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Tui adds ‘green clause’
Balkan Holidays is offering travel agents
Chris Gray.
“Soon, customers will know that if
a £10 Love2Shop shopping voucher on every TUI Travel has added a sustainability they book a holiday through Thom-
brochure-priced summer 2009 booking made to clause to all its contracts son or First Choice, their hotel will
the Pomorie, Globus and Fenix hotels in Sunny with accommodation suppliers, have signed a contract agreeing
Beach, Bulgaria. The promotion applies to requiring them to improve their to initiate a sustainability pro-
bookings made between April 25 and May 31. environmental and social record. gramme – otherwise, they would
To claim a voucher, email booking references, It claims it is the first UK not be featured in our brochures.”
name, agent name and address to mainstream tour operator to have a The agreement is separate from
sales@balkanholidays.co.uk contract requiring hoteliers to start or the company’s main contract, and
develop a programme that manages their health and safety conditions.
Regent Holidays is offering agents the chance to impact on the environment, their employees, Once hoteliers have signed it, they will be
win a weekend break for two people in Reykjavik. and the local community. required to maintain the practices and standards
Agents who make a booking from the Regent It includes commitments on reducing energy set out for the entire duration of their contract.
Holidays Iceland & Greenland 2009 brochure and water consumption, introducing waste Tui has also identified 400 hotels in its
before May 31 (all departure dates qualify), will reduction measures and recycling, meeting local programme that it plans to audit using the
be entered into a prize draw to be made by June employment legislation and having suitable child FTO’s Travelife sustainability system.
15. For more details call 0845 277 3301 protection and animal welfare policies in place. If all 400 properties meet the criteria for
Commercial director David Burling said: “We either bronze, silver or gold awards, then more
Von Essen Hotesl has launched an incentive are dedicated to increasing hoteliers’ under- than half of Tui’s UK customers would be staying
for agents called Savour Sundays. On any Sunday, standing of their impact on the environment. in an accredited hotel.
agents can stay at any von Essen hotel for £50 “With our suppliers, we want to make all areas
per room. Bookings can only be made five days of our operations more sustainable. ■ Tui cuts Lapland winter programmes, p12
prior to arrival and must be made online at
vonessenhotels.com by entering promotional
code “SAVOUR”.
luxury included
Banyan Tree has launched its Star Agents Awards
2009 for UK travel agents and reservation teams.
Agents will be awarded points for every booking
they make between May 1 and October 31.
The top-scoring agent will win three nights in a
Deluxe View Suite at Banyan Tree Bangkok
followed by five nights in a Spa Pool Villa in
Phuket for two people. Runners-up prizes include
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stays in the Maldives, Dubai and Morocco. For
more information and to register, email
of a p
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awards@banyantree.com
Butler
Book any seven-night holiday with Elegant
Resorts by May 31 and receive £25 worth of
irst Choice - KentF
Love2Shop vouchers. Bookings must include
accommodation and flights. To claim vouchers,
email booking references by June 5 to
BUTLERBLITZ!
marketing@elegantresorts.co.uk The Sandals & Beaches Butler Blitz has come around again, SAVE
giving you the chance to
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Agents who book cabins on one of four selected
Page & Moy river cruise holidays will receive a
WIN WIN WIN!
TO
35%
M&S voucher worth £25. The four itineraries PLUS
are Rhine and Moselle, Rhine to Switzerland,
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