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Our July 13th TASC dinner meeting is being held at
Shandon Court.
There will be a cocktail hour
along with a mini trade show
This month is our
2nd CRUISE NIGHT Featuring
AMERICAN CRUISE LINES
CARNIVAL CRUISES
CELEBRITY CRUISES
MSC CRUISES
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES
PONANT YACHT CRUISES
WINDSTAR CRUISES
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TASC JULY MEETING - LIVE!!
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LOCATION
SHANDON COURT, 115 EAST MAIN ST., EAST ISLIP, NY
DATE AND TIME
07/13/22 6:00pm
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07/13/22 8:30pm
SIGN IN: 5:30PM // COCKTAIL HOUR: 6:00-7:00PM MEETING & DINNER: 7:00PM MEMBERS: $25, NON-MEMBERS: $35 RSVP IS MANDATORY
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RSVP
RSVP’S for the general meeting should
now be made by using the RSVP button above.
At this time you will continue to be able to RSVP to:
Honey Pressgrove’s office 631-363-9522
RSVP's must be received no later than the MONDAY
before the meeting. If you are unable to attend the meeting after you have already responded PLEASE call to cancel.
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PLEASE RSVP WITH THE "YES I WILL BE ATTENDING" BUTTON ONLY IF YOU DEFINITELY PLAN ON ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION IF YOU SHARE A SINGLE EMAIL ADDRESS WITH A COLLEAGUE
SINCE EACH EMAIL ADDRESS IS LINKED TO ONLY 1 PERSON, ONLY THAT 1 PERSON CAN BE COUNTED WHEN YOU RSVP ELECTRONICALLY, ADDITIONAL ATTENDEES MUST PHONE OR EMAIL IN THEIR RSVP.
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SAVE THE DATE!!!!!
Our 2022 TASC Trade Show will be held on
Wednesday evening - NOVEMBER 9TH
from 5:30pm - 7:00pm
at the Holiday Inn Airport East
located at Exit 63 off the
Long Island Expressway
(This will replace our regular dinner meeting)
Further details to be announced.
Suppliers may contact our Trade Show Chairperson; Jeaneane DeCicco at jeaneane.decicco@gmail.com
to book your table.
Cost for a table is $250 per supplier
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Dear Members,
I hope everyone enjoyed their Independence Day weekend. Summer has arrived in full force. And with it, many people are traveling and facing numerous delays and cancelations along with the frustration that goes along with it. However, those that have a Travel Agent to rely upon have someone to go to bat for them in these dire circumstances. Hopefully they will always remember to book with us!
What a great turnout we had last month for our Barbados Tourist Board meeting which included a cocktail hour and several hoteliers.
Well this month is our postponed Cruise Night from March.
We are holding another cocktail hour along with a mini trade show of 7 suppliers (American Cruise, Carnival, Celebrity, MSC, NCL, Ponant & Windstar) Each be giving a short presentation to the membership during our meeting. Our installation of TASC officers has been moved to our September meeting. I hope to see another good turnout this month.
Remember, we do not hold a meeting in August so the next meeting after our July meeting is Sept 14th, where I am pleased to announce that we just signed Sandals and the Jamaica Tourist Board to present. Enjoy your summer!
Respectfully,
Susan Bonesso
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Congratulations to the newly elected
2022 - 2024 TASC Executive Board
Installation has been moved to the September meeting.
President - Fran Raupp
Vice President - Liz Henn
Treasurer - Ginny De Feo
Secretary Angela - SanFelippo-Szemico
Director Owner - Honey Pressgrove
Director Agent - Jeffrey Austin
Director Affiliate - Kim Daino
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UPCOMING TASC MEETING/EVENT SCHEDULE
JULY 13 - CRUISE NIGHT # 2
AUGUST - NO MEETING
SEPT 14 - SANDALS/JAMAICA TOURIST BOARD & INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS
OCT 12 - BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS TOURIST BOARD & THE MOORINGS/SUNSAIL & LITTLE DIX BAY RESORT
NOV 9 - TASC TRADE SHOW
DEC 14 - TASC HOLIDAY PARTY
Attention suppliers! 2022 is now fully booked.
However all of 2023 is currently available at this time. Get your choice of dates, always the 2nd Wednesday of each month.
You may contact our Programs Director, Fran Raupp at franr@baytravelandtours.com to book your program.
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Current Industry Affairs (CIA)
Yellowstone National Park has reopened its flood-damaged north loop at noon on 7/2, in time for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
The announcement means most of the park will be open again after June 13 flooding closed America's first national park and forced 10,000 visitors to leave as water, rocks and mud washed out roads and bridges. The north loop includes Norris Junction, Mammoth Hot Springs, Tower-Roosevelt and Canyon Junction.
Visitors can enter the park via West Yellowstone, Montana; Cody, Wyoming; and south entrance near Jackson, Wyoming.
The north and northeast entrance gates at Gardiner and Cooke City remain closed and visitors cannot access the wildlife-rich Lamar Valley because flooding washed out roads in the area. Road repairs could take years, park officials have said.
The entire park was closed from June 14 to June 21 due to historic flooding that hit just as the summer tourist season was picking up in the park's 150th anniversary year.
The south loop -- which includes Old Faithful and other geysers, Yellowstone Lake and Hayden Valley -- reopened on June 22.
The backcountry in the northern part of the park will remain closed due to hazardous conditions or damaged trails and bridges. Most of the park's southern backcountry will be open to overnight use.
