TRAVEL AGENTS CHOICE AWARDS PART Y
OVER 200 OF YOU CAME TO SELLING LONG HAUL'S TRAVEL AGENTS CHOICE AWARDS PARTY IN LONDON'S CAFE DE PARIS. HELPED BY OUR PREMIUM PARTNERS TAUCK AND AIR EUROPA, THE LOVE-THEMED GATHERING SAW AGENTS WOOED BY 31 OF THE FINALISTS, REPRESENTING TOURIST BOARDS, AIRLINES, HOTEL GROUPS, TOUR OPERATORS AND REPRESENTATION COMPANIES. LAURA GELDER WAS ON THE DATING SCENE
Love was in the air...
T
he Travel Agents Choice Awards is the only travel industry awards nominated and voted
for by agents – but this was the fi rst year we have held a party in its honour, giving you the chance to meet the 2013 fi nalists. We thought it was important that our readers meet the the travel providers that they love and adore! So we gathered 31 of them together and organised a speed dating event with a difference. The 'Xtra' factor was the huge array of prizes we gave away on the night. Each table gave away at least one, ranging from flights and holidays to chocolates and Champagne. The more tables you visited, the more chances you had to win. Every five minutes 70s disco hit
Love Is In The Air rang out to signify it was time to move on. By the end of the night the song was stuck in everyone's heads (and is probably still there now)! Between presentations from our premium partners, Tauck and Air Europa, food was served and drinks were quaffed. At the end of the night came the prize draw. Thirty-five agents left the building with a prize from one of our finalists and absolutely everyone left with either a red rose, a box of Hotel Chocolat treats or a bottle of Champagne from Selling Long Haul, just to show how much we love you! TAUCK: The luxury escorted tour specialist updated agents on its Tauck river cruising product, which has added two new ships and four new cruise itineraries. The MS Savor
and MS Inspire are part of Tauck’s new Inspiration Class of ship, each 443-foot- long, accommodating an intimate 130 guests and offering more suites (22 measuring 300 sq ft). New fully-inclusive river cruises
from Tauck include the 10-day Danube Reflections and the eight-day Romantic Rhine: Amsterdam to Basel cruise, plus Tauck's first foray into the Seine, with the 14-day Cruising the Seine, plus Versailles, Paris and London and the 10-day Rendezvous on the Seine.
AIR EUROPA: The award-winning Madrid-based airline and member of SkyTeam presented its extensive Latin America and Caribbean network.
From London (via Madrid) Air Europa flies to Caracas, Salvador de Bahia and Sao Paulo in Brazil, Santa Cruz in Bolivia, Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Lima, Peru in South America as well as Havana, Cancun, and three Dominican Republic cities: Santo
Domingo, Punta Cana and Santo Domingo in the Caribbean.
Air Europa has a
UK sales office and prides itself on its personal service.
“IT'S UNUSUAL TO HAVE SUCH A MIX OF PRODUCT IN
ONE PLACE AND IT'S USEFUL TO MEET PEOPLE FACE TO FACE!”
72 November 2013
www.sellinglonghaul.com
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