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Southwestern Travel Group’s President, Terri Rickard, Named “40 Under 40”

We are so excited to share that our President, Terri Rickard, was recently recognized as a 40 under 40 winner of the Nashville Business Journal.

The Nashville Business Journal describes this award as “highlighting the ones to watch right now… recognizing Music City’s best and brightest business and community leaders who are making their mark – and promising to do even more – before the age of 40.”

Our team of travel experts would love to help you plan your next adventure. At Southwestern Travel Group, our depth of expertise, knowledge of destinations, and attention to detail saves you time, money, and headaches. As travel experts, we can handle any emergency that may arise when you’re on the road — everything from a missed flight connection to a hotel that closes unexpectedly—and we will go the extra mile. To book your next trip, contact us today at 800.222.4441 or [email protected].

Southwestern Advantage Service Projects Lead to Missions with Southwestern Travel Group

“The service aspect of what Southwestern Advantage does throughout the summer, on campuses around the world, and with their service projects on their sales incentive trips has led us to a new business offering,” said Terri Rickard, President of Southwestern Travel Group. “I’m excited to announce Southwestern Travel has partnered with multiple organizations to be able to offer mission experiences around the world, starting with Nicaragua, Ecuador, Greece, Ukraine, Mexico, and Guatemala in 2020.”

Our team of travel experts would love to help you plan your next adventure. At Southwestern Travel Group, our depth of expertise, knowledge of destinations, and attention to detail saves you time, money, and headaches. As travel experts, we can handle any emergency that may arise when you’re on the road — everything from a missed flight connection to a hotel that closes unexpectedly—and we will go the extra mile. To book your next trip, contact us today at 800.222.4441 or [email protected].

Southwestern Travel Group’s Top 19 Tips for Your COVID-19 Staycation

With an unplanned staycation for everyone, cabin fever can set in quickly. Once Netflix starts to get old and the toilet paper has to be rationed, it’s time to get creative! Whether it’s with yourself, a loved one or your kids, your forced Covid-19 staycation does not have to be met with resentment or end in bitterness.

Here’s a few ideas from Southwestern Travel to help you maintain your sanity, get creative and even have fun while stuck at home.

The Day Travel Returns Will Be a Victory for Us All

As the world deals with the unprecedented health crisis of Coronavirus / COVID-19, the economic impact will be felt for years. Many industries and small businesses are already feeling the effects.

One of those industries is the travel industry. With borders shut down, quarantine orders and lock-downs in effect, and near-empty hotels and flights – the industry is losing ground by the day. The airlines, hotels, travel agencies and destinations are not the only ones losing out. Just like ripples of waves on the coast of a beach hideaway, there are ripple effects that come with this health pandemic.

Southwestern Travel Group – Bringing New Discovery TV Show to Life Through Travel

Southwestern Travel Group is the exclusive travel provider for ProjectExplorer and the all-new TV show series, “Crash Test World.” The U.S. Premiere of “Crash Test World” was held in Brooklyn, New York on October 14, 2019, with the exciting announcement that the series will air on the Discovery Channel in early 2020, and in over 120 countries worldwide.

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“I am amongst some of the most innovative and positive leaders in the world, and I am humbled by the opportunity to work alongside them daily.”

Terri Rickard

Southwestern Sales Incentive Trips are the Best!

Although there were probably various other incentive trips offered in the past, we asked Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, to share what he remembered about Southwestern Advantage’s early trips after he begin selling books in 1974. “To the best of my knowledge, the first incentive trip was in 1974, and it was a ski trip to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, between Christmas and New Year’s. The whole company’s winners gathered together, about 600 dealers, on the slopes. We returned to the same location for two more years in a row. In 1977, the idea of a company-wide trip was replaced by Sales Director Group trips, including one to Mazatlan, Mexico.”

Since then, other companies within the family have followed suit, exploring incredible destinations such as Cuba, Iceland, the Maldives, Ireland, and Mexico. With the expert knowledge gained from planning our internal incentive trips, Southwestern Travel Group launched publically in 2016 provide full-service meeting and incentive trip travel along with inspired leisure travel.

Southwestern Travel Group – The Exclusive Travel Provider for ProjectExplorer Trips Featuring Trips Inspired by the New TV Show Series “Crash Test World”

We are excited to announce Southwestern Travel Group’s new partnership with ProjectExplorer as the exclusive travel provider for ProjectExplorer Trips featuring trips inspired by the new TV show series “Crash Test World.”

Southwestern Travel Group Launches Rebrand

Our inspiration to rebrand Southwestern Travel Group stemmed from several key places. The first started in 2018 as we began to see our vision to hit over a million dollars in business start falling into place. It was a building year, a pivot point, where we went from a brand new business to closing more than a million dollars in contracts for 2019. This was truly our first big milestone. We knew that with this growth it was the right time to show the world just how fun, personal, and purposeful trip planning can be.

Million Dollar Club: Southwestern Travel Group

“May 29, 2012, is the day I started my career as the Executive Assistant to Henry Bedford, my mentor, coach, and personal friend. During my first year at Southwestern Family of Companies, I took on a major project to create an internally-managed travel program for the (then) 16 operating divisions, managing over $5 million in annual travel spend. In just a few years of collecting company travel data, conducting intense industry research, and perfecting the vendor contract negotiation process, we achieved a savings of over $500,000.”