Joshua Smith Consulting

Career

Accomplishments

• Achieved a 4.13 out of 4.00 GPA in the Arizona State University's Masters of Sustainable Tourism program.

 

• Chosen as an advisor for USA Today's Embark, a program created to identify travel trends within the US market.

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• Organized and managed itinerary development on behalf of Travcoa for content campaign: PromPeru with USTOA with Kelley Ferro Productions - 5 videos distributed to Yahoo Travel, MSN Travel and platforms, ultimately winning Best Food Video at the 2015 Trippy Awards.

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• Increased Travcoa’s Private Journeys portfolio profit by 43% in 4 years, annual profit per guest by 35%, and profit margin to a current 33.71%

• Developed Millennials in Travel brand from conception to over 1,400 members in 8 chapter cities within the first twelve months

• Featured on the cover of Travel Agent Magazine’s December 2014 issue

• Increased Travcoa’s Private Journeys portfolio sales by 24% and guest count by 42% through new product integration and co-operative marketing efforts in 2014

• 2013 Rising Star of Travel Industry (travAlliancemedia)

• Increased 4 tourism board accounts’ investments in Virtuoso from $212K to $507K

• Developed Virtuoso’s contracting process saving over $21K and 420 staff hours

Destinations Explored

North America & Caribbean - Canada (British Columbia, Alberta & Ontario); Guadeloupe; Mexico; US (including Hawaii, Alaska & Puerto Rico)

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Central & South America - Belize; Brazil; Chile; Colombia, Costa Rica; Peru

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Europe - Denmark; England; France; Germany; Greece; Italy (lived); Malta; Netherlands; Norway; Spain; Switzerland; Turkey

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Africa & Middle East - Egypt; Jordan; Morocco; Qatar; South Africa (lived); Tanzania; United Arab Emirates

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Asia - Bhutan; Cambodia; China; Hong Kong; India; Macao; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand

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South Pacific - Australia; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea