The mission of the Sales Department is to promote The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel to meeting professionals, the travel trade, and leisure visitors to positively influence visitor volume. The VCB Sales team provides resources to industry partners and travel influencers to help grow meeting business and pleasure travel in the destination.
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Sales
Jill Vance
Director of Sales
Directs domestic sales strategy for groups, meetings and tour and travel
Manages sales budget, staffing, training
MEETINGS The Meeting Sales team is responsible for booking meetings at individual hotels throughout Lee County.
Meeting Sales Team
Betsy Bush
National Sales Manager
Territory: Washington, DC; Northeast USA
Erin Congregane
Sales Manager
Territory: Southeast United States and Florida
Jerry Terp
National Sales Manager
Territory: Minneapolis, MN; Midwest USA
Joan Barkowski
Sales Coordinator
Sales Coordinator for Southeast Meeting Sales Manager and Tourism Group Sales Manager
Southeast Meeting Planner and SMERF Site Tours (assists)
Southeast Meeting Planner and SMERF FAMs (assists)
Pam Brown
Conference & Event Manager
Assists Midwest and Northeast Territories
TOUR AND TRAVEL The Tour & Travel team sells The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel to tour operators, wholesalers and retail travel agents in the domestic and international arena. We attend trade shows, organize sales calls and missions in major cities and help to create itineraries and vacation package programs for tour operators. We also promote the destination directly to consumers.