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Excellence in Travel ATTRACTION WORLD
"We only sell through the trade and our sales team works tirelessly with agents to ensure they understand our products"
TONY SEAMAN Sales and marketing director, Attraction World
What does winning this award mean to you? Getting recognition from those who sell our products is always great and reaffirms that we are doing things right. We are continually striving to be at the forefront in our sector and awards play an important role in helping us drive the business forward.
How important are travel agents to your business? Travel agents are imperative to our business. We only sell through the trade and therefore our sales team work tirelessly with agents to ensure they understand our products and are confident in selling them. We have recently developed our website to make the booking process more efficient for agents.
Do you have any training, workshops or other initiatives planned for
agents in 2011/12? We are currently working on a new online training programme that we are very excited about. This will give agents the opportunity to learn more about our top-selling attractions in a fun and interactive way. We are looking to launch this at the end July/beginning of August.
Is there anything new that you would like to highlight to our readers? New product is constantly added to our website as we work to offer agents even more attractions and tours to pre-book for their customers. This year we have also created our top 20 hotspots – making it even easier for agents to quickly find the top trips in key destinations.
Contact information
ATTRACTION WORLD T: 0871 700 8888 E:
attractions@attractionworld.com W:
www.attractionworld.com
BY ALAN ORBELL Cosmos Tours & Cruises' first- edition North America brochure (January–December 2012) features early booking offers and several more tours. Featuring over 100 escorted tours, rail journeys, tour & stay, multi-centre and cruises throughout the USA, the 2012 programme incorporates a selection of upgraded tours from sister company, Globus, as well as more tours offered with no single room supplements or regional flight supplements. Savings of up to £399pp are offered on selected dates for single travellers on 15
tours. Similarly, savings of up to £340 per couple are offered where flight supplements are waived when flying from regional airports on selected dates. Other early booking offers include free extensions to Las Vegas (above) or Los Angeles when booking selected tours. New to the Select by Globus range is
the 14-day Eastern USA & Canada Discovery from £2375 pp, Parks & Canyons Spectacular (16 days from £2,699), and Fall Foliage Getaway (10 days from £1,999). 0844 573 0668
vwww.cosmostoursandcruises.co.uk
Kansas City is building blocks
A $15-million Legoland Discovery Centre (LDC) will be the USA's fourth Legoland when it opens at Kansas City's Crown Centre in May 2012. Located close to another Merlin attraction, Sea Life Aquarium, which will open around the same time, the interactive and educational facility will be aimed mainly at families with three- to 10-year-olds. Play areas will include a 4D cinema, 'building classes' from a Lego 'master builder' a Lego adventure ride and a mini-land exhibit of Kansas City. Merlin opened a LDC and Sea Life
NORTH AMERICA IN BRIEF
Philly bellwether for US travel Philadelphia's popularity increased in
TRAVEL AGENTS CHOICE AWARDS
Look out for details of the 2011 Travel Agents Choice Awards (TACA) in the September issue of Selling Long Haul
www.sellinglonghaul.com
16 July/August 2011 •
www.sellinglonghaul.com
2010 with the city welcoming seven per cent more international visitors than the previous year. Over 633,000 flocked to a city known for its historical attractions, fine dining and tax-free shopping. Around 92,000 Brits, up 2.4 per cent, spent time in 'Philly'.
www.visitphilly.com
BA first to Las Vegas British Airways has introduced
First Class on its daily flights between Heathrow and Las Vegas. The non-stop four-class flights from Terminal Five are now served by a Boeing 747, which adds 124 seats on every round-trip. Virgin Atlantic introduced a Manchester-Las Vegas service in April.
www.ba.com
Cosmos has savings plan
Aquarium in Dallas this year and will unveil a Legoland Florida, a new theme park in Winter Haven, Florida, in October.
www.legolanddiscoverycentre.com
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