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Air New Zealand plans to introduce the airline industry's first lie-flat economy beds in 2024. Called the Skynest, the bunks will be installed on new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. Those aircraft will serve ultralong-haul routes, such as Auckland-Chicago and the Auckland-New York JFK route that Air New Zealand will launch in September.
Specs revealed in 2020 showed that each Skynest pod would have two rows of three bunks. Bunks would have a length in excess of 6.5 feet and a width of two feet. Each bunk would be equipped with lighting designed for sleep.
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The Norwegian Sun struck a small iceberg in Alaska on June 25, causing Norwegian Cruise Line to cut short the sailing and cancel the Sun's next cruise from Seattle. Guests who sailed on the June 21 sailing will receive a full refund for the voyage and a future cruise credit valued at 100% of the cruise fare.
Those scheduled to sail on June 30 will receive a full refund and a future cruise credit valued at 50% of the paid fare, plus $300 per person for airline cancellation or change fees.
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For current travel restrictions for Europe:
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The "lighter" side of Travel
WHY SOME AMERICANS SHOULD NEVER BE LET OUT THE COUNTRY
(Actual comments from US travel agents)
I had someone ask for an aisle seat so their hair wouldn't get messed up from being near the window.
A client called in inquiring about a package to Hawaii. After going over all the cost info, she asked, "Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii?"
I got a call from a woman who wanted to go to Capetown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information when she interrupted me with "I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Capetown is in Massachusetts." Without trying to make her look like the stupid one, I calmly explained, "Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Capetown is in Africa." Her response ... click.
A man called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that is not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied, "Don't lie to me. I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state."
I got a call from a man who asked, "Is it possible to see England from Canada?" I said, "No." He said, "But they look so close on the map."
Another man called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had a 1-hour layover in Dallas. When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, "I heard Dallas was a big airport, and I need a car to drive between the gates to save time."
A nice lady just called. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:20am and got into Chicago at 8:33am. I tried to explain that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois, but she could not understand. Finally, I told her the plane went very fast, and she bought that!
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TASC ANNUAL DUES
Your annual TASC membership renewals are
now due. They are still only $40 per year.
Membership forms were emailed to you earlier this month. If you did not receive it, one is available at our website or from the sign in table at the
TASC dinner.
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Your TASC board has a new email address: TASCEMAIL@OPTIMUM.NET
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If you have any member news that you would like posted in this newsletter please send an email with information to: tascemail@optimum.net
In addition to the get wells and condolences, we can also list job postings
or pertinent industry news.
If we don't know about it, we can't post it!
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WWW.LI-TASC.COM
This is our website. Visit us !!!
Also visit our TASC Facebook page and “like us”.
Only TASC members will be able to post on the Facebook page.
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Supplier Rep Updates
We would like to welcome several new supplier reps that have recently been assigned to the Suffolk County area.
American Cruise Lines - NEW
Sara Hamilton-Moran,
sara.hamilton-moran@americancruiselines.com
Apple Leisure Group
Brian Ehlers, behlers@algvacations.com
Barbados Tourism - NEW
Deborah Millington, deborahm@visitbarbados.org
Homeric Tours - NEW
Nicole Tsakanikas, nicole@homerictours.com
Norwegian Cruise Lines
Lori Innamorata, linnamorata@ncl.com
Playa Resorts
Pedro Spignolio, pedro.spignolio@playaresorts.com
RIU Resorts - NEW
Luis Chaverri, lchaverri@riu.com
Star Clippers - NEW
June Muenzer, june.muenzer@starclippers.com
Windstar Cruises - NEW
Meg Daly, meg.daly@windstarcruises.com
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President
Susan Bonesso
(email) susanbtravel@optonline.net
Vice President
Fran Raupp
(email) franr@baytravelandtours.com
Secretary
Liz Henn
(email) lizLbac@gmail.com
Treasurer
Ginny DeFeo
(email) gindef@hotmail.com
Director Owner
Honey Pressgrove
(email) empress965@aol.com
Director Affiliate
Gavin Simmons
(email) gsimmons@uvi.sandals.com
Director Agent
Jeffrey Austin
(email) jaustin@vacationwiser.com
Past President
Garrett Simulcik
(email) gsimulcik@cruiseplanners.com
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Rogers Travel
Bay Travel & Tours
LBAC Travel
Empress Travel
Empress Travel-Bayport
Sandals
Vacation Wiser
Cruise Planners
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631-289-5252
631-447-6440
631-648-8032
631-698-7767
631-363-9522
631-526-3301
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ACCOUNTING
Richard Chester
AUDIT
Jeaneane De Cicco
AUTOMATION
Lou Fenech
BUDGET
Marie Foley
BY-LAWS
Susan Bonesso
CURRENT INDUSTRY AFFAIRS
Susan Bonesso
HISTORIAN
Ginny DeFeo
HOSPITALITY
Kathy Collins
LEGISLATION
Bill De Cicco
MEMBER BENEFITS
Jeffrey Austin
MEMBERSHIP
Honey Pressgrove
NEWSLETTER
Susan Bonesso
NOMINATIONS
April Whymark
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES
Robert's Rules of Order
PAST PRESIDENTS
Garrett Simulcik
PROGRAMS
Fran Raupp
PUBLIC RELATIONS
RAFFLES
Kathy Collins
SUNSHINE
Honey Pressgrove
TRADE SHOW
Jeaneane De Cicco
& Past Presidents Committee
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631-289-5252
631-563-3440
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631-289-5252
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Every statement made at TASC meetings or published in TASC News is a personal opinion of the speaker, editor or contributor to this newsletter. No comment spoken at the meeting or printed in the newsletter is an endorsement or to suggest that they are the opinions of TASC, its Board of Directors, or members.
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