January 3, 2024 • 9 mins
NOT JUST A TRAVEL SHOW — WELCOME TO AN EXPERIENTIAL TRAVEL DESTINATION!
Returning in 2024 — January 19, 20, 21
OPEN TO AAA MEMBERS and NON-MEMBERS
Save time and money and meet one-on-one with top travel service representatives from a variety of international, national and regional exhibitors, including major cruise lines, railway and tour companies, theme parks, destinations, attractions and more!
One stop shopping and exclusive savings, packages and benefits! Book your next trip with our experts in our convenient Vacation Store!
https://pittsburghtravelshowcase.com/
Returning in 2024 — January 19, 20, 21
OPEN TO AAA MEMBERS and NON-MEMBERS
Save time and money and meet one-on-one with top travel service representatives from a variety of international, national and regional exhibitors, including major cruise lines, railway and tour companies, theme parks, destinations, attractions and more!
One stop shopping and exclusive savings, packages and benefits! Book your next trip with our experts in our convenient Vacation Store!
https://pittsburghtravelshowcase.com/
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(00:05):
And welcome in. This is theHeart of Pittsburgh Podcast. I'm your host
Johnny Hartwell, special guest in studio, old friend at Dia Rico. Good
morning, How are you? Goodmorning? We're fantastic. How are you,
Johnny. We're talking travel, whichis my you know, I got
goosebumps, look at my arm.I love talking travel. So the Travel
Showcase is just around the corner.Tell us everything we need to know.
(00:26):
Well, it is annual event.This is the seventh annual Pittsburgh Travel Showcase
presented by Triple A Travel. ThreeBig Days, even Bigger Days January nineteen,
twenty twenty one at the David LawrenceConvention Center. We have more destinations,
more exhibitors, more showcase exclusive discounts, more Triple A advisors, more
Caribbean islands, and more destination theaterpresentations. So the key word is more
(00:50):
or more, more more. Thisis one of the biggest ones in the
country, isn't it. It's absolutelythe biggest booking travel show in the country.
And ours is the Pittsburgh Travel Showcase. And we're excited to bring attendees
who are just as excited as youare about their next dream vacations, even
more to experience down at the DavidLawrence Colanty Exhibits. Roughly you will have
(01:12):
about one hundred exhibitors on the showcasefloor, which will include twelve Caribbean islands.
You'll be able to circle the Caribbeanon the showcase floor as well as
the world's top travel suppliers. Sowe're talking every major cruise line, railway
companies, and the prominent destinations acrossthe US as well as spanning all seven
continents. What about new exhibits thisyear, new exhibitors. We're very excited
(01:34):
to welcome over thirty new exhibitors andthat will include a destination that is very
much of high interest for our travelersout of the Pittsburgh region and that is
Pigeon Forge and Dollywood. Pigeon Forge, where's that, Tennessee. Oh,
it is in Dollywood. That's famous. That's famous. So the Dollywood parks
and resorts in Pigeon Ford, Tennesseealways been a hot ticket out of out
(01:55):
of our Pittsburgh region for travelers.So driving destinations, motor coach destinations,
destination weddings, honeymoons, group andfamily travel, you name it, we
have at Pittsburgh Travel Showcase so youhave staycations, you have a motor vacation,
you have to train, you haveplane anywhere. You cover the world,
don't you. We span these sevencontinents. So when you say one
(02:17):
of the biggest booking showcases in thecountry, why is that because people know
that they're going to save money,aren't The reason being is that one we
have the it is exclusively associated withTriple A, which is the most trusted
brand in travel, Triple A Travelin the country, and so we will
have over forty Triple A advisors onthe floor prepared. Of these are the
(02:38):
top advisors in Triple A Travel inthe Pittsburgh region that will be prepared to
provide their knowledge and expertise to personallyplan anyone's vacation on any budget. It's
their vacation, their way. Sovacations begin here at the Pittsburgh Travel Showcase
and we are there prepared with theagents to actually book and prepare all of
their details from start to finish.Now, if somebody wants more information or
(03:00):
to buy tickets, where do theygo? Tickets and details and updated details
are available at Pittsburgh Travel Showcase dotcom. We mentioned you know that there's
like destination spanning all seven continents.But what are some of the hot destinations.
