Once upon a time 16 years ago there was an unhappy auditor who made a nice salary but was miserable. He was destined to run his own business but what kind of business would that be? While looking for a new house he met a real estate agent who also owned a travel agency and after a long conversation she convinced him to do travel part time. His parents gave him the gift of travel at an early age and he always loved the trips with them and upon graduation they gave him a trip to Hawaii. His first group trip was a cruise on the Carnival Celebration from Tampa and after a group of 30 happy passengers he was hooked. He went to the travel career institute at night and was still an auditor by day. After he completed the course he decided to open his own agency. He always dreamed of owning a business so he decided to call it Dreams Come True Travel with the tag line “we make travel dreams come true”. After a year or so in business he decided to add some genies to his staff. He did not want them to be called travel agents so he came up with the name travel genies whose job it was to make their clients dreams come true. His first genie came as a result of meeting Alicia at an industry trade show. Alicia was unhappy with the commission level she was receiving at her old agency and upon learning that he was willing to pay her 70% she arranged a meeting at his house. Alicia is a travel genie to this day. He also added Carolyn at another trade show and he steadily built his genie dream team with former clients and friends of former clients. To this day 29 genies and group leaders make up the dream team. Travel Genie Ken has a goal to be the motivational speaker at the 2012 MLT University in Minnesota. To do this he and his genie team must generate around 2 million in sales 1 with MLT Vacations. The growth plan is to dominate the local markets we serve by writing articles and speaking at local events on interesting travel subjects. We will also be producing a weekly e-zine as well as some free guide books. An example of these guide books is Uniquely Proposed which is a guide book which will be distributed to every jeweler in the area to give out to men purchasing engagement rings. Destination weddings have been helping us grow as a agency and the ring is the beginning of the entire process.