WESTA believes on-going education and training for your agents is key to maximizing the return on your WESTA membership. Your agents need to understand and use the programs in order for you to benefit from them. In fact, the average WESTA agency receives over 10 hours of local training a year which translates into knowledgeable and profitable agents. Our educational program has three components:

WESTA holds trade shows each year in four different locations. These shows feature our cruise partners, wholesalers and individual travel component suppliers in a whole day training format designed for front line agents. These events, held in October and November, ensure that your staff is fully prepared to benefit from the WESTA programs and suppliers thought the coming year.

WESTA holds an annual Conference in a rotation of major leisure destination venues on the west coast or preferred cruiseline partners. This conference is an executive level event with:

• an array of critical speakers from the industry.
• 1v1 discussions between the membership and advisors on industry topics.
• classes and breakout groups focusing on specific areas of agency sales and management. Recent events have covered topics such as new agent recruitment, groups, product & fee pricing strategy and IC/ outside sales compensation program development.

WESTA holds Connections Tradeshows once per year, in each of the several core areas of our membership. These meetings, which feature up to 50 vendors per show, focus on product knowledge critical to your agents ability to efficiently and profitably sell each of these supplier's products.

For Frontline Agents

• Annual conference and trade shows held in Oregon, Washington and California locations.
• Multiple supplier hosted webinar opportunities each month.
• In-house training by a WESTA staff member.

For Owners & Managers

• Annual conference and trade shows held in Oregon, Washington and California locations.
• Multiple supplier hosted webinar opportunities each month.
• In-office consultations with your WESTA Regional Manager.

WESTA FAM's and Seminars at Sea

Each year, WESTA arranges a few educational / travel opportunities with a variety of our preferred travel partners on both cruises and land tours.