A Marketplace Album: Following is a brief collection of photos of the people who took part in the Connect Travel Marketplace, Market Leadership Summit and related events that were recently held coterminously at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, Florida.
DAY ONE: Registration, Workshops and Opening Reception

A different beat. Registrants picked up a positive vibe from Connect’s own DJ, who spun some new age music in the registration lobby.

Among the early registrants: Seth Lawson (left), director of sales, travel & tourism, Threshold; and Dave O’Donnell, director of strategic communications, Greater Boston CVB

Landon C. Howard, president of Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge, with Laurie Jo Miller Farr, editor of The Travel Vertical, a Connect Travel publication.


















DAY TWO: Opening general session, business appointments, networking lunch and remarks of President Barack Obama (photography prohibited).

























DAY THREE: Special viewing of new Brand USA giant screen film, plus a full day of business appointments.




















