Ovation Travel Group has announced plans to expand in the western United States, where it will increase the number of independent advisors throughout the region. To develop and lead Ovation’s anticipated growth there, Beverly Hills-based Aanchal Gandhi is joining the company in the newly created role of vice president of leisure and independent advisors, West Coast. She will report to Gina Gabbard, senior vice president of leisure and independent advisors.
Advisor recruitment on the West Coast, along with the expansion initiatives, will be overseen by Gandhi, who officially joined the company on January 6. Having grown to become one of the largest U.S. members of both Virtuoso and BCD, Ovation Travel Group said it is actively seeking to invite qualifying advisors—throughout the United States, and especially on the West Coast—to consider joining the organization. Qualifying advisors should possess travel expertise in luxury leisure, entertainment and/or corporate travel, the three prevailing travel disciplines for which Ovation is best known, the company said.
In a written statement Paul Metselaar, CEO and chairman of Ovation Travel Group, noted that the company has long had a West Coast presence with a number of advisors based…