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Happy Birthday – We turn 45 this month!

Oct 21, 2022

Happy birthday to us!  (posted by Marilyn Murphy) CTP is 45 years old! Gabriel and the team are anticipating the blow-out celebration event they’ll be planning in five years! What a…

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Turning the Page, A Fun Farewell!

Oct 3, 2020

October 4, 2020 Posted by Marilyn Murphy This past week has been momentous! We’ve had . . . Historic Presidential debate Historic COVID diagnosis for our President Historic handover of…

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Ch-ch-changes ….

Sep 29, 2020

Posted by: Marilyn Murphy October 1, 2020 Are you ready for some good news? David Bowie sang it: Ch-ch-changes … In this year of unprecedented change, we have an exciting…

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Dear World, We Will Be Back

Mar 29, 2020

It’s Saturday morning. March 28, 2020. I’m sitting. As I’ve mostly been doing for almost two weeks. I returned from Morocco a week ago Tuesday to a new reality. I’m…

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Happy, happy birthday, Gabriel!

Sep 28, 2019

Summer of ’69:  Summer of love. Summer of Woodstock. And . . . most importantly, it’s the Summer of Gabriel! Our beloved VP, Gabriel Haigazian, turned 50 this summer. And…

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Seiko – You’re Hired!

Mar 22, 2019

I have a very special guest contributor for this blog! Hi, my name is Seiko Murphy. I’m Marilyn Murphy’s 19-year-old niece. I have lived in Japan my whole life with…

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Celebrating the Good Life

Dec 1, 2017

Every year, for the last 19 years, members of our industry get together to celebrate the holidays. In that time, SITE SoCal (Society for Incentive Travel Excellence) has raised more…

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There is no “I” in TEAM

Nov 3, 2017

Ellen here. Giving Marilyn a week off from blogging and excited to share about our CTP Retreat to one of the most beautiful places on earth! Yep, I said it……

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Fabulous at 40!

Oct 27, 2017

I love party and event planning. Especially when it’s my own party! CTP was turning 40 – so this one needed to top all the others! Many months ago, I scheduled…

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What a Difference a Week Makes

Aug 11, 2017

I’d been in Croatia and Slovenia for 2+ weeks, leading an amazing journey for a merry band of WOWees onboard a lovely chartered cruise ship along the Adriatic coast and…

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Now Boarding!

Jul 7, 2017

Whitney here – While Marilyn is sailing around Alaska, I’m taking over her blog for the week! Before I began working in this industry, I rarely traveled by plane.  I…

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Santa Catalina is a-waitin’ for me . . .

Jun 16, 2017

I can’t remember the last time I was here. It was a long time ago. It was a port stop on one of those horrible weekend party cruises from LA…

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Things that make you go “Hmmmm”

Jul 27, 2017

While Marilyn is busily escorting her happy travelers around beautiful Croatia, those of us in the office are filling in on this week’s blog. A common pastime of ours in…

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He aint no saint, but was definitely an angel sent from above

Mar 3, 2017

It was January 26, 2000 when I had a lunch appointment with a prospective new hire. I’d already scheduled two in-person interviews, checked references, provided my references (since employment is…

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And These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things . . .

Dec 16, 2016

It’s that time of year again. Time to publish year-end lists and compilations.  Since circumstances forced me to be a better delegator this year (at long last!) I asked each of my…

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