The 2025 Spring MAPTA Trade Show at Club 101 in midtown Manhattan was well-attended by travel advisor members, new members, and guests. The MAPTA suppliers that presented include Affluent Hospitality, American Cruise Line, Blueprint Worldwide, Carole Baden Representation, Club Med, EZ-Italy EZ-Europe, Kensington Tours, Luxury Boutique Hotels, MJL Select, Prime Findings, Palladium Hotel Group, and the Reilly Resort Representatives. The evening began with cocktails and appetizers, visits with the presenters, followed by dinner, dessert, and a series of video presentations and raffle prizes. Thank you to all for a great evening! (fb)

MAPTA’s "LET'S CELEBRATE FRIENDSHIP" Dinner was held at the White Olive Restaurant on Monday, March 10, 2025 at 39 West 55th Street, NYC In attendance were 20 MAPTA Travel Advisors and 10 Travel Suppliers. Travel talk and mediterranean spices permeated the air while the room buzzed with excitement! MAPTA was thrilled to welcome its newest travel advisors Stephen L. Brown , Cruise Brothers, and Janine Spencer, Real People Into Travel, and our latest supplier members, Blueprint Worldwide, Mary Jo Lake and Angela Rojas, MJL Select! Special thanks to our dearTravel Suppliers who presented updates on their luxury properties: 1. Vaide Balcuite, Emirates (Vaide.Balcuite@emirites.com) 2. Jane Golonka on behalf of Affluent Hospitality (adele@affluenthospitality.com) 3. Candice Kimmel, Air Service Development Consultant St. Kitts Tourism Authority (candice@adams-pr.com) 4. MaryJo Lake, Blueprint-Worldwide (maryjo@blueprint-worldwide.com) April Piazza, American Cruise Lines (April.Piazza@americancruiseines.com) Angela Rojas, MJL Select, (arojas@mjselect.com) Emma Smith, Hotel Rez (Emma.smith@hotelrez.com) Christopher Thomas, Warwick Hotels (cthomas@warwickhotels.com) Ronald Wu, Hotel Rez (rwu@us-sales.coms) Sophia Zacharatos, Cali Mykonos (Sophia@calimykonos.com) The food was delicious, the ambiance and service -divine! It was a wonderful and exciting evening. Thank you ALL for making this possible. Please, let’s share the memories – Warmest regards and infinite thanks, Jeanne Jeanne Piro MAPTA President ALTOUR/GTC Kate Mcgrath William W. Allyn Jr. (fb)