A trip to the States

The last two weeks have been hectic but also great learning opportunities.


I visited America and had a wonderful response from my trip to St Louis. I stayed at the Hilton St Louis Frontenac. Unfortunately my bags had not joined me on my journey!!!! This is when i discovered Tom, the night supervisor at the front desk. He was so helpful and arranged for a taxi to take me to Walmart at 4am (which is open 24hours) and get something to wear to go on stage the next morning. Thanks to Tom and all the staff at Hilton Frontenac for their wonderful support and a great visit.


St Louis people are so friendly and made me very welcome. A sell out for both days and Jim and his wife Kathy had done a great job in planning the two days. Thanks to them both for a wonderful visit and the opportunity to make some wonderful contacts.

My next stop was New Orleans. It was my first visit back after Huricain Katrina last year. AJ took me around and showed me some of the devestation that still remains a year later. Blocks and blocks of houses still empty with water lines showing how high the water was. AJ was able to tell me so much about what had happened and give me a first hand experience of the scale of the problem. My thanks go to him for this and I really do wish him well as he works hard to build his IMS business. Just call if I can help.

Last week was Dawn's birthday and we had a great party. Dawn runs the office for me and she is doing so well in keeping in touch with our clients around the world as well as making new contacts. I have a great team of people supporting me and appreciate them all.