Ensemble has created a member advisory council to advise the travel agency consortium and provide feedback on its programs.
Ensemble executive chairman David Harris will be the council's chairman. Harris said Ensemble leadership is aware that members have gone through changes in recent years, including Navigatr Group's acquisition of Ensemble and the transition from a cooperative to a consortium.
"We also know that we have introduced many new programs in a relatively short period of time," Harris said in a release. "And while members are excited about and have embraced these new offerings, we always want to ensure that we can take the pulse of how they are being received and if or where there are areas where we can refine them for maximum utilization and effectiveness."
The inaugural council will consist of James Ferrera, co-founder and president or InteleTravel; Jeff Oestreich, president of Goldrush Getaways; Laurie Keith, president of Romantic Planet Vacations; Marie-Pier Guilmette, owner of Inspirations Voyage; Nadiya Makarenko, senior vice president of Travel Edge Network; Rick Gaudet, president of Fareconnect Travel & Cruise Centre; Ross Spalding, president of Crown Cruise Vacations; and Sanjay Goel, president of Cruise Connections.