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Interhome, the holiday home specialist, plans to launch a training academy and host agent events in the next year to raise its profile with the UK trade. The moves follow the
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appointment in July of Adam Walsh as commercial manager for the UK and Ireland. He has previously worked for JacTravel, Hotels4U and
lastminute.com. Walsh is keen to raise the profile of the accommodation-only specialist, which offers villas, city apartments and ski chalets. Interhome, part of European
travel organisation Hotelplan, offers 33,000 properties in 31 countries. Its key destinations are France, Spain and Italy, with 60% of group sales coming via the trade. “The objective is to get agents to see us as a significant partner in the accommodation-ony arena. From a product point of view we have got a portfolio significantly bigger than anything else in Europe,” said Walsh. The Interhome Academy is
likely to be launched as an online
Dancing duo to wow guests on Warner Leisure’s Star Breaks
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Strictly Come Dancing stars Anton du Beke and Erin Boag will be showing off their talents at Warner Leisure Hotels in 2015. Cricket St Thomas Hotel in Somerset will host a three-night Star Break on July 24, 2015, when guests will be able to watch the duo dance. The lead-in price is £270, based on two adults sharing a standard room with a ‘simply dine package’.
VIP Evening Experiences, which include a reserved table, complimentary drink and waiter-table service, are also available to book for £15. Another new act lined up to perform for Warner’s Star Breaks is TV personality Christopher Biggins. He is at Nidd Hall Hotel in Harrogate on September 5.
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The objective is to get agents to see us as a significant partner in the accommodation- only arena
Interhome features 33,000 properties
training programme for agents in the second quarter of next year. Before that, Walsh plans a series
of roadshow-style events for agents in the first three months of 2015. Fam trips are also being planned. “We are looking at all sorts of
ways of engaging the trade,” said Walsh, who has a target to double trade sales over the next two years. “We have real potential in the UK. A lot of the growth will happen thanks to our partnerships with online agents but [high street] agents are very important to us.”
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