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JULY 10: SUPERBREAK has launched a dedicated agents guide, packed full of useful information and intended as a quick reference guide.
The guide pulls together the operator's airport extras products, which
includes airport parking and a meet and greet service, along with 147 hotels
at over 25 airports.
Information includes booking codes for listed hotels (with room-only, B&B
rates and parking inclusive codes where applicable) and transfer information, whether by coach, minibus or car, time the transfers takes,
whether it goes to all terminals, hours of operation, and any applicable
cost.
Graham Balmforth, national sales manager at Superbreak, commented: "We
already product the DL leaflets, which are designed to go into ticket
wallets and provide general information, but the agents guide is much more
detailed with hotels available listed under each airport, transfer and parking information and much more. This is a quick reference guide with all the necessary prices listed plus answers to all the key questions customers tend to ask at their fingertips."
Superbreak's sales team are distributing over 10,000 copies, designed as a
sales tool, as they visit agents across the UK.
Call 0871 221 4444 or visit www.superclubs.com/agents
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JULY 10: THERE are just three weeks left for agents to give themselves a chance of winning a place on the first-ever California Superfam, which will take place September 18-26 2008.
Sixty lucky agents will be chosen at random from those registering any British Airways bookings to California by July 31.
The participants will get the chance to experience all that California has to offer on four separate itineraries around the Golden State that will take in beaches, volcanoes, cities, vineyards, mountains and deserts. The routes will include both the iconic and the surprising before culminating with a San Diego beach party.
Agents should register their British Airways ookings to California on www.visitcalifornia.co.uk/superfam
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JULY 10: PETER Deilmann Cruises is offering an attractive staff incentive to agents who book clients on their five-star luxury river cruise this autumn before July 31.
In addition to earning their usual agency commission, agents will be rewarded with a £40 per person booked ‘thank you’.
This offer applies to bookings by 31 July 2008 on a selection of 2008 sailings where there is still limited availability.
Savings of up to 50% off the published cruise fares are available on a variety of cruises along the great waterways of France, Germany, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia.
Stuart Perl, Managing Director, Peter Deilmann Cruises said:” I am delighted to be offering a personal incentive to those agents who take the time and make the effort to promote Peter Deilmann River Cruises to their clients. With savings of up to 50% and a good selection of cruises from which to choose, there is a real opportunity for agency staff to earn a significant bonus during this one-month sale period. With a single booking for two people generating £80 of bonus commission to the sales agent, I am expecting strong support of this offer and a high pay out!”
Peter Deilmann Cruises own and operate five-star river ships across 14 European countries.
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JULY 4: CANADA Specialists have the chance to experience Alberta, home of the Canadian Rockies, on an action-packed fam trip this September.
The itinerary features white-water rafting, horse riding and wildlife viewing, and stays in cosmopolitan Calgary, Kananaskis and at a ranch, plus time in Banff National Park.
Find out more by visiting the news section of the Canada Counsellors training site.
www.canadaspecialist.co.uk
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JULY 4: SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, has launched a new specialist agents training scheme designed to inform travel agents about the unique attraction of this region of the Grand Canyon State.
Scottsdale promotes itself as the premier leisure and business travel destination in America’s Southwest and is a place where clients can play at being cowboy one day and tee off on an award-winning golf course the next. Key attractions include the Arizona Sonoran desert, local Native American culture, plus a strong range of luxury spas and relaxing resorts.
The training programme includes four modules: Discover Scottsdale, Stay and Play, Experiences and Attractions and Art and Culture. Once you’re a Scottsdale Specialist, you will have a chance to win great prizes throughout the year each time you make a booking and could qualify for a place of on a Scottsdale fam trip.
www.scottsdalespecialists.co.uk
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JULY 3: UPDATE your knowledge on Chicago and you could be heading straight to the ‘Windy City’ yourself on a trip of a lifetime.
The Go Chicago Academy is offering two pairs of tickets for two agents and their colleagues.
To be in with a chance of securing a pair of Virgin Atlantic economy tickets and three nights’ accommodation in Chicago, all you have to do is complete the five modules of the course and complete the following (in no more than 10 words): “I deserve to win tickets to Chicago because…….”
Email: gurjit@cellet.co.uk
www.gochicagoacademy.co.uk
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JULY 3: THE Great Lakes of North America is offering agents some ‘cheesy’ incentives designed to highlight a key attraction of the area.
