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talk shop IN THE NEWS Travel 2 targets luxury Caesars training
Travel 2 has launched a new standalone luxury programme. The Simply Luxury by Travel 2
programme is a collection of five-star hotels around the world and is backed by seven luxury travel specialists who'll support trade sales.
The Travel 2 team has already been on the road running trade training and hosting a series of luxury promotional events and its role is to manage
agent enquiries from start to finish and to ensure the trade has a single point of contact for its top-end bookings. Travel 2’s sales and marketing director,
Gordon McCreadie, commented: “This is an exciting time for the Travel 2 brand. We carried out extensive market research and targeted trade focus groups to ascertain the level of
is entertaining Las Vegas resort giant Caesars
Entertainment has launched a new online training programme, the Travel Agent Academy, to help agents book the group’s nine properties. On completion of the training –
interest in a dedicated luxury product – and the feedback
confirmed there is very much a gap in the market for independent agents to support a trade-only luxury programme.” Some 70 per cent of the programme
is new product which has never been available through Travel 2 before.
www.travel2.com
available at
www.CaesarsTAAcademy. com means agents will become an official Caesars Las Vegas specialist agent and will then receive a graduate certificate, Caesars Las Vegas specialist logo and two show tickets. The resort's site also shows travel agents how to access the best room rates for its range of properties and gives up-to-date information on new hotel developments and any special promotions. The site also supports agents with customised offers, news and sales tools.
www.CaesarsTravelAgents.com
Page & Moy name drops
Page & Moy Travel Group is
dropping its Page & Moy consumer brand from 2013 to focus on the Travelsphere and Just You brands. As part of a growth strategy to bring
the company back into profits, all current Page & Moy holidays will continue to run as normal in 2012, but from 2013 will be operated under the Travelsphere brand. 2013 brochures will no longer market
the Page & Moy brand to consumers although Page & Moy Travel Group remains as the holding group's name. New CEO Ian Smith said: "We want
to grow our trade business and had great feedback from agents who understand we’ll now be providing a smaller range of brochures with the same product expertise.”
www.pageandmoy.co.uk
THAI SMILE QUIZ NIGHT
Selling Long Haul's first annual Thai Smile quiz night takes place in London on the 24th January, and there are loads of top prizes up for grabs!
Celebrating the launch of the Travel Trade Guide to Thailand 2012, the event is being held in association with the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Thai Airways and Travel 2 and takes place in London's trendy Carbon nightclub
at the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch, starting from 6pm. The pub quiz-style evening promises lots of drink and tasty food, plus the chance to win incredible prizes such as flights, room nights, guide books, and,
best of all, places on an amazing fam trip with Thai Airways to Thailand. To attend this fantastic event, simply register your interest by emailing: thailandrsvp@
sellinglonghaul.com
JASON LOUCAS
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