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Operators
Kay McLellan
020 7955 3867
kmclellan@ttglive.com
For the latest operator and supplier news, visit
ttglive.com/operators
In brief
Attractions firm
Jet2.com and
Jet2holidays.com
are giving agents the chance to
win a Ford Fiesta with each holiday
and flight booking they register
claims XML ‘first’
at
jet2.com/winacar until March 31, 2009.
Runners-up prizes include a four-star holiday to more listed behind, removed the need to prompt
Lucy Huxley.
Cyprus and return flights. Each booking will also ATTRACTION tickets specialist Dosomething- agents to offer attraction tickets, he added.
get a £5 high street voucher.
different.com claims to be the first in the sector Dosomethingdifferent is also expanding its
to provide XML links to the trade. product range to offer tickets to 2,500 attrac-
■ Superbreak launches theatre workshops The company, the trade arm of Attraction tions by the end of 2009, up from 1,500 currently.
Superbreak is running West End theatre work- Tickets Direct, has struck a deal with the Travel It is building content around cruise
shops for groups of 16 or more, aimed at schools, Trust Association to feature the new technology embarkation and disembarkation ports, such
colleges and amateur dramatics clubs, that and claims to be in talks with Travel Counsellors as Miami, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney,
can be booked alongside hotel stays and theatre- and
lastminute.com to supply a similar service. in response to agent demand, and will also add
inclusive packages. The 90-minute workshops Dosomethingdifferent managing director Ian Las Vegas content this year.
include a Q&A session with West End theatre pro- Coyle said the XML feed for TTA members meant Other developments include expanding into
fessionals. Commissionable prices start at £14.50. when agents are pulling together a New York Ireland having just developed a euro, as well as
break, for example, using the consortium’s a dollar, price-selling function.
■ Cottage specialist issues biggest programme Dynamic Smart Start system, the attraction tick- “We have European agents knocking on our
Cottages4you has launched its largest UK ets specialist’s top three New York experiences door,” claimed Coyle.
programme, featuring more than 3,400 cottages would pop up automatically on the screen.
and villas in its brochure and 12,000 more Having them appear automatically, with many ■ Ian Re-Coyles in horror: Out&about, p19
properties on its
cottages4you.travel agent
website. It is also now offering agent training and
has set up a specialist agent support line. BREAKFAST WITH BOORMAN: Explore!
0845 268 1732 is giving agents the chance to win a visit
from TV adventurer Charley Boorman.
■ Cox & Kings unveils 10-for-4 nights offer Agents who make four bookings with
Cox & Kings is offering 10 nights for the price of Explore! between February 1 and March
four to South Africa valid for travel between May 31 will be entered into a draw to meet
1 and September 30, 2009. Customers booking the adventurer, who will bring treats for
four nights at luxury game reserves, including breakfast and spend several hours to
Shamwari Game Reserve, are entitled to six share his expertise of travelling. Five
nights free at a five-star boutique hotel. agencies will be drawn as finalists on April
020 7873 5000 1, and will then have to write 100 words
explaining why they deserve to win the
ttglive.com
For the very latest operators news,
grand prize. The winner will be decided
visit
ttglive.com/operators
by Explore!’s panel of judges on April 10.
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