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PROJECTS

From facilitating leadership development meetings to tackling multi-year international events & projects, The Summit Travel Company has left its mark on many organizations around the globe.  
Deep Creek MD - The United States Epicenter of Adventure Sports
 
The Vision - Deep Creek MD will use the 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships as a launch pad to establishing the region as the United States epicenter of adventure sports.
 
 

Deep Creek Lake, Maryland Results 2014:

  • Hosted Whitewater Kayak WORLD Championships

  • Hosted United States Adventure Racing NATIONAL Championships

  • Selected as Olympic Adventure/Action Sport location & venue for 3 Olympic sports as part     of 2024 Washington DC Olympic bid

  • Host City and TimeStation for Race Across America (RAAM), the world’s toughest bicycle     race.

  • Home to Adventure Sports Institute. NATIONAL CHAMPIONS in Collegiate Adventure           Racing

  • Home to Garrett College. Named #2 Top Adventure College in the Mid Atlantic by Blue         Ridge Outdoors magazine.

  • Savageman Triathlon named the #1 Toughest Triathlon in North America and 3rd                 toughest in the World by Active.com

  • Named possible U.S. location for FISE (International Festival of Extreme Sports)

  • Named “Best Place to Wear a Skirt” (kayak skirt) in Blue Ridge Outdoors Top Towns list        2014

  • Part of Ragnar Running Race Series featuring the Cumberland to D.C. foot race and             relay.

  • Home to one of the Mid Atlantic’s largest bicycle Gran Fondos

  • Site of Race Up The Face, America’s toughest 400 meter foot race.

  • Oakland MD named America’s #1 Best Town for Fall Foliage by Travel & Leisure                   magazine.

  • Home to the world’s only mountaintop recirculating whitewater course.  Oversaw $2.2           million dollar capital improvement to the venue.

 

 

Other awards:

-  Named one of top 10 places to “Ride the River Rapids” by USA Today Travel

-  Named one of the top 10 Amazing River Trips in North America by Huffington Post.

 

 
2014 ICF CANOE SLALOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
 
Four years in the planning from the initial bid in 2010 to execution in September 2014.  This event brought together over 40 nations from around the world in competition for this Olympic Sport.  
USARA ADVENTURE RACING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
REGIONAL DESTINATION LIAISON
Secured the bid for Garrett County MD and Summit Events worked with USARA
to bring the National Championships to fruition in one of the most successful and exciting races in years.  
RACE ACROSS AMERICA TIME STATION 47

 

Worked with organization to develop new route through McHenry, MD and the establishment and staffing of Time Station 47 for the World's Toughest Bike Race.  Host city for over 40 countries and over 479 ultra athletes during the passage of the race

 

PROJECT CONSULTANT FOR THE CENTER OF ADVENTURE & EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AT GARRETT COLLEGE
 

Primary consultant in the development and launch of Garrett College's new Center for Adventure & Experiential Learning (CAEL). Advisory role to the President of the College and Director of Continuing Education. Worked alongside the Adventure Sports Institute in helping to develop the programming and delivery of the curriculum.

LAUNCH OF NEW EUROPEAN RIVER SHIP FOR VANTAGE DELUXE WORLD TRAVEL

 

From design to launch, we were there to develop the itinerary from Amsterdam to Bucharest.  The most modern ship on the Danube in 2012 and in addition to overseeing the christening of this amazing ship, Summit also undertook a global renegotiating campaign saving the company over $4 million over two years.

ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM FOR LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS

 

Bringing cutting edge online technology to play for the travel industry is one thing we do best.  We helped design a new costing platform for the product team at Lindblad as well as a overseeing a major iniative tranforming their paper-based customer fulfillment process to a dynamic and vibrant online platform.  

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