Listen to ‘Chief Travel Leader’ Alex Sharpe – 29 March 2025

 
Alex Sharpe, CEO
Signature Travel Network
www.SignatureTravelNetwork.com

When you’re in business for nearly 70 years, clearly many things are being done right to sustain success and that’s certainly the case with Signature Travel Network.  Since their inception back in 1956, they’ve amassed a network of nearly 300 travel agencies that deliver over 15,000 travel professionals, and collectively they generate more than $11 billion in annual travel sales.  They pride themselves on offering one-of-a-kind services and unique benefits to their members, travelers and associated businesses.  Operating as a cooperative, they deliver relationships and an array of “white label” services to engage travelers in a host of areas including — Tour Operators, Cruise Lines, Destination Specialists, Hotel, Tourism Boards, Rail Suppliers, Airlines, Specialty Suppliers and more.

Signature Travel Network’s CEO Alex Sharpe has become a recurring Show Friend, as we appreciate his candor, industry insights and shared passion for the World of Travel.  His industry experience and knowledge makes for comfortable and engaging discussions.  During our live broadcast of America’s #1 Travel Radio Show on 29 March 2025, we reconnected with him for an expanded “Chief Travel Leader” conversation that covered an array of topics.  The wide-ranging discussion touched on our just completed big “Let’s Go America! Tour” – Caribbean Cruise with Seabourn, strengths/areas of focus for Signature Travel Network, Alex’s ambitions years ago for leaving the Cruise Sector of Travel to join Signature, current realities/happenings across travel, the investments he’s made in Signature Travel Networks magazines and why, his charitable involvement with the Tyler Robinson Foundation (www.TRF.org) along with some forecasting and more.

Now that the popular radio program has legally transmitted via satellite across the USA to our 600+ weekly stations airing RMWorldTravel with Robert & Mary Carey and Rudy Maxa, the interview audio has been archived in .mp3 format here for you to access anytime/anywhere by simply clicking on the play arrow following this text …

 

 

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During our live broadcast of America’s #1 Travel Radio Show on 20 January 2024, as part of an expanded “Chief Travel Leader” conversation we reconnected with Alex to discuss an array of timely and topical happenings across many of the top sectors in travel, including 2024 resolutions, home rentals, air travel and corporate jets, health & wellness, cruise, travel tech, Maui and more .  Now that our popular national program has been transmitted via satellite across the USA to our 570+ weekly stations airing RMWorldTravel with Robert & Mary Carey and Rudy Maxa, you can access the audio archive in .mp3 format by simply clicking on the play arrow that follows this text…

 

 

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Almost 17 months have passed since his last on-air appearance, and we decided to change that during our live broadcast of America’s #1 Travel Radio Show on 1 April 2023.  Joining us via the Show Hotline from South Florida, Alex weighed-in on current travel trends and happenings, we discussed 2023 additions to Signature’s Hotel & Resorts Collection, delved into the Cruise sector of Travel and more.  To hear the special “Chief Travel Leader” conversation that aired across the USA via our now 510+ weekly stations airing RMWorldTravel with Robert & Mary Carey and Rudy Maxa, just click on the play arrow immediately beneath this text…

 

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It’s been nearly a year since we last connected with their CEO Alex Sharpe, and certainly as the travel world works to navigate beyond the pandemic — it continues to be a demanding an unpredictable time.  Just off their annual conference in Las Vegas, during the live broadcast of America’s #1 Travel Radio Show on 20 November 2021 — we invited Alex back to share some insights from that gathering, report on current happenings Signature Travel Network is encountering across the various sectors of travel that it engages, and provide some honest commentary looking forward.  To hear again the “Chief Travel Leader” interview that aired nationally via our now 480+ weekly affiliates broadcasting RMWorldTravel with Robert & Mary Carey and Rudy Maxa across the USA, simply click on the play arrow immediately following this text …

 

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During our live broadcast of America’s #1 Travel Radio Show on 12 December 2020, we invited their CEO, Alex Sharpe, to join us for our exclusive “Chief Travel Leader” segment to discuss some of the necessary operational changes they’ve made to navigate the Coronavirus pandemic, we looked ahead to 2021 and a travel rebound, and also got a little personal with him about his passions for the travel industry.

You can hear our conversation, that aired nationally via the 440+ weekly affiliates broadcasting RMWorldTravel with Robert & Mary Carey and Rudy Maxa, by simply clicking the play arrow below to access the now archived audio …