operated affiliates that are accepting Live Leads…

Company Makes History Again with Three Travel Agency of the Year Awards in 2007

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 28, 2008 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced that Carnival Cruise Lines has named them "Agency of the Year&quo…

Company Heralds Record-Breaking Sales, Multiple Awards, and Innovative Programs

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 6, 2008 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced that 2007 was its most successful year to date. Highlights include…

Provides Independent Affiliates with a competitive advantage and increased efficiency

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 29, 2008 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced the launch of Vacation Explorer(TM) BETA, the latest enhan…

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 23, 2008 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced that Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has named them its "Home-Based Travel Agency of the Year" for 2007.

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Magazine recognizes Co-Presidents for reinventing the travel agency model

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 4, 2008 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced that Travel Weekly magazine’s editors recently selected Co-Pres…

Chosen as ‘Partner of the Year: Revenue Increase Year over Year’ by sales team

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 20, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced it has been chosen as the prestigious 2007 "Partner o…

Travel Trade recognizes Co-Presidents for their outstanding achievements

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 3, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced that Travel Trade’s readers selected Co-Presidents Brad and Van A…

Carnival Cruise Lines’ President and CEO Says a Farewell to the Industry

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 15, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced that Bob Dickinson, President and CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines, will h…

AVC Sees an Unyielding ‘Wave Season’ in 2007 and Projects a Successful Q4

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 13, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced record sales for the third quarter of 2007. The quarter was not o…

Host travel agency’s former Independent Affiliate to work in new Florida office

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 3, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading host travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced that Steve Hirshan, formerly an AVC Independent Affiliat…

Host travel agency’s regional meetings increase affiliates’ networking nationwide

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 13, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading host travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced the extraordinary success of its AVC Regio…

TravelAge West recognizes AVC for its outstanding achievements

SAN DIEGO, June 11, 2007 - America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced that TravelAge West Magazine has selected them as the winner of the "Best Agency Succe…

Host travel agency relocates due to vast increase in consumer demand

SAN DIEGO, June 6, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading host travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced plans to relocate its new Global Headquarters to Vista, Calif., in July 2007.…

North Carolina-based affiliated agent Diane Bower demonstrates unrivaled excellence

SAN DIEGO, May 10, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading host travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced that Diane Bower, an AVC independently owned and operate…

Specialized destination curriculum provides unparalleled value to agents

SAN DIEGO, April 30, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading host travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced the overwhelming success of its "Destination: Hawai’…

Travel agency’s program for independent affiliates a phenomenal success

SAN DIEGO, April 23, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading host travel agencies in North America and beyond, today announced the extraordinary success of its My AVC Mentor(TM) program, d…

Travel agency offers free seminars to build professional agents’ expertise

SAN DIEGO, April 18, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America, today announced the upcoming Travel Executive Forum(TM) (http://www.TravelExecutiveF…

Host agency to address how to successfully build a home-based business

SAN DIEGO, March 12, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading host agencies in North America, today announced that the company will have an eminent presence at the third annual Cruise Lines Internatio…

Travel agency sponsors seminars to build agents’ expertise

SAN DIEGO, March 2, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in North America, today announced the launch of its Travel Executive Forum(TM) series (http://www.TravelExecutiveForum.c…

Augments agency’s training program with additional support from peers

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 30, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading host agencies in the nation, today announced the launch of My AVC Mentor(TM), a program designed to enrich agents’ personal b…

Award established exclusively for its innovative travel agency recipient

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 16, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in the nation, today announced that Oceania Cruises has named them its first-ever "Travel Agency of the Year.&qu…

Provides its independent agents outstanding training and support

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 9, 2007 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in the nation, today announced the successful completion of its fourth summit held exclusively for AVC agents on Norwegian Crui…

The hottest cruise destinations are selling out

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 8, 2007 — In early 2006, CLIA (Cruise Line International Association) forecasted that 11.7 million passengers were to embark on cruises from North American ports throughout the year. Although official 2006 numbers have not yet bee…

Strongest growth recorded among NCL’s top producers

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 2, 2007 — Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) today announced it has selected America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in the nation, as its "President’s Elite Travel Agency of the Y…

Provides avenue to brighten the holiday season for children in need

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 7, 2006 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in the nation, today announced that it has established a program for consumers and travel agents to donate thousands of toys to th…

Chosen as ‘Partner of the Year’ from more than 25,000 partners worldwide

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 30, 2006 — America’s Vacation Center, one of the leading travel agencies in the nation, today announced it has been selected by Royal Caribbean International to receive the prestigious P…

Provides travel agents with a resource to increase consumer sales

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 13, 2006 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in the nation, today announced the launch of its next-generation consumer travel Web sites for its affiliated network of indepe…

Provides travel agents with a consistent income for their home-based businesses

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 6, 2006 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in the nation, today announced it will being paying its affiliated agents weekly via direct deposit.

AVC is once ag…

Provides travel agents with a competitive advantage and increased efficiency

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 30, 2006 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), one of the leading travel agencies in the nation, today announced the release of Agent Power(TM) 5.0, an upgrade to its industry-leading Web-based so…

Specialized curriculum provides increased value to agents

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 9, 2006 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), http://www.AmericasVacationCenter.com, today announced its new Certification Course program through America’s Vacation Center University(TM) (AVCU). AV…

Provides consumers with reduced costs and increased value

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 3, 2006 — America’s Vacation Center (AVC), http://www.AmericasVacationCenter.com, today announced it reserved more than 25,000 select staterooms on the world’s leading cruise lines, an increase of 66 p…

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 7, 2006 — America’s Vacation Center was honored last week by Princess Cruise Line at Princess’ iExcel Summit as one of the top sellers of their cruises and cruisetour vacations.

"We’re glad to honor America’s Vacation Center for becoming one of th…

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 29, 2006 — America’s Vacation Center, an American Express Travel Representative, announced today the availability of affordable health insurance packages for its home-based independent contractors in all 50 states.

"We’re very excited about this groundb…

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 22, 2006 — America’s Vacation Center, an American Express Travel Representative, in partnership with Locks of Love and Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, announced today the first-ever Locks of Love Cruise to benefit children with long-term hair loss from extended chemothera…

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 9, 2006 — America’s Vacation Center, an American Express Travel Representative and leading host agency, announced today that they now have more than twice as many independent contractors as they had at the beginning of the year.

"Many host agencies brag about the numb…

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2, 2006 — After months of development and planning, America’s Vacation Center today announced it is testing a preview release of private label consumer travel Web sites for home-based agents.

"Very few companies offer Web sites to home-based agents and without prope…

SAN DIEGO, July 20, 2006 — America’s Vacation Center / American Express announced today a new way of booking travel that combines the affordability of travel Web sites with the service, support, and expertise of a full-service travel agency. AVC’s exclusive system quickly connect…

SAN DIEGO, July 5, 2006 — America’s Vacation Center / American Express announced today the integration of a unique B2B support system, called "My AVC Buddy," into their industry-leading Agent Power software.

"Customer service is a major concern for thousands of home-ba…

Adds Business Development Portal to Agent Power(TM) Software

SAN DIEGO, June 28, 2006 — America’s Vacation Center / American Express (AVC) announced today the launching of a private business development web portal for AVC agents. Part of AVC’s industry-leading Agent Power softw…

SAN DIEGO, June 22, 2006 — America’s Vacation Center / American Express (AVC) announced today that they have reserved more than 15,000 cabins on upcoming cruises in order to save customers money and deliver more onboard amenities.

"With so many exclusive cabins, AVC can offer consum…