Host Company Evaluations (HAR) is happy to announce that Shayna Zand will lead the group as its new Managing Director. Zand’s rent into a brand new place marks a dynamic transition for Host Company Evaluations in rising its capability to empower journey professionals to determine and develop a thriving journey enterprise.
Getting into the business as an brisk tour information 16 years in the past, Shayna rapidly grew into new roles and obligations throughout the provider and tech sectors and presents a breadth of expertise from gross sales, to enterprise improvement, to organizational administration, and strategic partnerships.
Past Shayna’s numerous background within the journey business and dynamic management, she embodies HAR’s ethos along with her dedication to transparency and communication, her ardour for accountable journey, emphasis on allyship and inclusion, and love of canine. Her appointment comes at a pivotal time as HAR continues to increase its sources to a quickly rising neighborhood of journey advisors.
In her function as Shayna Managing Director, Shayna will information HAR’s development and run day-to-day operations. She’ll concentrate on constructing an modern distant group that aligns with the corporate tradition, increasing our attain to amplify help of the journey advisor business, and dealing hand-in-hand with the founder to form what’s subsequent for the corporate.
HAR founder, Steph Lee, commented on the rent, “I am past blissful to welcome Shayna to the HAR group! Whereas I will stay concerned with HAR, this transition will permit me to higher concentrate on my well being with peace of thoughts. Issues will proceed to run like clockwork. Working HAR for the final 13 years has been such a privilege and an incredible expertise. As any entrepreneur is aware of, it is not simple to step again out of your child, however I say with full sincerity that Shayna’s confirmed management, shared values, and deep understanding of our mission makes me loopy excited for what lies forward. Her imaginative and prescient for HAR completely aligns with the inspiration we have constructed, and I could not be extra assured in her skill to guide our group into the longer term!”
Previous to becoming a member of Host Company Evaluations, Zand was Director of partnerships for Intrepid Journey and Director of Partnerships & Enterprise Gross sales for Wetravel, persistently reaching organizational targets and enhancing organizational model with a concentrate on establishing thriving business partnerships, growing gross sales, and supporting business initiatives. Over her business tenure, Zand has established herself as an business chief, talking at business occasions together with Girls in Journey CIC, World Journey Market, and Journey Journey Commerce World Summit, United States Tour Operator Affiliation (USTOA), and extra. Shayna may even co-host Host Week 2025 with HAR founder, Steph Lee. Most not too long ago, Shayna was appointed as Board Chair of Tourism Cares.
Zand spoke relating to the imaginative and prescient for her function, “My imaginative and prescient for HAR is to empower journey advisors and companies with the instruments, sources, and insights they should thrive in an ever-evolving business. By fostering transparency and offering a trusted platform for collaboration, we purpose to be the bridge that connects innovation with alternative, making certain our neighborhood grows stronger collectively.”
Host Company Evaluations is thrilled to carry Shayna Zand on to guide their initiatives and mirror the core goal of HAR: to help and empower the ever-growing neighborhood of journey advisors and have enjoyable doing it.
About Host Company Evaluations
Host Company Evaluations® is an impartial web site connecting journey brokers to main business sources with 290+ mixed host, franchise, consortium, and journey tech profiles with an combination 5,800+ opinions. It is the biggest listing for brokers on the internet. Founder and former host company director, Steph Lee, began Host Company Evaluations in 2012 to supply vital help for journey professionals to begin and develop their companies. Since then, the HAR group has expanded the location to incorporate a strong business weblog, a free weeklong journey company startup program, the Journey Agent Chatter quarterly podcast, Friday 15 weekly Q&A, and a 7 Day Setup Accelerator course for launching a journey company. In 2020, HAR launched, Host Week, a free annual occasion to acknowledge and amplify impartial advisors and the hosts, franchises, and consortia that help them. In 2024, HAR launched a one-of-kind Journey Company Know-how Listing. Oh, and we wish to have enjoyable. Plenty of enjoyable. 🙂
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