Overland
Park, KS – November 2016 / Newsmaker Alert / Global
Connections, Inc. (GCI) has selected nine exceptional photos from nearly
1,000 entries in its Annual “Shoot for the Stars” Contest. The contest
began in 2005 with barely 30 entries from Global Discovery Vacations club
members.
Travel
industry leader GCI offers the members of its Global
Discovery Vacations (GDV) club program a wide variety of leisure benefits
and vacation options. Member engagement activities and contests such as
Shoot for the Stars continue to grow in popularity among GDV’s 75,000+
active members.
First,
second and third prizes were awarded in each of the three categories: Family
& Friends, Landscape and Wacky & Wild. The prizes included vacation
lodging in resort condominiums and gift certificates towards GDV travel
and leisure products and services.
“Our
‘Shoot for the Stars’ contest both engages our GDV members and provides
us with authentic images to use in myriad ways,” said Melanie Gring, Global
Connections’ Vice President of Strategic Alliances and Public Relations.
“We utilize these great pictures in our member collateral materials, on
the website, and in testimonials. These are real folks building wonderful
memories and we are proud to give them another platform to share their
vacation experiences.”
Global
Connections, the highly respected resort developer, full service travel
agency, travel club fulfillment and service provider has sales distributorships
located throughout the United States. The national company’s demographic
and geographic profile was evident in the numerous photographs submitted
for the contest.
Winning
images included family fun time at Universal Studios in Florida, a view
of Eagle’s Nest in Austria, Puente Nuevo Bridge in Spain, Hawaii’s Kilauea
Volcano, Maui’s Hana Waterfall, and Bamboo Beach Club in Clearwater, Florida.
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First
prize in the Family and Friends Category went to Andrea and
Bradford
N. of Grove City, Ohio for a whimsical family beach photo.
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Richard
and Clara S. of Pittsburgh submitted the winning shot
in
the Landscape Category of Kilkannon Home Farm, Ireland.
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The
first prize in the Wild and Wacky category for an
exciting
whale watching picture was awarded to
Kenneth
and Lesann Y. of Downers Grove, Illinois.
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About
Global Connections, Inc.
Global
Connections, Inc. (GCI) is based in Overland Park, KS, opening in 1996
as a travel club fulfillment and service provider. Considered a leader
in the travel club industry, GCI offers the members of its Global
Discovery Vacations club program a wide variety of leisure benefits
and vacation options at more than 700 North American resorts. GCI is the
developer and owner of resorts in California, Florida, Tennessee and Colorado
as well as owning and leasing numerous resort condominium units throughout
the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Caribbean. For more information about GCI
visit ExploreGCI.com.
About
Global Discovery Vacations
Global
Discovery Vacations is a respected membership based travel club offering
its members access to condominium accommodations, cruise and tour vacations,
a full service travel agency, a concierge program, and other leisure benefits.
For more information about Global Discovery Vacations visit GlobalDiscoveryVacations.com.
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Contact:
Melanie
Gring
561-417-7559
Global
Connections, Inc.
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Media:
Georgi
Bohrod, RRP
619-255-1661 |