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Andrea Wright

Andrea Wright

Vice President of Luxury Sales and Trade Partnerships at Opulence by Outside Agents, with 25+ years of hospitality and travel industry experience

Jul 2, 2026

17:29
Do you use at all or do you think remaining independent is important? Is a recruiting tool that you use? Do you have new recruits, college students asking about that?
17:41
We do.
17:42
They see the headlines and I'm sure their professors are talking to them about what's happening in the industry.
17:49
It has been, I believe, a really positive differentiator for us.
17:55
When we tell students we are partnership owned, we're still independent.
18:01
We have every intention to remain independent.
18:04
They're like, OK, great.
21:45
So I'd love your thoughts.
17:29
Do you use at all or do you think remaining independent is important? Is a recruiting tool that you use? Do you have new recruits, college students asking about that?
17:41
We do.
17:42
They see the headlines and I'm sure their professors are talking to them about what's happening in the industry.
17:49
It has been, I believe, a really positive differentiator for us.
17:55
When we tell students we are partnership owned, we're still independent.
18:01
We have every intention to remain independent.
18:04
They're like, OK, great.
21:45
So I'd love your thoughts.
3:39
What
3:39
you can do is you can study and learn about all these different places.
3:46
You can, you know, I always say pick a spot, right? Kind of start slow.
3:52
Pick a spot.
3:52
Maybe you're going to start off with a destination in Europe, Italy, and you're going to start learning more about, you know, different places to go in Italy.
4:03
Start leaning on your partners.
4:05
You know, get together with your partners.

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