Talking shop Sweet home Alabama
THE STUFF THAT HAPPENS WHEN AGENTS GET INVOLVED! SPOTLIGHT ON... ALABAMA Tourism took six tour
operators out to the state this May. Over fi ve nights, the group, comprised of Complete North America, Virgin Holidays, Funway, Vacations to America, Touramerica and Titan, toured from the north of the state down to the city of Birmingham. They are pictured opposite enjoying the Space Camp Mini Mission at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville! Other stops on the journey included De Soto State Park and its famous Lookout Mountain, the city of Fort Payne and the musical mecca of Muscle Shoals. The town is the home of FAME Studios, which recorded famous acts like Aretha Franklin.
alabama.travel
The new system will see newly- Four-in-one for Monarch
MONARCH Travel Group has launched a dedicated trade website with an advanced booking process. Agents can access four of the Group’s brands: Cosmos Holidays, somewhere2stay, Avro Flights and Cosmos Tours & Cruise, with just one log-in and then the home page hosts links to all.
contracted hotels and special offers loaded instantly for agents to book. Other benefi ts will be a speedier
process for adding commissionable extras to a booking, such as hold luggage, special dietary requirements and sports equipment. Advanced administration will give agents a greater control of bookings with the option to amend or cancel,
review documentation, see a summary of costs (plus commission) and supply the customer with paperwork including ATOL licences and booking confi rmations. The site will also host agent-
specifi c information such as support, special offers, key selling points, agent incentives and trade guides. For further information agents can email: agentweb@cosmos.
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Welcome to...
AITO'S NEW CHAIRPERSON!
GEMMA ANTROBUS,
Haslemere Travel Managing Director, was crowned as AITO Specialist Travel Agents' Chair, as Oliver Broad stepped down at the end of AITO's June conference in Prague. Gemma has served the AITO Agents’ Panel for fi ve years and called the organisation "a unique group of agents that celebrates the partnership between AITO’s expert tour operators and independent, specialist travel agents."
aitoagents.com.com
New travel shops THIS SUMMER sees two
WHO SAYS RETAIL IS OUT OF FASHION?
travel giants open new retail stores. Virgin Holidays has opened a new store in West London's Westfi eld shopping mall, in Debenhams, as well as in Tesco Extra, Dover. Meanwhile, Kuoni is to open its fi rst 'evolution' store in Europe’s largest covered shopping centre, the intu Metrocentre, Gateshead this August. Designed to inspire ideas for holidays around the world, the shop will have six staff.
virginholidays.co.uk;
kuoni.co.uk
GOLD MEDAL took 40 winning agents way out west to
experience fi ve trips in one on its second MEGA FAM trip to the USA. Four regional teams of 10 headed off to Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York simultaneously, before joining up back at MGM Grand, Las Vegas. Activities ranged from surfi ng and paddle- boarding to dinner cruises and the trip ended with the Access All Areas training event where everyone learnt from each other's experience.
goldmedal.co.uk
Awards fi nalists will be announced online and in print from September, – which means you can start voting for your star perfromers in travel. There will be tons of prizes up for grabs if you do!
sellinglonghaul.com/awards
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September SELLING LONG HAUL'S Travel Agents Choice
COMING UP & ENDING SOON
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September DUBAI'S DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM ong Haul will host a pub
quiz and party at London's Cafe de Paris in Setember. Sponsored by Qantas, Gold Medal and Vida Hotels and Resorts, the night will have fun and games and plenty of prizes.
sellinglonghaul.com/events
More online at
www.sellinglonghaul.com
www.sellinglonghaul.com
Going for Gold USA
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