{"id":20589,"date":"2013-10-23T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T10:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/jessica-watson-oam-re-signs-as-mta-brand-ambassador-2\/"},"modified":"2013-10-23T10:17:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T10:17:00","slug":"jessica-watson-oam-re-signs-as-mta-brand-ambassador-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/10\/jessica-watson-oam-re-signs-as-mta-brand-ambassador-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Watson OAM re-signs as MTA Brand Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VD20ElhRozM\/UmeiVDPLfxI\/AAAAAAAAi_U\/tGl-hvoVcwE\/s1600\/MTA%2B-%2BJessica%2BWatson%2Band%2BKaren%2BMerricks%2BOctober%2B2013-773685.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5937893116241215250\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VD20ElhRozM\/UmeiVDPLfxI\/AAAAAAAAi_U\/tGl-hvoVcwE\/s320\/MTA%2B-%2BJessica%2BWatson%2Band%2BKaren%2BMerricks%2BOctober%2B2013-773685.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">MTA &#8211; Mobile Travel Agents&#8217; brand ambassador since November 2011, sailing legend Jessica Watson OAM has committed to another two years in the role.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the news at the &#8216;MTA \u2013 more than expected&#8217; national conference in Canberra, company managing directors Roy and Karen Merricks said they were delighted with Jessica&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We love our relationship with Jess, &#8221; the Merricks said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She was always our number one choice to be the face of MTA and is a perfect mirror of what we feel the MTA brand embodies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Throughout our close on two year association she has helped to further instill an element of freshness, adventure, values and ethics to the MTA brand &#8211; she also demonstrates all the characteristics of success that we see so readily in all of the people in our ever growing MTA family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was more than evident when she addressed the MTA Members attending the national conference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Her &#8216;True Spirit&#8217; presentation, the main thrust of which was based on the importance of support teams and the role they play in ensuring the success of the individual, was extremely well received.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are delighted she has agreed to stay with us on our journey and we are really looking forward to working with her over the coming years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jessica said she was very happy to be continuing with the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I am sure anyone could imagine, travel takes up a huge part of my life \u2013 be that on a personal basis or as part of one of the many projects I am involved in including the United Nations World Food Program and other charities,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So it&#8217;s very important to be associated with a travel expert who can get it right for me every time and MTA certainly delivers on that account.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More to the point, the MTA team are a very welcoming crowd and I love being a part of the MTA family.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Attached image: MTA brand ambassador, Jessica Watson OAM with MTA managing director, Karen Merricks.<\/p>\n<p>W:       <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/\">www.mtatravel.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 12pt;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTA &#8211; Mobile Travel Agents&#8217; brand ambassador since November 2011, sailing legend Jessica Watson OAM has committed to another two years in the role. 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