Europe is in very, very highdemand. It's in very high demand
in twenty twenty three. That's goingto continue in twenty twenty four. Also,
(03:21):
Africa is a major major destination ondream vacation. What part of Africa
This would be Tanzania and into thecamps where you can go out onto the
safaris and so really a spectacular,unique opportunity to get out there on an
African safari. Those are two tops, And of course the Three Eyes are
(03:43):
always very big out of the Pittsburghregion, flying out a greater pit and
that is Italy top destination, Italy, Ireland and Iceland, and they will
all be represented at the Pittsburgh TravelShowcase. Those are the top destinations,
but still the number one destination outof Pittsburgh Florida. So we'll have about
a half dozen Florida destinations represented.Daytona Beach, Tampa, Miami, Saint
(04:06):
Pete, Clearwater. They'll all bethere and talk and sunshine, Yeah,
we're talking sunshine. What about theCaribbean. The Caribbean, you can circle
the Caribbean at the showcase with twelveCaribbean Islands. We will have an entire
row of Caribbean islands as well asall inclusive resorts, so we're prepared to
do destination wedding planning, honeymoons,group and family travel all at the Pittsburgh
(04:28):
Travel Showcase. All right. Tosave money, people can go into Triple
A. You know one of theplaces that has Triple A. You have
like a two dollars oo coup on, right, Yeah, so tickets are
ten dollars each. Hover. Allof the Triple A branches have a two
dollars discount coupon available, so stopin any of the Triple A branches for
that. Tickets are available at PittsburghTravel Showcase dot com as well as additional
(04:49):
updated details and at the door.All right. So you have one hundred
over one hundred exhibits, thirty newexhibits. But the real attraction is the
ability to they've some money. Yousee those lines waiting to book those travels
and those vacations, and there's areason why people line up for this for
the showcase. Absolutely because the PittsburghTravel Showcase has exclusive discount offers that are
(05:13):
only available for the three days ofthe showcase. January nineteen, twenty twenty
one. In addition, there areother discounts layered on top of that the
Triple A will provide. And ifyou book vacations by investing eighteen ninety nine
or higher, you're going to geta free set of luggage from Triple A
Travel. And so the showcase isopen to members and non members, so
you do not need to be amember of Triple A to attend. But
(05:35):
it's the exclusive discounts that really drivethe importance of saving money. Convenient,
one stop vacation shopping under one greatbig roof at the David L. Lawrence
Convention Center. We kind of teasepeople about a couple hot ticket items.
What are those two items that youwanted to talk about? We need to
tell everybody about hot ticket items thatare on the rivers and on the oceans.
(05:57):
So river cruising is powerfully strong aswell as ocean liner cruising. So
we'll have the top river cruise linesthere that can take you to Africa and
as well as take you down theRhine, the Danube, the Seine in
Paris, and the river cruise lineswill actually be docked for the Olympics on
the Seine, so that's a spectacularopportunity and they can also take you to
(06:18):
the Christmas markets and so they'll allbe there for European river cruising. If
that's something that you want to experienceor you have experienced it, it is
a spectacular opportunity to see Europe ina completely different way. But the ocean
liner industry is truly exploding and RoyalCaribbean will be introducing the world's largest ship
January twenty fourth. The Icon ofthe Seas as well as other major cruise
(06:41):
lines will introduce other mega ships thatare truly spectacular. Princess Cruise Lines,
Norwegian Cruise Lines, Region seven Seaswill all introduce new ships as well as
celebrity cruise lines at the showcase.So it's a big time for the cruise
industry, which has opened up bookingsall the way through twenty twenty six because
of the high demand all right.When I was there last year, one
thing that really opened my eyes wasthe rail vacations that are available. You
(07:06):
still have that one. Yeah.Rail travel is also extremely popular for our
travelers out of the Pittsburgh region,So Grand Canyon Railway will be there.
Amtrak vacations and rail Bookers which travelsrail travel out of Europe as well as
Rocky Mountaineer which has the gold Leafand Silver Leaf opportunities and the stays in
(07:26):
the Fairmont Hotels. So land,rail, water, you name it,
we have it at the Pittsburgh TravelShowcase. We have about a minute left.
What are some things that we missedthat you want people to know about
the Travel Showcase, Well, wewant people to know that there are three
destination theaters filled with forty two presentationsand these are the world's top travel experts
not only representing the industry but alsorepresenting destinations. So you can go into
(07:49):
the presentation theaters and get that firsthandknowledge and actually speak with these representatives and
then go out with our Triple advisorsand they'll personally plan your vacation to meet
any budget. We also want tosay that there are discount coupons available at
Triple A branches so you can savemoney on admission free luggage with various bookings
for vacations. And another top destinationthat we need to mention out of Pittsburgh
(08:11):
is Alaska. So not only thecruise industry of Hall in America and Princess
Royal Caribbean and celebrity offering that we'llalso have the destinations of Anchorage and Juno
present to actually present Alaska. Tellus more about the store. We have
a huge travel stor as you enterthe David L. Lawrence Convention Center,
so it is filled with all ofthe accessories from luggage to the little tags
(08:33):
that go on your luggage, tobeach items that go with your beach trip.
