10 JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, Thursday, March 20, 2008


IT. T. sponsors annual travel fair


By Kaylee LaRocque
Editor
The 18th annual
 Information, Tickets
 and Travel Fair was
held Saturday as hundreds
of visitors to the Navy
Exchange complex stopped
in to check out what was
being offered at this year's
event.
 They found a variety of
booths manned by repre-
sentatives from area hotels,
attractions and base rec-
reational departments all
offering information and
military discounts on their
establishments. VyStar
Credit Union was the offi-
cial sponsor of the event.
 "We are out here today
because it gives out
patrons, the military com-
munity, an opportunity to
visit with our vendors and
to learn about the tickets
and hotel vouchers that we
offer through I.T.T.," said
I.T.T. Manager Genevieve
Bustos.
 "It's a great event because
we offer discounts and spe-
cials that they may not be
able to get out in the com-
munity. Plus, the fee that
we charge for all our events
is a flat rate, there are no
taxes or other charges like
when you purchase on the
Internet or through other
companies," she added.
 "We have vendors here
from area attractions such
as Disney World, Universal
Studios, Sea World, Busch
Gardens, Kennedy Space
Center, several dinner
shows, Florida State Parks
and numerous hotels," con-
tinued Bustos.
 "We just stopped here
by chance. We just got sta-
tioned here so the travel
fair was very helpful. I had
no idea there were this
many cool things to do in
the area," said FC1(SW)


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 Photos by Kaylee LaRocque
ATCS(AW) John Carter of VS-32 and his sons, Brandon (center) and Jacob talk to some of the
vendors at this year's I.T.T. Travel Fair at the NAS Jax Navy Exchange courtyard Saturday.


Bert Wall, who is stationed
on board USS Farragut at
NS Mayport.
 "We picked up a lot of
good information. We
are interested in going to
Medieval Times and the
Daytona Raceway so we
just stopped at their booths
and got some details on
the attractions," added
ATCS(AW) John Carter of
VS-32.
 Several door prizes were
given out during the event.
As visitors, checked out the
various booths, they got a
special passport stamped.
After getting 15 stamps,
they were eligible to win an
assortment of prizes donat-
ed by the vendors.
 If you missed this year's
travel fair, next year's event
is already in the planning
stages.
 "This event takes a lot
of planning and team-
work between the differ-
ent Morale, Welfare and
Recreation facilities. It also
takes a lot of coordination
to get the word out to the


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AW1(AW) Robert Pyles (left) and AW1 Bill Thompson of VP-
62 talk with LuAnne Hickey (right front) and Cindy Stavely of
the Old Town Trolley Company in St. Augustine about what
they have to offer visitors to the city at the I.T.T. Travel Fair.


vendors about the travel
fair and get them out here
to be able to put on the
wonderful event that this
has turned out to be," stat-
ed I.T.T. Sales Clerk Jana
Vaca, who coordinated the
event.
 "And, as soon as this


year's event is over, we'll
start working on next year's
travel fair."
 Neither MWR nor the
U.S. VNm v or any other part
of the federal government
officially endorses any com-
pany, sponsor, or its prod-
ucts or services.


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