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63 AGENTS EXTRAS News to use, snaps shots of travel people out and about and a fam-tastic report from Kenya.


64 TRAVEL UNI Read all the latest news and developments from our online training partner.


65 COMPETITIONS Win tickets to see footie team Man City play at the Etihad Stadium. Plus: get yourself an introductory dive or nab an iPad2!


66 WISE COUNSEL Great examples of good customer service, plus new business garnered in some unexpected places...


Brazil is online Far East Funway deals


BY LAURA GELDER Funway has joined forces with


WISE UP ON THE WEB!


Look out for competitions and incentives related to Travel Uni programmes on Selling Long Haul’s competition page 64 and check sellinglonghaul.com/competitions too...


traveluni.com


TALKING SHOP appears in every issue of Selling Long Haul. It is your opportunity to tell us and your fellow retailers what you have been up to. Have you been on any fams, attended a conference, hosted a theme evening at your agency or sold an unusual holiday? Or maybe your shop is selling travel a little differently to your competitors? Or do you have a strong view on one of the industry’s burning issues? We want to know! Please send your news, views and photos to Talking Shop, Selling Long Haul, Suffolk House, George Street, Croydon, Surrey, CR9 1SR Tel: 020 8649 7233 Fax: 020 8649 7234. Or email steve.hartridge@bmipublishing.co.uk


62 March 2012 • www.sellinglonghaul.com


EVA Air and Bangkok Airways to highlight its Far East deals and give agents an incentive to book them – the chance of a free holiday. A new four-page tactical brochure launched in February offers a variety of Thailand and tailor-made multi-centre packages. The brochure has a price match promise for all holidays, offers ‘Funway Extras’ such as free nights and breakfasts, early booking room upgrades, honeymoon offers, spa vouchers and ‘kids eat free’ deals. For every booking an agent makes to Thailand (including flights with EVA Air


IN BRIEF


Travel 2 extends incentive Travel 2 has extended its luxury incentive:. To qualify for Capital Bond Vouchers up to the value of £100 agents need to make a booking with Simply Luxury by Travel 2 by the end of March. Vouchers ranging from £25 - £100 are on offer, depending on the booking value. www.travel2.com


Peru prizes up for grabs Cox & Kings has partnered with


Machu Picchu to offer two agents the chance to win a place on 'The Train to Machu Picchu' group tour. The agent who books the highest


total value of bookings for any destination with Cox & Kings between March 1 and April 30 2012 wins the prize. In addition, any booking for Peru


made during the same period will be sent a £50 Love2Shop voucher. The 15-day/12-night tour takes in


many of Peru’s wonders, including Cuzco and Arequipa, the Colca Canyon and Lake Titicaca - as well as Machu Picchu, of course. Email greg.Thurston@coxandkings.


co.uk for more information. www.coxandkings.com


and Bangkok Airways) by March 31, they will be in with a chance of winning an eight-night holiday for two for themselves. The holiday includes four nights at the Chaweng Regent Beach Resort, Koh Samui, four nights at the five-star Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort, transfers and return flights to Koh Samui and Phuket. In addition, agents who confirm a Thailand holiday package featured within the new DEALS brochure by March 31, will earn a £10 Love2Shop voucher per passenger. To claim, email: win@funway. co.uk (include booking reference, name, agency, ABTA no. and email). www.funway4agents.co.uk


BY LAURA GELDER The Visit Brazil Travel Association (VBRATA) has launched a new online training course targetted at UK agents that offers the chance to win a fam trip to the country. The bite-size training course contains essential information on how to sell Brazil including sections on its famous carnivals, food and culture. In addition, there's information on the World Cup in Brazil in 2014 and the Olympic and Paralympics Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. There will also be a module dedicated to Pernambuco, one of VBRATA’s ‘destinations of the year,’ located in the northeast of Brazil. VBRATA will add state-based training modules during 2012. Agents completing the course will


be entered into a prize draw to win one of four fam trips to Brazil or runner-up prizes of dinner for two at a traditional Brazilian restaurant. www.brazilonlinetraining.com


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