On Tuesday August 19th, 2008 ETA lost one its Board members after a lengthy illness. Mike Salamon owned and operated Travelworld Travel Agency in Kingston and Scranton. Mike was a member of the ETA Board since 2005 and will be greatly missed by all ETA . . . → Click Here]]> Michael Salamon
August 19, 2008

On Tuesday August 19th, 2008 ETA lost one its Board members after a lengthy illness. Mike Salamon owned and operated Travelworld Travel Agency in Kingston and Scranton. Mike was a member of the ETA Board since 2005 and will be greatly missed by all ETA members. He is survived by his wife, Elaine, 5 chileren and 11 grandchildren.

Michael Saire Salamon, 78, of Meadowland Avenue, Kingston, died Tuesday morning, August 19, 2008, in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Born in England, he was a son of the late Sidney Derrick and Sarah Sotnick Salamon. He was educated in Edinburgh, Scotland, and owned and operated Travelworld, Kingston and Scranton. Michael also owned and operated the former Landau & Landau Insurance, Kingston, Pa. Michael was a member of Temple Israel Synagogue and the Jewish Community Center, Wilkes-Barre. He was a long-standing board member of the Eastern Travel Association and was active with the Kiwanis of Wilkes-Barre Chapter, where he held various offices, including president. Michael was also on the American Heart Association Board and a past board member of Visiting Nurse Association.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, the former Nancy Snider, in 1963; and son Mark Salamon, in 1958.

Michael is survived by his wife, the former Elaine Sharkus, Kingston; three daughters, Julie Norton and her husband, Mark, Kingston; Lesley Baltimore and her husband, Sandy, Shavertown; Jennifer Sopka and her husband, Dennis, Flushing, Mich.; Tom Wasilewski and his wife, Maureen, Kingston; Scott Wasilewski, Kingston; Tara Wasilewski, Kingston; 11 grandchildren, Cory and Valerie Norton; Eric, Alex and Abbey Baltimore; Nicholas and Gregory Sopka; Lauren, Paige, Tony and Taylor Wasilewski; brother David Saire, Amsterdam; nieces and nephews.

Arno Moeller
June 30, 2003

Arno L. Moeller, 68, of Lacey Street, Laceyville, died Monday at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock.

Born Aug. 2, 1934, in Davenport, Iowa, he was a son of the late Ferdinand August (Fred) and Leona (Coopmans) Moeller. He worked as Interline Sales Manager for Northwest Airlines, Manhattan. He formed Trans Travel & Tours and Simba Safaris, Nazareth. He also formed Travel Marketing Systems. He served in the U.S. Naval Reserves, stationed in Cuba and the Caribbean. He was active in little league sports, with the formation of the Nazareth “Y” Basketball League and was football coach for Upper Nazareth and also as a little league baseball coach. He served on the Nazareth Area School Board. He was a member of the Rough Hall Post 510 American Legion, Black Walnut.

Surviving are his wife of 42 years, the former Paula Darden; sons, Michael, Holiday, Fla.; Matthew, Nazareth; daughter, Denise Dalicandro, Crystal Lake, Ill.; and a grandson.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the St. Joachim’s Church, Meshoppen, with the Rev. Bryan B. Wright officiating. Private interment will be at the convenience of the family.

Arrangements are by the Sheldon Funeral Home, Laceyville.

ETA will always remember Arnie…

God bless Arnie, by Tom Buehler

I don’t know when it happened. But for me, it happened. One day the sound of a train whistle became synonymous with Arnie Moeller, even driving with my children through Reading or Strassburg when I heard a train whistle I would think of Arnie. Sitting behind his post at almost any trade show I have ever been to, there was Arnie, looking as though he had seen it all at a hundred million trade shows before. He always looked somewhere between bored and content. Then he would get a childlike little gleam in his eye, and blow that wooden train whistle. He was a good man, who genuinely cared about people. Ever notice how Arnie would always pause for a minute after he asked you how you were doin’? He really cared to know. There will be more ETA meetings, more trade shows to come, but they will not be as colorful without Arnie Moeller blowing that whistle and smirking his clever little smile over there at booth 48.

The next time your schmoozing away at a trade show and you get a feeling that there is something missing. There is. It’s a faint little whistle across the room reminding us to “have fun with this stuff”.

God Bless Arnie Moeller.

Monday, November 14, 2011 at Radisson Camp Hill, PA ( MDT ) Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Radisson Lackawanna, Scranton, PA ( AVP ) . . . → Click Here]]> We are pleased to invite you to be part of the . . .

