NEWS IN BRIEF
Brand US to include
Thailand bolsters focus on
cruise with three new ports Thailand’s tourism minister has announced a significant investment in the country’s cruise industry. Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said the government would start building ports in Krabi, Ko Samui and Surat Thani next year, and upgrade the port at Phuket.
uk.tourismthailand.org
Ras Al Khaimah eyes thrill
seekers and nature lovers Ras Al Khaimah’s tourist board is to run UK marketing campaigns to reposition the emirate as a destination for nature lovers and adventure seekers. To date, Ras Al Khaimah has been marketed primarily as a fly-and-flop destination, often twinned with neighbouring Dubai.
rasalkhaimahtourism.com
A2B Transfers to add online
training on port services A2B Transfers plans to expand its cruise business by offering more training about its port transfer products. Sales director Phil Norris said training tools would be added to the website before Christmas.
a2btransfers.com
Croatia visitors exceed 2014 total in first nine months
Croatia recorded 13.1 million arrivals and 76 million overnight stays during the first nine months of 2015, exceeding its totals for the whole of 2014. Updated promotional material will be available for the trade in mid-January, including new logos and videos for each of the destination’s regions.
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travelweekly.co.uk 12 November 2015
Robin Searle
robin.searle@
travelweekly.co.uk
Brand USA’s MegaFam 2016 will visit four states that haven’t featured in its previous educationals.
The fourth annual trip includes
visits to 18 states, with Alaska, Hawaii, Delaware and West Virginia introduced for the first time. Florida, Georgia, South Carolina,
Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Oregon will also feature in the MegaFam. The 100 agents on the trip will
be split into seven groups, each of which will undertake a different itinerary, before flying to California for the MegaFam’s finale. Agents can win a place by booking American Airlines and British Airways flights to the US. They will also be required to earn several specialist badges on training site
USADiscoveryProgram.co.uk. Christopher Thompson,
Brand USA’s president and chief executive, said: “The Brand USA MegaFam is now an established
Monarch to step up trade communication and agent fam trips
Monarch will release its first post- Cosmos brochure on December 4. Speaking at WTM, sales director Gary Anslow said the operator would also be “stepping up” its contact with the trade in the coming months to communicate its decision last month to switch to a single-brand strategy for its airline and tour operation.
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