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Recommend opportunities for self-drive holidays here and encourage clients to see regional NSW and its national parks,.
SAMOA In ‘Celebrate Samoa Year’ the nation welcomes back Seabreeze Resort Samoa on the southeast coast of Upolu. The resort’s 12 bungalows, including a
honeymoon villa, are nestled in a small sandy bay directly on the beach.
COOK ISLANDS Cook Islands is stepping up its support for the trade with trade roadshows on April 14 and 15 in London and April 16 in Manchester. It will also launch a new training programme soon and run fams. •
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REUNION HAS no big hotels; accommodation is all about boutique properties with character, including lodges in the sugar plantations.
PUSH THE west coast of Tasmania and its wild rainforest for amazing wildlife clients can’t see anywhere else – such as Tasmanian pademelon, quolls, Tasmanian devils, white wallabies and orange bellied parrots.
NEW PRODUCT in NSW includes an Aboriginal Discovery tour at Taronga Zoo, Sydney, and a new Aboriginal interpretive centre in Katoomba in the Blue Moutains. with dance and didgeridoo performances as well as aboriginal art on sale.
THINK OF Vanuatu as a one-stop shop. It has influences of all the cultures that have presided over the islands, including French food; has some of the most accessible active volcanoes in the world, plus great beaches and diving.
“UNITE is a very successful event
and we get a good return on our investment by attending”
SANJAY NAIR, Kempinski Hotels SELL IT NOW
• Opera on Sydney Harbour is a new annual event running this year to April 15. Tickets are commissionable for agents.
• For divers, flag up President Coolidge in Vanuatu one of the world’s biggest wreck dives – a 198- metre luxury liner-turned US navy ship. People can dive for a week on this wreck!
• Kempinski Seychelles is now open – ideal for luxury-loving clients
Above left to right: Andy Price, Cook Islands; Marsha Parcou (right) and colleague, Seychelles Tourist Board; Debbie Flannagan with Lisa Merrigan, Selling Long Haul, and Caroline Loevner from Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority. Main photo: Alan Forbes, Touchdown Holidays, Karen Davidson, David Pragasam, Khim Foo,Shangri La team; Sally Parker with Kate Fenton from Samoa
• Make a bid for repeat bookers to Mauritius. First-timers come for romance but sell it again for activities, then family holidays, then anniversaries. It’s a destination that can grow with a couple’s relationship!
“UNITE is more effective than WTM for us for meetings with key product managers” SAMUEL HANCOCK, Tahiti Tourisme
TRAIN WITH the South Pacific Tourism Authority’s newly revamped specialist programme by completing online assessments on 14 destinations. Qualified agents will have priority invitation to fams organised by the SPTO, inclusion on an incentive programme, access to a South Pacific Specialist tool kit, quarterly news and special offers, discounted accommodation rates at SPTO member resorts and the chance to win a free South Pacific holiday. Log onto: www.
spto.org or email the co-ordinator on
drigamoto@spto.org
DANIELLE Genty-Nott has been appointed Regional Manager – UK and Europe at Tourism New Zealand.
WIN tickets to see Samoa at the Rugby Sevens at Twickenham on May 12 with the Samoa Tourism Authority. To enter, register at
www.sellsamoa. com and learn how to Sell Samoa.
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