October 10, 2013 – Overland Park, KS – Global Connections, Inc. (GCI) has recently announced the winners in the company’s seventh annual Shoot for the Stars photo contest, created exclusively for members of its Global Discovery Vacations (GDV) travel club.

More than $3,000 was awarded in gift certificates and prizes to GDV members who competed in the categories of Family & Friends, Landscape, and Wacky & Fun. First, Second and Third place winners were selected for each of the three categories.

Stacey Gregory, GCI Creative Director, commented, “As in past years, our GDV members sent in amazing pictures in all three categories. The winning photos were selected from 198 pictures submitted by 70 of our members, including two prior winners!”

First-prize winners received a $500 gift certificate to be used on any GCI product or service, second-prize winners received one GDV annual activity fee, and third-prize winners received a certificate for a 7-night stay in a one-bedroom condominium from the GDV expressway resort inventory selection.

As a leader in the travel club industry, GCI provides its 250,000 members of Global Discovery Vacations with a host of benefits and vacationing options. Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, GCI is the owner and developer of resorts in California, Florida and Tennessee and further owns and leases multiple resort condominiums throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.

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