Vision builds in the west, adding 3 new regional managers

Julie Skinner, vice-president, leisure sales & operations at Vision Travel, is pleased to announce the addition of three new management positions in Western Canada as part of the group’s continued expansion across the country.

She adds, “We’re thrilled to add these leaders to our leisure team to further support our advisors on a local and regional level.”

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Vancouver-based Zabeen Kara, regional manager for British Columbia, was most recently Vision’s manager of leisure supplier relations and national sales support. She can be reached at zabeen.kara@visiontravel.ca

Prior to her promotion to the role of regional manager for Alberta, Calgary-based Katie Kewley was a manager with Co-op Travel before it was acquired by Vision Travel. She can be reached at katie.kewley@visiontravel.ca

And, responsible for Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Angie Bree will be based in Winnipeg. She was most recently a branch manager with CWT. After she assumes her new role on June 6, she will be accessible at angie.bree@visiontravel.ca.

Stephen Smith, senior vice-president, leisure marketing North America for Direct Travel (which has Vision as its leisure arm for Canada), says the expansion of the management team is a reflection of the ongoing growth of the company.

"We are now seeing our leisure sales volume eclipse our record 2019 levels - something we didn’t anticipate seeing until the fall,” he says. 

The company is currently undertaking a recruitment campaign and, according to Smith, offers benefits, training, and worldwide connections second to none. 

Smith concludes:

“We are delighted that so many advisors are choosing to call Vision ‘home’.”

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