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Special offers
I think, therefore I fam
Australia and New Zealand are expensive to get to, but there’s no substitute for
personal experience to assist you in selling them. Katherine Lawrey rounds up fam
trip opportunities, discounts and incentives to help you explore the region for less
Suppliers often team up to organise educationals – APT and Travel 2 hosted a joint fam trip to New Zealand in October, with flights provided by Air New Zealand
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he cheapest way for an agent to see to sign up to the online training programme. Joining the Qantas Holidays Achievers
Australia and New Zealand for Aside from the knowledge gained, qualified reward scheme is your best bet to gaining a
themselves is to secure an invita- specialists also get news updates and Aussie place on a Qantas Holidays fam trip. The
tion for a fam trip, but opportunities Specialist window stickers. Trade discounts operator hosts a VIP Achievers fam every year.
like that don’t come along every day. If you for personal holidays are also available. APT Touring offers a gold pass to agents
fancy your own holiday Down Under, many Nadine Christiansen, helpline team leader completing its training,
aptxperts.com, which
suppliers offer discounts and incentives for for Tourism Australia, says: “Being an Aussie gives them a complementary sightseeing day
agents, which can help lessen the financial Specialist also makes agents eligible to apply tour in Australia. Other APT discounts are
pain of a trip to the other side of the world. for fams to Australia such as Corroboree, dealt with on a case by case basis.
which offers invaluable first-hand experience
Train to gain of the destination.” Sales rewards
Online training can help you secure that Regional tourist boards link up with Many operators give away fam places as a
golden ticket on a fam trip. The Aussie Tourism Australia for the big Corroboree reward for hitting sales targets. Travel 2 places
Specialists scheme is the biggest reward fam when groups head out to explore are based on the volume of bookings made.
programme, taking more than 150 Aussie destinations all over Australia so the Additionally, key account managers select
Specialists on average to Australia every year. potential is there to tick off multiple participants on the basis they would benefit
Tourism Australia actively encourages agents destinations on repeat visits. from visiting destinations.
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