Sundance Vacations, Employees Named as Finalist in 2006 Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards

Sundance Vacations and some of their employees were named as Finalists in various categories in The 2006 Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards to be presented on December 4, 2006 in Las Vegas.

Wilkes-Barre, PA (PRWEB) November 16, 2006 -- Sundance Vacations and some of their employees were named as Finalists in various categories in The 2006 Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards.

The new awards are jointly presented by Selling Power magazine, the leading sales management publication with 145,000 subscribers in 67 countries, and The Stevie® Awards, which have been hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" by the New York Post (April 27, 2005).

Several employees will represent Sundance Vacations during a gala banquet for finalists on Monday, December 4 at the Westin Casuarina Hotel, Spa & Casino in Las Vegas. Nominated sales executives from around the world are expected to attend the gala for the unveiling of the winners.

More than 300 entries from companies of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in more than 40 categories. Sundance Vacations is a finalist in four categories including, Timeshare Sales Organization of the year. Roger Johnson is a Finalist as Sales

Representative of the Year. Roger works in the King of Prussia division for Sundance Vacations. In addition, Sundance Vacations' Chicago Sales Team received Finalist recognition for Sales Team of the Year and manager Steve Decker is a Finalist in the Sales Director of the Year category.

Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs will select Stevie Award winners this week from among the Finalists. Business professionals worldwide chose the finalists during preliminary judging.

The elegant Stevie trophy was designed by R. S. Owens, the same company that makes the Oscar and the Emmy.

"Being named a Finalist in The Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards is an important achievement," said Gerhard Gschwandtner, founder and publisher of Selling Power. "It means that independent business executives have agreed that the nominee is worthy of international recognition. We congratulate all of the Finalists on their achievement and wish them well in the competition."

"We strive to maintain high standards in every division of our company. In addition to the 2006 Stevie Award nominations, Sundance Vacations was honored to be the recipient of the 2005 Northeast Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau Torch Award for our business practices and marketplace ethics. To be publicly recognized two years in a row for our commitment to excellence is especially gratifying," adds John Dowd, President of Sundance Vacations.

Details about The Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/sales.

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