BRAND USA CONDUCTS ‘DISCOVERAMERICA’ SEMINAR IN KOLKATA
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Brand USA organized an educational seminar for travel agents in Kolkata on 9th December 2015 as a part of the "DiscoverAmerica" series. The seminar was a great success and was attended by over 90 travel agents.
The objective of this training programme is to update the travel trade about the latest destination developments and product offerings the United States of America has to offer.
At the seminar; Brand USA also encouraged the agents to become a ‘USA Specialist’ by completing the “USA Discovery Program”. This innovative and interactive online training programme hosted at www.usadiscoveryprogram.in provides travel agents with the knowledge and skills needed to sell trips to the USA more effectively. Currently, over 2,400 travel agents from across India have completed the “USA Discovery Program”.
Brand USA partners who participated in the Kolkata educational seminar were: Visit California, Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism, Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority and NYC & Company
Josef M. Burton, Consular Officer, US Consulate, Kolkata and Arup Kumar Mitra, Senior Commercial Speciaist, U.S. Commercial Service- East India were also present during the presentation and updated the audience on US visa procedures and new policies.