Monday, November 14, 2011 at Radisson Camp Hill, PA ( MDT )
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Radisson Lackawanna, Scranton, PA ( AVP )
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at Holiday Inn Conference Center, Allentown, PA (ABE)

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Our mission at Eastern Travel Association is to facilitate education and the exchange of information within our profession. Our trade show fits that theme extending the opportunity for suppliers to reach their market and travel agents to interface directly with suppliers in a cost effective manner. Our history shows a proven record of delivering up to 300 retail travel agents ready to hear your sales message and return to their office with your literature. It is cost effective because ETA is a non-profit organization of industry professionals whose only pursuit is the health and well being of the industry.

Travel Agent & Vendor Benefits:

• The participating vendors provide agents and owners great value at no cost
• Complimentary agent reception from 6:00 – 8:00 PM each evening
• Newsletter to members in September, October and November
• Trade press announcements
• Weekly fax and email blitzes in October to all travel agencies in eastern Pennsylvania
• The show is close to home and convenient to agency locations
• All registered suppliers will be featured and listed in the ETA web site for months in advance of the show indicating the opportunity for face-to-face conversation
• Nightly supplier buffet before the shows (4 – 5 PM) and supplier only reception after the show
• Negotiated Discounted room rates
• Participating vendors will receive an Excel and Access database of all attendees

• $775.00 (same price last two years) for all three evenings
• $750.00 for registrations paid by July 31, 2011
• $700 if paid by June 15, 2011 and a returning 2010 participant
• $25 surcharge for all credit card payments

Extra Notes

• Cost is the same if you attend only one or two of the three shows.
• Checks must be received prior to the first show or booth space will not be provided.
• Checks received prior to September 15, 2011 will list your company as a Trade Show participant in the October newsletter and ETA website.
• Checks received prior to October 6, 2011 will list your company as a Trade Show participant in the November newsletter.
• One supplier per booth, suppliers may not share a booth.
• No refunds for cancellations after October 13, 2011
  Checks should be mailed to:
  Jan Brightman
  2706 Starlight Terrace
  Tobyhanna, PA 18466
  Phone: (570) 894-8747
  Fax: (570) 894-8747
  
  Supporting Travel Agents for over 55 Years – 1956 – 2011

We have a proven forum for you to get your sales message across to a large number of qualified travel agents. It is an extremely cost effective presentation format to deliver your sales message using the communication of your choice. It is a lower cost than conducting and . . . → Click Here]]> Dear Travel Colleague:

We have a proven forum for you to get your sales message across to a large number of qualified travel agents. It is an extremely cost effective presentation format to deliver your sales message using the communication of your choice. It is a lower cost than conducting and producing your own seminars. We search strategic meeting sites, produce invitations, select the menu and take all the RSVP’S. We will also assist you at the presentation by collecting business cards from all attendees as part of your sales solicitation follow up.

Furthermore, your sponsorship provides you with a one year annual membership in the Eastern Travel Association (ETA). To complete the packaged program we will provide current mailing labels and a membership list for your future sales contacts.

It is our distinct pleasure to invite you to participate by being a sponsor. We are continuing with our dinner forum meetings to be held on the third full week of the month as follows:

Monday, Harrisburg Central Pennsylvania
Tuesday, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Area
Wednesday, Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton Area

As a sponsor you will receive at all three locations:

1. Before dinner you may conduct a mini-trade show. This time is designated to mingle with our travel agent members.
2. Immediately following dinner you may conduct a one-hour sales presentation at all three locations.
3. You will receive publicity in our monthly newsletters, emails and blasts fax to all members. In addition, your website address will be featured on our ETA website during your month of sponsorship.

The sponsorship includes the costs of a reception and dinner for $15.00 per attending member. Sponsorships maybe shared among suppliers with a common theme or destination. In this case we require one sponsor to coordinate the co-sponsors, program and billing for the evening. Primary sponsors are billed for sponsorship costs after the meetings take place and are responsible for collecting the monies of the other co-sponsor.

Please advise us of the number of participating people who will be attending. This will assist us with our final meal count obligations. Door prizes are welcomed and will be mentioned in the newsletter to help maximize attendance. “Only IATAN card holding member agents will be eligible for prizes except when sponsor indicates otherwise.”

Please feel free to fill out the Sponsorship form once you have compleated please print and enclosed the form with your deposit to guarantee sponsorship. As always, ETA officers and executive board members welcome your input and suggestions.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Jan Brightman, CTA
Sponsorship Chairperson

2706 Starlight Terrace
Tobyhanna, PA 18466

Phone: (570) 894-8747
Email: janb.eta@hotmail.com

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