Everything that you need from a travelstore is there. The backpacks,
every possible item that you would needfor travels and a massive travel stores.
You enter the doors for the PittsburghTravel Showcase. I'm excited. You know
I love travel. I can't wait. Good to see you and I'm sure
we'll run into each other at theconvention Center. Looking forward to it once
(08:56):
again. If you're looking for information, go to Pittsburgh Travel Showcase dot com.
This has been the heart of PittsburghPodcast. I'm your host, Johnny
Hartwell, thank you so much forlistening.
And welcome in. This is theHeart of Pittsburgh Podcast. I'm your host
Johnny Hartwell, special guest in studio, old friend at Dia Rico. Good
morning, How are you? Goodmorning? We're fantastic. How are you,
Johnny. We're talking travel, whichis my you know, I got
goosebumps, look at my arm.I love talking travel. So the Travel
Showcase is just around the corner.Tell us everything we need to know.
(00:26):
Well, it is annual event.This is the seventh annual Pittsburgh Travel Showcase
presented by Triple A Travel. ThreeBig Days, even Bigger Days January nineteen,
twenty twenty one at the David LawrenceConvention Center. We have more destinations,
more exhibitors, more showcase exclusive discounts, more Triple A advisors, more
Caribbean islands, and more destination theaterpresentations. So the key word is more
(00:50):
or more, more more. Thisis one of the biggest ones in the
country, isn't it. It's absolutelythe biggest booking travel show in the country.
And ours is the Pittsburgh Travel Showcase. And we're excited to bring attendees
who are just as excited as youare about their next dream vacations, even
more to experience down at the DavidLawrence Colanty Exhibits. Roughly you will have
(01:12):
about one hundred exhibitors on the showcasefloor, which will include twelve Caribbean islands.
You'll be able to circle the Caribbeanon the showcase floor as well as
the world's top travel suppliers. Sowe're talking every major cruise line, railway
companies, and the prominent destinations acrossthe US as well as spanning all seven
continents. What about new exhibits thisyear, new exhibitors. We're very excited
(01:34):
to welcome over thirty new exhibitors andthat will include a destination that is very
much of high interest for our travelersout of the Pittsburgh region and that is
Pigeon Forge and Dollywood. Pigeon Forge, where's that, Tennessee. Oh,
it is in Dollywood. That's famous. That's famous. So the Dollywood parks
and resorts in Pigeon Ford, Tennesseealways been a hot ticket out of out
(01:55):
of our Pittsburgh region for travelers.So driving destinations, motor coach destinations,
destination weddings, honeymoons, group andfamily travel, you name it, we
have at Pittsburgh Travel Showcase so youhave staycations, you have a motor vacation,
you have to train, you haveplane anywhere. You cover the world,
don't you. We span these sevencontinents. So when you say one
(02:17):
of the biggest booking showcases in thecountry, why is that because people know
that they're going to save money,aren't The reason being is that one we
have the it is exclusively associated withTriple A, which is the most trusted
brand in travel, Triple A Travelin the country, and so we will
have over forty Triple A advisors onthe floor prepared. Of these are the
(02:38):
top advisors in Triple A Travel inthe Pittsburgh region that will be prepared to
provide their knowledge and expertise to personallyplan anyone's vacation on any budget. It's
their vacation, their way. Sovacations begin here at the Pittsburgh Travel Showcase
and we are there prepared with theagents to actually book and prepare all of
their details from start to finish.Now, if somebody wants more information or
(03:00):
to buy tickets, where do theygo? Tickets and details and updated details
are available at Pittsburgh Travel Showcase dotcom. We mentioned you know that there's
like destination spanning all seven continents.But what are some of the hot destinations.
