Shawn Pigg

About Shawn Pigg

In 2005, I noticed an infomercial about a company that can help people save money on travel. I called the company up and I became an authorized dealer because I immediately saw the value in the concept. I then purchased the exclusive rights to several states including Georgia and began hiring commission only sales reps to start selling. After selling over 100,000 in memberships the first 30 days we discovered the discounts did not work which caused us to issue over $100,000 back in refunds to our customers. Once we finished refunding our customers I called up the current owner of Hotels Etc. and informed him of the situation and provided one possible solution. The only solution I could come up with was to sell me the company. After months of negotiations, I finally purchased Hotels Etc. in March 2006 at which point I crashed the entire system and began to build a new system. The biggest issue I faced was the fact that I was new to the industry and had zero contacts. I started dialing the phone, reading, studying and understanding the industry in and out. Within 30 days of buying the company, I relaunched the company with a new look, feel, design and most importantly, technology. The first month after we relaunched we generated 6 figures and continued to stay steady and strong throughout the recession. Hotels Etc. now has the deepest travel, entertainment and recreation discounts on the net in which we supply to consumers through our membership platform and supply to businesses via our white label hotel booking engine technology. We maintain excellent records across the internet and in a very good position to take a big piece of the marketplace as we strive for excellence and stay on top of technology.