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Welcome Home WINTER TEXAN • • • February 23, 2022
VOLUME 7 • ISSUE 19 • February 23, 2022 • • • your official connection to the rio grande valley • • •
hello F R O M K R IS T I
I’m off again, this time to Houston for the Texas Travel Industry Association’s Unity Dinner. Tourism professionals from across the state will gather for industry updates, educational opportunities, and networking. I’m really excited about this conference--for many reasons! First, they asked me to present a session! I am blown away and excited that tourism professionals are recognizing the economic impact you all have on our area, and that they are intrigued by our method of doing things. Second, they asked me to serve on their board as a representative of the South Texas region! This is all very exciting (and a little nerve-wracking), but I know no one in the tourism industry knows the Winter Texan lifestyle like I do, and I plan to give them my very best. Hopefully this will translate into marketing up north more than ever before. Wish me luck! • We’re just connecting the dots,
Kristi
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araoke in the streets; people and flamingo watching, swim-up pool bars, eating and celebrating--all part of the 5th Annual Cruise with Kristi. This year’s adventure began at the Port of Galveston as Valley Winter Texans and Converted Texans boarded Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas, with stops in Roatan, Honduras, and Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico.
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For seven days, the Cruise with Kristi group enjoyed spectacular views of the western Caribbean, amazing food, laughter, and relaxation, not a bad way to spend a week in the middle of winter! The adventure was coordinated by the team at Travel by Welcome Home, led by Kristy Meyer, a.k.a. Travel Kristy, whose parents joined her on the ship. CRUISE MEMORIES CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 >>