As part of Fun Companies we are a member of Signature Travel Network, (formerly Leisure Travel Group) founded in 1946 and recognized by the travel industry as a leading travel marketing group.

We have been quietly hosting agents such as you for the last five years. Our parent corporation, PowerBusiness Associates Inc. is a management and marketing consulting firm that has been chosen by such clients as Pepsi, Coke, Apple Computer, Compaq, Best Foods, Lucent, Avon and many others. Our ARC number was issued in 1988 and the travel group has the same phone numbers since 1988 too.

AuthorizedAgents.com focus is to help you sell leisure, group and incentive travel. As a host sales & marketing support organization for home based vacation and cruise agents we have preferred contracts through our consortium with most of the top tier luxury vacation suppliers. Authorized Agents, its sister companies and our executives are accredited or members of:

• ARC Airline Reporting Corporation
• SITE Society of Travel and Incentive Executives
• CLIA Cruise Line International Association
• IATAN International Air Transport Association
• HVCB Hawaii Visitors and Conventions Bureau
• PPAI Promotional Products Association International
• ASI Advertising Specialty Institute
• TCRC Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation
• ATAA Association of Travel Agents of America
• ASTA American Society of Travel Agents

Cal: SOT #2038080
Wash. SOT#602-487-480
Florida: Exempts

Our executives in the news

EXECUTIVE TEAM

It is important for you to know the kind of people behind the company. Here are brief bios of two senior executives (special note: EVERYONE is required to answer the phones, so you might get a secretary one day and a president the next. We are here for you:

Zigmund Sepanski, CEO and general manager

Zigmund's consulting expertise has been called on by companies such as Pepsi, Coke, Unilever, Avon, Lucent, Apple Computers, Compaq, and many others to design marketing, sales, strategic planning, HR and leadership programs and plans.

Recently he served on the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation board, a government created entity designed to oversee travel issues. He was or is a director of Insignia Vacations, Central and Eastern European Business Agency, BBs Creative LLC., Intelcom Corporation, Apple Computer IMC., Penninc Corporation, PowerBusiness Europe Ltd., PowerBusiness Associates Corp. Strategic Business Institute and several others.

Zigmund is called upon to restructure divisions of companies that need change. In that role he was director of education and strategic markets for Sun Computers Inc. and C.O.O. of Apple Computer IMC in Europe . He has served on many executive boards, such a California State University and taught marketing, advertising and retail in the University and California Community Colleges.

His articles appeared in several business magazines and he was once featured in Entrepreneur Magazine and appeared on TV shows such as Wall Street Week. He was also a consultant to the SBA and a Time Management consultant to the State of California. He has a Masters of Science degree and is completing a doctorate in law.

Leslie Bauer, VP and director of sales

Leslie has been in the travel business for six years and came to AuthorizedAgents with extensive senior sales and channel development experience. She directed Nippon Electric Company USA (NEC) server divisions distribution marketing efforts, was a worldwide director of channel development for a Lockheed division, was a VP of Sales of an Apple Computer European country operation.

In addition, Leslie worked for Apple Computer USA for over 11 years where she constantly received top sales awards for the most millions sold. Steve Jobs personally congratulated her on her awards and she was promoted to managing Apple relations with major US distributors. Leslie is a director of Strategic Business Institute and of AuthorizedAgents' parent company, PowerBusiness Associates Inc. and an investor in BBs Creative LLC, and advertising and graphics agency.

She conducted sales, customer service and sales management training classes for such companies as McDonalds, Compaq Computers and Apple and has travelled extensively throughout Europe.

Leslie has a business and economics degree from Alfred University in New York.