Sundance Vacations’ Employees Attend Stevie Award Gala

Wilkes-Barre, Pa (PRWeb) December 7, 2006 — Sundance Vacations employees attended the first annual Stevie Awards gala in Las Vegas on December 4, 2006. Although none of the finalists were chosen as Stevie Award winners, it was a great honor to reach the level they each did.

There were approximately 600 entries for the awards and only 55 finalists actually received a Stevie award. The editor of Selling Power magazine, Gerhard Gschwandtner, warned that it will be even more difficult to win a Stevie next year. He expects the entries to double to 1200. The awards gala was well attended by some of the best sales organizations in the world. Event sponsors, SAP America and Careerbuilder.com, were among 250 of the world’s best sales executives and sales representatives in attendance.

"Being selected as a finalist for the Selling Power Sales Excellence award is an honor. We offer our congratulations to Marriott Vacation Club, who was selected for the Stevie in our category. To be in the company of some of the best sales organizations in the world was humbling but also inspiring," states Sundance Vacations co-founder, Tina Dowd

Each finalist was instructed to prepare a 30 second acceptance speech. John Dowd, President of Sundance Vacations, found a story that was quite applicable; "Some people say the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. That’s not true. The grass is always greener where you water it. The sales levels and growth rates of the winners inspired us. So, we intend to water our grass and go back after the Stevie award next year."