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BEEN THERE done that
Agents in the frame...
IT'S not quite a case of 'been there, Rewarding Jamaica! JAMAICA Tourist Board (JTB) and Virgin Atlantic Airways rewarded its top five Jamaica Travel
Specialists with an exclusive hosted trip and a gala dinner. Pictured (from left to right) are JTB's District Sales Manager, Torrance Lewis; Chloe Wrench, Blue Bay Travel; Xaviera Sequeria, Virgin Holidays Retail; Laverne Walker, Sackville Travel; Christina Heywood, Thorne Travel; Carol Walker, Virgin Atlantic; Danny Anike, The Holiday Place; and Jamaica's Director of Tourism, Paul Pennicook.
done that' but pictured above is tour operator Pure Luxury's Ruth Hilton and she's holding the route map to her company's luxury multi-centre fam trip to the Far East. Flying Club Class with British Airways, eight lucky top-selling agents will visit Tanjong Resort, Terrengganu and Gaya Island Resort, Malaysian Borneo, as well as two nights at Raffl es Singapore.
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out to thank its travel trade partners from the UK and Ireland this January, with its fi rst Travel Agent Appreciation Awards. The event took place at the Ham Yard Hotel, London, and saw 11 awards presented to those who had demonstrated exceptional performance over the last 12 months. Award-winners included Trailfi nder (Top Independent), Travel Cousellors (Top Homeworking Travel Agency) and Oasis Travel (Top Agency Northern Ireland).
CELEBRITY Cruises took some time Agent appreciation!
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VIRGIN Holidays' head office had a surprise visit from its Touring Ambassador Ben Fogle and This Morning TV presenter Jeff Brazier, designed to energise staff during peak trading. While Ben gave star-struck callers tips on escorted tours, Jeff took control of the cupcake cart and secured a family booking to Orlando. B
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celebrated its 10 year anniversary in the UK by inviting 200 of its past guests to share their experiences with Wendy Wu ambassador, John
Craven. C THE Funway Christmas Competition was won by John Lombari from Abbot Travel in Hertfordshire – a seven-night fly-drive holiday for two to Orlando. He is pictured with Anna Barnes of Funway Holidays. D HYPNOTIST Paul McKenna delivered bespoke Holiday Hypnosis sessions at Virgin Holidays' Bluewater last month helping shoppers on their lunch break rediscover the ‘flaunt it’ feeling they get from a two-week holiday.
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F-amazing Far East!
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