¡Felicitación! We have 15 new Los Angeles Experts!

L.A. Inc has done it again! We have 15 brand new Los Angeles Experts who will be able to assist their clients in Mexico with newly learned inside knowledge about our city.
The Mexican Travel Academy lasted 5 days and thanks to Karran Rouzan and our supporters in the local tourism industry we stayed at the amazing Terranea Resort and the venerable Four Seasons Beverly Hills on Doheny Drive (we saw some of the Boston Celtics players who were staying there as well!)

Freshly minted experts with the Bruin Bear

Our new experts are:
Marlen Alamilla - Elsa Castro - Alberto Cervantes - Dora Chumacero - Nancy Contreras - Jorge Flores - Edith Garcia - Rafael Gonzalez - Irma Miranda - Pilar Navarro - Elisabeth Ortiz - Macbeth Paz - Areli Perez - Cynthia Rivas - Karen Vega.

On the bus with David Lewis who worked with us the whole time and avoided traffic!

Celebrating after the graduation at Universal Studios Hollywood

Thank you - Gracias! for reviving our local retail economy! :-)

Smooching Leonardo at Madame Tussaud Hollywood

Breakfast at Catalina Kitchen at Terranea Resort

Working hard in or Terranea conference room class - the ocean outside was beckoning!

A delicious farewell dinner at Four Seasons' Culina.

The Los Angeles Travel Academy is a collaborative program between L.A. Inc and UCLA Extension. It consists of three mornings of classroom instruction and four afternoons and evenings of field trips throughout Los Angeles. The goal is to familiarize travel agents from foreign countries with our area so they can assist their customers more efficiently and increase their sales of L.A. as a destination.
L.A. Inc. Travel Industry Sales and Marketing Department planned and coordinated this Academy and we got to see all the very latest sites! The course curriculum was developed in collaboration with UCLA Extension’s academic staff and the course fulfills UCLA’s academic standards. I am the instructor and guide for the 4 to 5 days of the Academy.
Our students get tested and they receive a UCLA Extension Certificate! Students all tell us that this course is unique in the travel industry!

For further information or to contact the new experts,
please contact Karran Rouzan at L.A. Inc:
krouzan@lainc.us and phone: (213) 236 2318.
And Mariella Carmona:
mcarmona@lainc.us and phone: (213) 236 2302
Mariella habla español!