Wisconsin wins more international cheese awards than any other region of the USA and for over 160 years cheese makers and dairy farmers have worked together to create more than 600 varieties of cheese.
Now, the first 10 agents to complete the region’s online training programme will win a cookbook and guide to the cheeses of Wisconsin together with an unusually shaped cheese board – crafted in the shape of Wisconsin itself!
To learn more on the indigenous cuisine of each of the seven Great Lakes states as well as other unusual facts about the Great Lakes of North America, log in and start training today.
www.greatlakesnorthamericatraining.co.uk
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JULY 2: AGENTS booking seven nights or more at any Elite Island Resorts property before the end of August will receive a £5 capital bond voucher. Those booking 14 nights will be rewarded with a £10 voucher.
To register for the incentive, send your name and details to graham@resort-marketing.co.uk.
To learn more about the Elite Islands Resorts properties train at www.agentelitetraining.co.uk.
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JULY 2: SUMMER is well and truly here and if you fancy mixing yourself some sunny Key West Mojitos, Margaritas and other cocktails get busy online during July.
The Florida Keys and Key West are celebrating the life of local literary legend Ernest Hemmingway with its annual Hemmingway Days festival in Key West from July 15-20. In honour of Hemmingway's zest for life, literary accomplishments and enduring affection for the area he called home throughout the 1930s, The Conch Key Academy is offering the first 10 agents who ‘graduate’ from the Academy in July free cocktails to toast him with.
To win the drinks and for further information on the festivals and the Conch Key Academy prize promotion log onto www.conchkeyacademy.co.uk or call 08456 020 574.
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JULY 1: COMPLETE the Pennsylvania Penn-pals training programme and you could soon have a new book adorning your coffee table.
Pennsylvania Tourism has 25 copies of the book Pennsylvania Wilds, which is packed with stunning images from the Allegheny National Forest, to give away.
For your chance to win, simply work through the programme’s four modules: Philadelphia and Dutch Country, Alleghenies and Northeast, Great Lakes and Pennsylvania Wilds and Pittsburgh area.
www.penn-pals.co.uk
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JULY 1: THE Orlando Tourism Bureau and its theme park partners, Universal Parks & Resorts, Walt Disney World Resort and Worlds of Discovery, are challenging travel agents and tour operators across the UK and Ireland to win a place on their 2008 super fam.
The trip offers travel professionals the ultimate Orlando educational, showcasing many of the destination’s most popular attractions.
SeaWorld’s new waterpark, Aquatica, a journey through Springfield on the new Simpsons ride at Universal Studios, interacting with Buzz and Woody in Toy Story Mania at the Magic Kingdom, as well as finding a bargain at one of Orlando’s many outlet centres…. these are just some of the experiences agents can look forward to.
To be eligible for a place on the December trip, all agents need to do is register and complete the Orlando Tourism Bureau’s online training programme, the Orlando Holiday Challenge, at www.orlandoholidaychallenge.co.uk by October 1, 2008.
Those who have already trained can complete the new interactive area of the site for their chance to join the trip.
This new area highlights many of the popular and iconic holiday attractions around the International Drive area of Orlando.
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JULY 1: AGENTS training with the Aruba Academy during July could win five nights' accommodation at the popular Brickell Bay Beach Club.
The newly-renovated Brickell Bay Beach Club is located on the prestige strip of Palm Beach surrounded by over 21 restaurants and within three minutes' walking distance of some of the best casinos and live shows in Aruba.
The offer is valid until December 19, 2008 - so sign up today!
www.arubaacademy.co.uk
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JUNE 30: EVERY agent who contacts Cadogan Holidays throughout the month of July for a quote or to make a booking will automatically be entered into a prize draw for a daily giveaway of £50 cash.
Entries will be submitted for enquiries or bookings to any Cadogan destination for any duration for any date throughout Summer 2008 or Winter 2008/09 and every quote or booking made counts as one prize draw entry - so the more quotes or bookings the more the chances of winning!
Agents can enter the prize draw by phone or online. For online bookings agents need to have logged in and taken a search through to a quote number stage. Entries made on Saturdays and Sundays are combined into one draw.
Prizes will be announced daily on the website below.
www.cadoganholidays.com/agent
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JUNE 30: TRAVEL agents have an extra two weeks to win one of 30 places at Keith Prowse Attraction Tickets' Academy and Worlds of Discovery Gala Evening, which will take place in late summer.
