The Spot Experience Launches Renewed Travel Division

NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Spot Experience, New York's premier and fastest growing dog services provider, today announced the launch of its renewed travel division, with safer and more advanced service offerings in partnership with United Airlines. Spot Travel will be headed by industry veteran Lisa Schoppa, developer of the award- winning and world-renowned PetSafe® Program, who will build the luxury canine services.

"Lisa will be a valuable addition to our team and we know she will make a tremendous impact on Spot Travel," stated Mitch Marrow, Founder and co-CEO of Spot. "With over 30 years of pet travel experience, her expertise in the industry is unparalleled and we look forward to creating the most advanced animal air transportation program."

While airlines employ handlers equipped to deal with cargo to handle their pet transportation, Spot Travel provides trained animal care professionals to accompany pets to waiting areas. Pets are also attended by specialized behaviorists who will work to keep the atmosphere as stress free as possible, ensuring a smooth trip for both the pet and their owners.  Spot Travel is also developing a state of the art concierge travel service to be offered to customers of Spot's day care services.

Schoppa and her team are all highly ranked members of both the International Pet and Animal Transportation Association and the International Air Transport Association,

"We are thrilled to welcome Lisa to head Spot Travel," said Jeffrey Ginsberg, co-CEO of Spot. "The credentials and specialty knowledge of the entire team make the renewed program the first and only of its kind and we look forward to providing airlines with the highest quality of service."

Prior to her current position, Schoppa held various management roles at Continental Airlines where she developed the PetSafe® program in 1998. During this time, she earned many honors for both the program and her individual efforts, which allowed her the opportunity to lead a team at United Airlines to launch a revised PetSafe® program.

Schoppa also previously served as General Manager at Starwood Animal Transport, a world-class pet shipping company, which specializes in the relocation and care of family pets from all locations across the world.

About The Spot Experience
The Spot Experience is New York's premier and fastest-growing dog services provider. Founded by Mitch Marrow, a former NFL player and hedge fund manager, Spot currently has three locations in New York metropolitan area, with numerous other locations under construction and in development, including a "first of its kind" facility at Silver Towers. The Company's Spot Travel division operates facilities at Chicago O'Hare and Newark Airport. The first luxury experience of its kind for dogs, Spot offers the highest level of care by veterinary technicians and animal behavior experts certified in Spot's proprietary Human Alpha Instinct Method™. Services include stress-free daycare, cage-free overnights, long-term country boarding, salon-quality grooming, personalized walking, expert training, transportation, and premium retail. Spot facilities feature high-tech filtration and ventilation systems, ideal flooring for pets' bones and joints, and webcams that allow owners to watch their dogs from a smartphone or computer. For more information, visit: www.thespotexperience.com.

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