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Michael A. Spinelli,
MCC,
FTS
With 45 years experience in selling travel,
he was chosen in 1995 & 1998 by
Tour and Travel Magazine as one of the
25 Most Influential
Executives
in the World Travel Industry.
Author:
"Tourism: The Engine of Prosperity"
His BLOG:
"ALONG THE
WAY"His Business: Global Tourism Solutions
Michael A. Spinelli founded
ACTION 6 in 1976 with 141 travel agents, who paid their fees
before the company had one solitary supplier.
By 2001
the company had 2,400 travel
agencies on it's roster. |
In 2001 the company was
acquired by Amadeus owned Vacation.com creating the largest
consortium of travel agents in North America whose members
independent production exceeds
US
$25,000,000,000. Sales and Marketing continually
directs efforts to move these sales towards a select list of
preferred suppliers. All offices are independently owned and
operated. |
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Amadeus is the largest
travel agency reservations service in the world. The
technology available to Vacation.com is endless and will be
channeled towards sales and data base
marketing |
| 1959 |
Spinelli founded Merrimac Travel
Service, Inc., a travel agency specializing in cruises,
tours and groups, doing its own tour operating.
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| 1976 |
Spinelli founded ACTION
6. |
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He is a travel writer and a frequent
speaker at trade gatherings. |
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Past president of the Lowell, MA
Jaycees. |
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Past president Lowell, MA Civic
Committee. |
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Past vice president of the Lowell
Rotary Club. |
| 1989 |
Founder and a Director of
Enterprise Bank and Trust Company in Lowell, MA. The bank
now has fifteen (15) branches.
He is presently clerk of the corporation.
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| 2000 |
Founded TRAVELBARGAINBOARD.COM |
| 2001 |
Subsequent to the sale of ACTION 6 to
be merged into VACATION.com, he was appointed Chairman
Emeritus of
Vacation.com |
| 2004 |
Assisted in the founding of www.timkatec.org, which is the website of Timkatec, an orphanage in Petionville, Haiti. The site raised the funds to build a new technical school for the children. He and Patrick O'Shea continue contributing and raising funds for this needy cause. |
| 2005 |
Appointed assistant to the chair of "The Haitian League" |
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Graduate of Northeastern University -
Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration - Accounting.
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Distinguished Military Graduate from
Northeastern University.
Commissioned in the
United States Army.
Served in Germany
and was honorably discharged as a 1st Lieutenant on completion of his
tenure. |
| 1998 - 1995 |
Chosen by Tour and
Travel Magazine as one of the 25 most influential travel
executives in the World travel industry.
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| 1997 |
Access to Freedom
Award from the Society for the Advancement of
Travel for the Handicapped.
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| 1997 |
Travel Person of
the Year Award from Travel Agent
Magazine.
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| 1996 |
Travel Agent of
the Year Award from Travel Trade
Magazine.
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| 1996 |
Received the
World Travel Market Global Award.
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| 1996 |
Distinguished
Service Award to the travel industry, honored by the
director of Massachusetts Port Authority.
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| 1994 |
A Winner of
the American Express Essay Contest on
travel.
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| 1994 |
Distinguished
Service Award for producing
“Cruisemart
1994.”
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| 1986 |
NOAH award, distinguishing him as
The Travel Agent Mentor of the
Year.
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| 2000 |
Received Jordanian
Award of Petra.
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| 2000 |
Received the Golden
Helmsmen of Tourism International
Award.
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Latest
thought:
"The spiritual man need not be a
recluse, that union with the divine Life may be achieved and
maintained in the midst of worldly affairs, that the obstacles to
that union lie not outside us but within us."
The
Bhagavad-Gita
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© 2008 - Mike Spinelli. All
Rights reserved
Mike
Spinelli, MCC
2565 Ocean Boulevard, Box 760
Rye Beach, NH 03871Tel: (978) 771-7590
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894-6616 |
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