Luxury Travel Icon, Anne Scully Joins EMBARK Beyond as Partner of Agent Development
EMBARK Beyond announces the addition of renowned advisor, Anne Scully as Partner of Agent Development, bringing with her 40 years of experience and one of the industry’s strongest reputations.
“Anne is a true icon in the luxury travel business and has been a mentor of mine for many years,” said Jack Ezon, Founder and Managing Partner of Embark Beyond. “Embark is built on three pillars, marketing, technology and training, and so it was a no-brainer when Anne Scully agreed to join our team. Her skill in cultivating talent aligns perfectly with our commitment to training.”
During her career, Anne has been given such honors as being named Chairman of the Virtuoso Travel Academy and does trainings each year at Virtuoso Travel Week. She is also the proud Godmother of the Viking Ingvi, a Viking River Cruise. Luxury cruise lines and top hotel brands regularly seek Anne for training and as a keynote speaker. Anne values her long-standing travel partner relationships that are the cornerstone to her success. “I feel strongly that becoming a travel advisor is a very viable career path and extraordinary opportunity,” says Anne Scully. “I wanted to find an organization where this concept would be supported. This position with Embark is an opportunity for me to have great impact on fellow professionals. I am very excited and honored to bring my training and development expertise to such a community.”
Embark Beyond’s Independent Contractor program, Embark Collective has grown greatly in 2020, and Ms. Scully’s celebrated appointment brings an elevated value to each and every one of Embark’s advisors. “Anne’s expertise in training will be translated into one-on-one engagement with every associate at Embark to focus on career development, build and support annual business and marketing plans and work on front line transactional skills to enhance their personal profitability,” says Julie Danziger, Managing Partner of Embark.
As Partner of Agent Development, Anne will oversee Embark Academy, Embark’s training and development program. Embark Academy is unique in its space, with a clear curriculum of continuing education for everyone in the company including its management team. “There is no one that better supports our ethos of innovative thinking rooted in traditional hospitality” says Mr. Ezon. “Ms. Scully’s 40 years of experience fused with our pioneering, out-of-the-box approach to client engagement is a perfect match. She is an ideal complement to the incredible training and focus our existing partner Master Connections Associates creates. Anne is poised to help us better integrate trainings in our daily routine through practical and consistent reinforcement on the front line.”
Embark Academy which fuses “hard training” with “soft training” is built on the premise that advisor knowledge and expertise will be critical to survival as artificial intelligence makes digital buying more and more relevant.
Embark Beyond professes deep dives into destinations and products like selling private jets or learning how to issue an airline ticket in the GDS. As a customer-centric organization, every training focuses on the client, positioning all supply options and booking channels and teaching our advisors how to pair the best product for a particular client. Embark’s “Soft trainings” is a clear differentiation. Soft training is all about non-travel skills such as selling, anticipating needs, hospitality, critical thinking, and immersing our team in Embark’s core values and client promise.
“We truly believe with Anne at the helm, Embark Academy will change the nature of the conversation between our clients and our advisors and prove to be pivotal in our success,” says Ms. Danziger.
More information on Anne Scully’s appointment, Embark Beyond, Embark Academy and Embark Collective can be found via www.EmbarkBeyond.com, Anne.Scully@Embarkbeyond.com, info@EmbarkBeyond.com, or 212-542-4500.