TAMMY LEVENT
Founder of Elite Travel Management Group | Creator of T.A.S.K.™ | Inventor | Philanthropist
Early Days
Tammy Levent didn’t just build a travel business - she rebuilt a life.
Born to Greek parents and raised with a deep love for family, food, and adventure, Tammy started traveling at two years old. While other kids were learning their ABCs, she was learning airport codes, cultures, and how it feels to be small in a big world - and still choose curiosity over fear.
Travel became her classroom and her escape. It showed her that life can look different than what you are handed, and that reinvention is possible when you’re willing to do the work.
Elite Travel Thrives
Tammy’s path to becoming a recognized travel industry leader wasn’t easy. She faced personal and financial setbacks that would have caused most people to quit. Instead, she made a decision: if she had to start over, she would build something that created freedom, stability, and a future for her family.
With no investors and no safety net, she launched what would become Elite Travel Management Group, Inc. Through hard-earned experience - every negotiation, every vendor relationship, every client issue - she built systems that turned pressure into process and problems into profit.
Elite Travel grew into an award-winning agency responsible for more than $190 million in travel sales, known for high-touch service, strong supplier partnerships, 24/7 support with real people answering the phone, and the kind of client loyalty you can’t buy - you earn.
In the late 1990s, Tammy became one of the first travel professionals in the United States to specialize in destination weddings. At a time when the concept was still new, she saw the opportunity to create full, turn-key wedding experiences in beautiful places around the world. Her work led to features in bridal magazines nationwide, appearances as a go-to expert at bridal shows, and the management of 300+ weddings per year, year after year.
In 1998, when her business surged from $500,000 to over $5 million in sales almost overnight, Tammy was featured on the front page of Travel Weekly. This milestone confirmed what she already knew: when you understand positioning, marketing, and structure, everything changes.
The Seasons That Shaped the Mission
Along the way, Tammy also faced serious health challenges, including breast cancer and other medical crises. Those seasons didn’t break her - they sharpened her. They clarified what matters most: time is precious, experiences matter more than things, and your work should mean something beyond a number on a spreadsheet.
That mindset became the heartbeat of how she leads: build with integrity, serve with excellence, and use success as a platform to lift others.
The COVID Rebound
Then came COVID - the moment that shook the travel industry to its core.
While the world hit pause, Tammy went to work. Instead of waiting for the industry to come back, she built for the comeback - strengthening supplier strategy, modernizing operations, leaning into digital systems, and investing heavily in visibility and luxury branding so her business wouldn’t just survive; it would be found.
She guided clients through cancellations, rebookings, and constant changes with calm, real-time support from real people. And when travel returned, Elite Travel returned stronger - proof that resilience isn’t a personality trait; it’s a practice.
Why She Built the Travel Agent Success Kit (T.A.S.K.™)
As Elite Travel grew, other travel advisors started asking the same questions: “How are you doing this?” “How are you getting these clients?” “How are you staying profitable when everyone else is struggling?”
Tammy realized something important: travel advisors were being taught how to book travel, but not how to run a real business. They weren’t taught profit structure, marketing, systems, supplier strategy, or how to qualify clients in a way that protects time and increases conversion.
That’s when she created the Travel Agent Success Kit (T.A.S.K.™), a nontraditional, tell-you-the-truth training program designed to help advisors build agencies that operate like profitable enterprises - not hobbies.
T.A.S.K.™ teaches advisors how to qualify clients properly, build cash flow without relying on service fees, develop strategic vendor and supplier relationships, and structure their businesses for longevity. What started as a solution for a few became an award-winning program recognized across the industry.
Today, Tammy is also a national TV travel correspondent and educator, featured across major media outlets, known for delivering practical strategies with honesty, heart, and a deep commitment to raising the industry's standards.
