Southern ITS International, Inc. (SITS)

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Understanding what SITS is now... A MLM travel agency / "card mill"...

A link to a must read article for DD follows. Here are a few good excerpts:

Phocuswright's Douglas Quinby said, "The reason why this model can't work in travel is because successful MLMs have a differentiated or exclusive product. But that doesn't exist in travel. The agency doesn't have access to a differentiated product, and the hassle isn't worth the small discounts on a small volume of product. Any agents who do have the hustle to make it worthwhile would probably move to a legit agency or host that is serious about travel."

Ron Archer of Archer Travel Services is also getting involved in the MLM game as the CEO of Evolution Travel. He, too, is putting an emphasis on training and support, with the backing of his 63-year-old travel business.

Both said they are creating travel companies that offer a network marketing aspect -- not the other way around. (See related report, "New MLMs putting emphasis on training.") Even so, many travel professionals are still quick to speak out against MLMs.

"We hope that they don't raise their heads again in our industry because we all know it just gives everybody a black eye, and it's not healthy," said Gary Fee, founder of the Outside Sales Support Network. "It's not a healthy distribution channel for our industry -- at least for the travel agent community, that's for sure."

http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Ghosts-of-card-mills