Europe is in very, very highdemand. It's in very high demand
in twenty twenty three. That's goingto continue in twenty twenty four. Also,
(03:21):
Africa is a major major destination ondream vacation. What part of Africa
This would be Tanzania and into thecamps where you can go out onto the
safaris and so really a spectacular,unique opportunity to get out there on an
African safari. Those are two tops, And of course the Three Eyes are
(03:43):
always very big out of the Pittsburghregion, flying out a greater pit and
that is Italy top destination, Italy, Ireland and Iceland, and they will
all be represented at the Pittsburgh TravelShowcase. Those are the top destinations,
but still the number one destination outof Pittsburgh Florida. So we'll have about
a half dozen Florida destinations represented.Daytona Beach, Tampa, Miami, Saint
(04:06):
Pete, Clearwater. They'll all bethere and talk and sunshine, Yeah,
we're talking sunshine. What about theCaribbean. The Caribbean, you can circle
the Caribbean at the showcase with twelveCaribbean Islands. We will have an entire
row of Caribbean islands as well asall inclusive resorts, so we're prepared to
do destination wedding planning, honeymoons,group and family travel all at the Pittsburgh
(04:28):
Travel Showcase. All right. Tosave money, people can go into Triple
A. You know one of theplaces that has Triple A. You have
like a two dollars oo coup on, right, Yeah, so tickets are
ten dollars each. Hover. Allof the Triple A branches have a two
dollars discount coupon available, so stopin any of the Triple A branches for
that. Tickets are available at PittsburghTravel Showcase dot com as well as additional
(04:49):
updated details and at the door.All right. So you have one hundred
over one hundred exhibits, thirty newexhibits. But the real attraction is the
ability to they've some money. Yousee those lines waiting to book those travels
and those vacations, and there's areason why people line up for this for
the showcase. Absolutely because the PittsburghTravel Showcase has exclusive discount offers that are
(05:13):
only available for the three days ofthe showcase. January nineteen, twenty twenty
one. In addition, there areother discounts layered on top of that the
Triple A will provide. And ifyou book vacations by investing eighteen ninety nine
or higher, you're going to geta free set of luggage from Triple A
Travel. And so the showcase isopen to members and non members, so
you do not need to be amember of Triple A to attend. But
(05:35):
it's the exclusive discounts that really drivethe importance of saving money. Convenient,
one stop vacation shopping under one greatbig roof at the David L. Lawrence
Convention Center. We kind of teasepeople about a couple hot ticket items.
What are those two items that youwanted to talk about? We need to
tell everybody about hot ticket items thatare on the rivers and on the oceans.
(05:57):
So river cruising is powerfully strong aswell as ocean liner cruising. So
we'll have the top river cruise linesthere that can take you to Africa and
as well as take you down theRhine, the Danube, the Seine in
Paris, and the river cruise lineswill actually be docked for the Olympics on
the Seine, so that's a spectacularopportunity and they can also take you to
(06:18):
the Christmas markets and so they'll allbe there for European river cruising. If
that's something that you want to experienceor you have experienced it, it is
a spectacular opportunity to see Europe ina completely different way. But the ocean
liner industry is truly exploding and RoyalCaribbean will be introducing the world's largest ship
January twenty fourth. The Icon ofthe Seas as well as other major cruise
(06:41):
lines will introduce other mega ships thatare truly spectacular. Princess Cruise Lines,
Norwegian Cruise Lines, Region seven Seaswill all introduce new ships as well as
celebrity cruise lines at the showcase.So it's a big time for the cruise
industry, which has opened up bookingsall the way through twenty twenty six because
of the high demand all right.When I was there last year, one
thing that really opened my eyes wasthe rail vacations that are available. You
(07:06):
still have that one. Yeah.Rail travel is also extremely popular for our
travelers out of the Pittsburgh region,So Grand Canyon Railway will be there.
Amtrak vacations and rail Bookers which travelsrail travel out of Europe as well as
Rocky Mountaineer which has the gold Leafand Silver Leaf opportunities and the stays in
(07:26):
the Fairmont Hotels. So land,rail, water, you name it,
we have it at the Pittsburgh TravelShowcase. We have about a minute left.
What are some things that we missedthat you want people to know about
the Travel Showcase, Well, wewant people to know that there are three
destination theaters filled with forty two presentationsand these are the world's top travel experts
not only representing the industry but alsorepresenting destinations. So you can go into
(07:49):
the presentation theaters and get that firsthandknowledge and actually speak with these representatives and
then go out with our Triple advisorsand they'll personally plan your vacation to meet
any budget. We also want tosay that there are discount coupons available at
Triple A branches so you can savemoney on admission free luggage with various bookings
for vacations. And another top destinationthat we need to mention out of Pittsburgh
(08:11):
is Alaska. So not only thecruise industry of Hall in America and Princess
Royal Caribbean and celebrity offering that we'llalso have the destinations of Anchorage and Juno
present to actually present Alaska. Tellus more about the store. We have
a huge travel stor as you enterthe David L. Lawrence Convention Center,
so it is filled with all ofthe accessories from luggage to the little tags
(08:33):
that go on your luggage, tobeach items that go with your beach trip.
Everything that you need from a travelstore is there. The backpacks,
every possible item that you would needfor travels and a massive travel stores.
You enter the doors for the PittsburghTravel Showcase. I'm excited. You know
I love travel. I can't wait. Good to see you and I'm sure
we'll run into each other at theconvention Center. Looking forward to it once
(08:56):
again. If you're looking for information, go to Pittsburgh Travel Showcase dot com.
This has been the heart of PittsburghPodcast. I'm your host, Johnny
Hartwell, thank you so much forlistening.
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