Hello TPOC Members,

While attending your local church services, exercise classes, or social club gatherings, have you ever looked around and wondered, “Where have all the members gone?” After a few years of devastating COVID restrictions, most membership-based organizations seem to have drastically diminished in size. Many organizations have moved their services to online participation while businesses are allowing their employees to work from home, making actual office attendance bleak, if not totally done away with.

The initiation of Zoom meetings gave TPOC the opportunity to continue meeting new people, though virtually, while continuing to learn new things that are important for the growth of our businesses. However, even with the use of this technology, as with many organizations, TPOC has experienced the same decline in membership and member participation.

As we work to remedy this situation, we understand this cannot be accomplished without the support of our faithful members, reaching out to those who have not returned and making use of any other communication devices that may be available.

For the coming year, we have adopted a new vision and a new vision statement to reinvigorate the association and each member, past, present and future.

Our 2023 Vision Statement : “Rebuilding our membership by empowering Travel agents globally, one client, one destination, one team member at a time.”

To accomplish our vision, our objectives are:
– Increase membership globally by 40%
– Increase TPOC recognition via presence on social media platforms, industry publications and     networking capabilities.
– Add value to each member and their company, leading to individual profitability.

We look forward to the help of each of you to accomplish these goals. Please feel free to contact me if you have any input or suggestions as we move forward. We hope to make 2023 the beginning of a new era for TPOC.

Happy New Year!

Mind Message: A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. Oliver Windell Holmes Jr.

Betty Jones, President

Travel Professionals of Color