The top-scoring agents who complete the training programme before July 14, will be wined dinned and entertained on a VIP trip to London.
The trip will include a ticket to a West End show, dinner and drinks, a goody bag of fun prizes and an overnight stay in a London hotel. The Academy's top 'pupil' will be announced at the Gala and will be presented with the star prize of a holiday to Florida for a family of four courtesy of Worlds of Discovery.
The Academy is a comprehensive, online training aid on all Keith Prowse
Attraction Tickets products, with detailed information on each product and selling tips for each destination.
02890 23 24 25
www.keithprowse.com/agents
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JUNE 23: To celebrate Costa Cruises’ 60th anniversary, the cruise company is giving away an exclusive diamond necklace to six lucky travel agents. A winner will be drawn every fortnight from all successful entries received.
For every individual booking made with Costa Cruises until August 15 2008 on departures sailing until November 30 2008, agents will have the opportunity to enter themselves in the competition.
There is no limit on the number of entries per person. Agents simply need to make a booking with Costa Cruises, then go to www.costaclick.co.uk, enter the booking number and answer a question correctly to automatically be entered into the prize draw.
A lucky winner will be drawn every two weeks, from the previous two weeks’ entries, until Friday 15th August 2008. The name of the successful agent will be announced the following Friday.
www.costaclick.co.uk
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JUNE 23: ANTOR, the Association of National Tourist Boards has embarked on a new promotional campaign using the strap line ‘Meet the World at ANTOR.com’ during the launch of the new website.The new campaign is designed to raise awareness of the information and services available from tourist boards for the travel trade, would-be travellers and the media.
The Association’s promotional activity will seek to draw enquirers to a new website.The Association’s new agenda will also seek to collate ongoing statistics and figures from its tourist office membership base, to create studies on new trends and key issues currently facing the travel sector.Speaking at the launch in London, chairman Tracey Poggio said; “Between our members we carry a lot of valuable information and experience. It’s now the right time for us collectively to inform our various audiences of the services and information we can provide.”
www.antor.com
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JUNE 12: As part of a comprehensive brand review, Cosmos is set to become a 100 per cent trade brand along with sister companies somewhere2stay and Avro Flights, following the lead of existing trade-only brand and coach tour specialist Cosmos Tourama. The group’s holidays, hotels and flights will become available as a direct offering through three new Monarch portals.
Stuart Jackson, product and commercial director for Cosmos and managing director of somewhere2stay said: "This gives us the opportunity to maximise our strategic alliance with the trade by focusing Cosmos as a dedicated trade brand and as such it will never compete with the retailer with the same brand based on price.”
He continued, “By retaining the Cosmos brand, agents have the opportunity to dominate a fully bonded brand which for nearly 50 years has been highly respected and which would in effect allow them to ‘own’ the Cosmos customer going forward.
"Similarly, we want to give greater endorsement through the trade to our component brands of somewhere2stay and Avro, and as such we will be focusing heavily on their growth during the coming months.”
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JUNE 12: Agents can immerse themselves in all things Canadian during Canada Day events in Trafalgar Square.
The events will be held over two days this year for the first time. On Monday June 30, Canada Rocks Trafalgar Square will feature a great line up of Canadian artists and you can register for free tickets at www.canadadaylondon.com. There will also be tickets for a Canada Specialist prize draw run through www.canadaspecialist.co.uk.
On Canada Day itself on July 1 2008, Trafalgar Square will host an Also showcased will be the Canadian Experts in the Tourism Pavilion. Be sure to stop by to taste some award-winning Canadian wines or a refreshing pint of Canadian lager.
www.canadadaylondon.com
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JUNE 12: Jolly Beach is offering ’special industry partners’ enticing summer rates to sample Jolly Beach Resort and Spa for themselves.
Valid for travel until December 2008 is a tariff of just £38 pppn. A special Superior room rate is also available: two adults and up to two (aged 3-11 years), pay £59pppn, but the children are free. These prices are based on two adults sharing a standard room unless stated otherwise. All prices are based on an all-inclusive basis.
www.touchdown.co.uk
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JUNE 12: Singapore Tourism Board has added a new module - Singapore and Beyond, featuring Bintan - to its on-line training programme, Singa-Pro.
There are now six themed modules to help agents increase their knowledge of Singapore and now Bintan as well. Complete the new module by June30 and agents stand a chance to enter a lucky dip to win fabulous prizes.
www.singa-pro.co.uk
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