Our 2018 Show Us Your Compass Winner is… Carmel Karp!
This year’s Show Us Your Compass photo contest really brought out the creativity in our agents! Our agents took their copies of The Compass Magazine all over the world, reading it with feathered friends on the beaches of Aruba and in the glow of an active volcano. We loved seeing all of your fantastic submissions! […]
ASTA Recognizes KHM Travel Agent with Advocacy Award
Being the kind of person who speaks out for others is not always easy. It takes time, energy, and a certain amount of courage to advocate for what they believe in. One of KHM Travel Group’s Ohio-based agents, Chris Seddelmeyer, is one such person. The Barbara O’Hara Advocacy Award recognizes members of the American Society […]
KHM Travel Agent Spotlight: David Anderson
The journey to success takes dedication, hard work, and patience. That was certainly the case for David Anderson of Gramps Travel. David will be the first to tell you his path to becoming a Pinnacle agent was, at times, difficult and discouraging, but that has made his success that much sweeter. David joined KHM […]
KHM Travel Group’s 2017 Rookie of the Year: Erika Lafata
When Erika Lafata joined KHM Travel Group in May 2017, she was in her sixth year as a travel agent. She had already spent more than two decades building a successful career in radio and television doing advertising sales and promotions, but she was burnt out. Her job included a long commute and had […]
KHM Travel Group’s 2017 Agent of the Year: Emily Kladivo
Emily Kladivo, of Emily’s Travel in Hibbing, Minnesota, is not one to rest on her laurels. In fact, she started her travel business after a bad experience with another local agent left her thinking, “I can do this better.” When we first featured Emily in a Travel Agent Spotlight post in 2016, she was […]
Reflections on My First Year as a Travel Agent
Written by: Allison Ali, KHM Travel Group Travel Agent Once an agent reaches the one year mark with with KHM Travel Group, we send them a congratulatory email and a survey to share their feedback with us. It also gives them the chance to tell us about their struggles, and their successes. One agent, Allison […]
KHM Travel Agent Spotlight: Debra Cooper
Sometimes it’s the simple things that stick with us. In 8th grade, Debra Cooper was assigned a travel-related project for school, and from that moment, she was hooked. In 1989, she attended travel school and then worked for an airline for a few years. She first became a travel agent in 1992, when travel […]
KHM Travel Agent Spotlight: Marcus Williams
Sometimes travel to new places leads to great transformation. For Marcus Williams, his destination wedding in Jamaica was a celebration of his marriage, and it was also the beginning of his journey as a travel agent. Marcus is based in Texas, and many of his friends and family that attended his destination wedding had never […]
Announcing our 2017 Compass Photo Contest Winner: Callie Ritsema
Over the past two years, KHM Travel Group’s Show Us Your Compass Photo Contest has literally taken us across the globe. From snapshots in exotic destinations around the world to photos in our travel agents’ backyards, we’ve seen a variety of creative takes on how agents read The Compass Magazine. Last year’s winner featured […]
KHM Travel Agent Spotlight: Kristen DeAngelo
KHM Travel Agent Kristen DeAngelo loves checking destinations off her bucket list almost as much as she loves helping others do the same. She was drawn into the world of travel after a college professor handed out flyers for a two-week study abroad program in South Africa. Something clicked, and she knew she had […]
