# RDB > RDB is a host agency for independent travel advisors — a real network, real support, and a real seat at the table. RDB is a host agency that gives independent travel advisors a real network, real support, and a real seat at the table. For twenty years it has been the call behind the call for celebrities, executives, and high-net-worth clients. RDB Keyholders run their own book and own their own clients while gaining training, an expert support team available nights/weekends/holidays, concierge services, AI tools, inbound leads, and a community. RDB was founded by Rob DelliBovi. ## Key facts - Founder: Rob DelliBovi - Operating since: 2005 - Area served: Worldwide - Category: Host agency for independent travel advisors ## FAQ - **What is RDB?** RDB is a host agency for independent travel advisors. It provides a real network, real support, and a real seat at the table — the relationships, rooms, and favors built over twenty years serving celebrities, executives, and high-net-worth clients, now open to independent advisors. - **What is an RDB Keyholder?** An RDB Keyholder is an independent travel advisor who runs their own book and owns their own clients, but never works alone. A Keyholder isn't an agent or a vendor — they're independent by design, with RDB's network and support behind them. - **What support does RDB provide to travel advisors?** RDB provides training on the business of being a travel advisor (sales, tools, and the playbook), a team of experts that covers nights, weekends, and holidays, one-of-a-kind concierge services for clients, AI that sharpens advisors rather than replacing them, inbound leads, and a community that has lived this life. - **Who founded RDB?** RDB was founded by Rob DelliBovi, who has spent twenty years in hospitality — on hotel sales floors, in revenue strategy rooms, and on the phone for more than one thousand celebrities, executives, productions, and high-net-worth clients. He also runs an executive recruiting team and a consultancy, sits on boards, and invests in hospitality technology. - **How is RDB different from other host agencies?** Most host agencies hand you a login. RDB hands you the keys — access to the relationships, rooms, favors, and network it has spent twenty years building, plus hands-on support, concierge services, leads, and community on top of what a host agency is normally expected to do. - **Does RDB take my clients?** No. RDB Keyholders are independent by design — they run their own book and own their own clients. RDB provides the network and support; the advisor keeps the relationship. - **How do I join RDB or become a Keyholder?** You apply through the application form on the RDB website by sharing your name and email. If you are serious about what is next as an independent travel advisor, RDB will be in touch to talk. ## Links - [Home](https://www.rdbvip.com/): RDB is a host agency that gives independent travel advisors a real network, real support, and a real seat at the table — the relationships, rooms, and favors built over twenty years, now open to the advisors who belong inside it. - [Full content](https://www.rdbvip.com/llms-full.txt)