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Platinum Card & Travel Rewards

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Here’s a new easy way to raise funds and awareness for the Fitness Pro Travel Network. Just start using the new Fitness Professional Visa Platinum® Rewards card for your everyday purchases and then utilize the rewards to cover your travel expenses of your working vacation.

One of 5 Fit Pro Designs

One of 5 Fit Pro Designs

The first time you use it, the bank will donate $50 to Fitness Pro Travel Network and we’ll continue to receive a percentage of all future purchases. Through this fundraising effort we will continue to enhance and develop features that are specifically beneficial to the Fitness Community at http://fitnessprotravel.com –all at no cost to you.

Plus, you’ll be earning accelerated points (up to 15 points per dollar) at hundreds of national merchants, which can be redeemed for merchandise, account credits and Free tickets on over 175 airlines, with no blackout dates!

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Cinco de Mayo: Mexico Travel

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

The celebration of Cinco de Mayo originated in the central Mexican state of Puebla, when the Mexican army unexpectedly defeated the Spanish in the mid 1800’s.  Over the past 2 hundred years, Cinco de Mayo has become less a celebration of military victory, and more just a celebration of Mexican pride and culture.  Now that the history lesson is over, pull out your sombreros and tequila and…

But, this years celebration has been greatly curtailed.

According to TripWolf the expected Mexican travel industry financial hit, due to the swine flu, has a projected total of 2 billion US dollars.  That’s a large impact on the country’s most important industry.

We have had to jump through many hurdles at Fitness Pro Travel due to this outbreak.

Understandably many of our working vacation fitness professionals have been a bit nervous as well.  We’ve been working with many of the currently scheduled pros to assist in changing property locations where possible and giving credits as necessary.  We have also kept up to date information from the CDC posted within the community network to keep all informed. (more…)

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