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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="font-size:16pt;">Good morning everyone:</font><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="font-size:16pt;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="font-size:16pt;">I hope you are having a great weekend so far.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="font-size:16pt;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="font-size:16pt;">Yesterday, February 28, 2014, Nelson, Maxx (Guide Dog and our mascot for the business), and myself, went to the 2014 NY Times Travel Trade Show in NY City, it is held every year at the Jacob Javitz Center.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="font-size:16pt;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="font-size:16pt;">This year it was the last day of February and runs until Sunday, March 2nd.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="font-size:16pt;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="font-size:16pt;">The first day is just for the travel professionals like myself, but the rest of the weekend is opened to the public and they have the over 500 countries represented from all over the world. They have food seminars and international tastings, and learnings, etc.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="font-size:16pt;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="font-size:16pt;">I blogged about the day in my blog, and I hope you will read it. If you have not registered for it, just sign up at the bottom of the posting.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="font-size:16pt;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="font-size:16pt;">It is full of what we learned and did yesterday, and if you are thinking about going into this industry, this is one of the must not miss events. They do have similar in other states, but for our area is NY, NJ, CT, PA. </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="font-size:16pt;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:16pt;">We did Seminars and then visited the trade show, got new information, spoke to the </span><span style="font-size:21px;">representatives</span><span style="font-size:16pt;"> about accessibility and saw some of the representatives I already work with.</span></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:21px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:21px;">So here is the link and hope you enjoy reading it. We are hoping maybe next year to take a group on the days that it is opened to the public. If you are interested in this just let me know, and we can make it happen.</span></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:21px;"><br></span></font></div><div><a href="http://echevarriatravelblog.com/?p=1688" target="_blank">http://echevarriatravelblog.com/?p=1688</a><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:21px;"><br id="ecxFontBreak"></span></font><br><br><div>Disabled Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 of NY State</div><div>Offering the Best in Meaningful Travel Experiences for Everyone!</div><div>Cheryl Echevarria, Owner</div><div><a href="http://www.echevarriatravel.com" target="_blank">www.echevarriatravel.com</a></div><div>631-456-5394</div><div><a href="mailto:reservations@echevarriatravel.com">reservations@echevarriatravel.com</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sign up for our e-newsletter by e-mailing us you first and last name, and e-mail address to reservations@echevarriatravel.com, let us know if you want just text or pictures in your e-mail.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;">Echevarria Travel has partnered with Braille Smith. </span><a href="http://www.braillesmith.com" target="_blank" style="font-size:12pt;">www.braillesmith.com</a><span style="font-size:12pt;"> for all her braille needs. Gail Smith is the Secretary of the NFB of Alabama</span></div></div> </div></div> </div></body>
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