Travel News July/August 2019
REBECCA Bryson and Nan Short of Caribtours hosted key local travel agents to an excellent Dinner at the Grand Central Hotel in Belfast recently. The Caribtours’ hosts were joined by two of the company’s suppliers, one from the European programme and the other from the Indian Ocean sector - Christine Vel, Director UK & Ireland for the Seychelles Islands, and Elisa Rodriguez Castro, Associate Director of Sales from the Bahia Del Dugue Hotel Tenerife. Caribtours features both hotels in its brochures.
Agents found the speakers very interesting as they were brought up to speed with all the
latest developments and what can be off ered to Northern Ireland clients.
Caribtours will be celebrating its 40th anniversary later this year and is the oldest Caribbean specialist operator.
Caribtours is a privately owned holiday company specialising in luxury tailor-made holidays to the Caribbean, Mexico, Europe, USA, Indian Ocean, Arabia, South Africa and Costa Rica. The company has excellent relationships with the best hotels in the world and says it off ers the highest levels of personal service, intimate knowledge of every resort featured and a true love for luxury travel.
Rebecca Bryson of Caribtours (second left) with staff from Clubworld Travel
Amy Murphy, Jemma Boal-McKeown and Stacey Hamilton of Fehertys with Nan Short of Caribtours
Peter Andre for conference
From left, Nan Short and Rebecca Bryson, Caribtours, Christine Vel, Seychelles Islands, Elisa Rodriguez Castro, The Tais Hotels, Yvonne Geddis, Orrs Travel
Agent educational on Malaga cruise
TRAVEL Solutions, Northern Ireland’s leading tour operator, recently hosted fi ve local travel agents onboard Fred. Olsen’s Boudicca as she sailed towards Malaga.
Peter McMinn, Travel Solutions Managing Director, said “ As part of our on- going product familiarisation programme, we pleased that fi ve of our agents could join us onboard Boudicca to sample the excellent Fred Olsen product”. He continued “ It is not until an agent travels as a passenger do
they fully appreciate the fantastic level of service, great food, and the onboard entertainment. We would like to thank our partners, Fred Olsen Cruise Line, for their great hospitality”.
The agents spent six days onboard , which included a visit to the Portuguese city of Porto. Whilst onboard they sampled the various restaurants, took part in the entertainment programme, and had time to sit back in the sunshine and be well looked after by the Fred .Olsen team onboard.
JET2HOLIDAYS has announced details of its fi fth annual VIP conference for independent travel agency partners, with singer Peter Andre accompanying top performing agents on the company’s biggest ever conference at the AR Diamante Beach & Spa in Calpe, Costa Blanca.
This year’s conference – themed ‘La Gran Reunion’ (The Big Reunion) - will be attended by more than 300 independent travel agency partners and delegates, with senior fi gures from the UK’s second largest tour operator showcasing how Jet2holidays plans to further strengthen its partnership approach to working with agents.
Details of the conference were revealed by Jet2holidays’ Head of Trade, Alan Cross, at an exclusive launch event for agency partners in Manchester. He announced that the conference will take place from Monday, November 25 to Thursday, November 28, with the stylish and luxurious AR Diamante Beach & Spa in the beautiful town of Calpe chosen as this year’s conference venue. For the second year, there will be one single extended conference, with top performing agency partners coming together to learn how they can work in partnership to promote and sell package holidays to drive business growth.
Sanjeev Guram, Mango Travels, Katherine Herbison,Travel Solutions, Michelle Marshall, Willis Travel, Captain Juha Sartela, Boudicca, Eleanor Rice, Travellers Secrets and Peter McMinn, Travel Solutions
They will hear about Jet2holidays’ future vision from senior fi gures including CEO Steve Heapy, and take part in sessions with representatives
Costa Blanca is venue
from right across the Jet2holidays business, giving them insight into the stability and strength of the company, as well as all the opportunities that are available to them through working in partnership with the package holiday specialist. There will also be presentations, supplier showcases, a gala dinner, quiz, and a high-profi le awards ceremony recognising the best- selling and most successful agents of the past 12 months. For the third and fi nal year, the popular Jet2holidays’ Got Talent competition will give agents the opportunity to showcase their talents on stage, this time at the prestigious Benidorm Palace.
After a string of popular VIP guest appearances at previous conferences, this year’s star attraction is none other than singer Peter Andre. As well as entertaining agents with a selection of his smash hits, he will also take part in an on- stage Q&A with Alan Cross – a format that has thrown up some interesting revelations in previous years!
Alan Cross, Head of Trade at Jet2holidays, said: “Since we last came together for our annual VIP conference, our partnership approach to working with independent
travel agents has gone from strength to strength and we remain absolutely committed to supporting them. We have grown our trade team to 20, launched new destinations, and invested continually in our partnership to success strategy, giving our agency partners even more opportunity to grow their businesses.
“This year’s conference will celebrate these successes, but more importantly it will give us the opportunity to come together and examine the mutually benefi cial partnership opportunities that Jet2holidays off ers. With Peter Andre joining us at the AR Diamante Beach & Spa, this promises to be our most productive and most star-studded conference to date.”
The modern and stylish AR Diamante Beach & Spa is a luxurious hotel in Calpe, which is situated in the heart of the Costa Blanca. Calpe off ers a mix of Spanish charm combined with modern facilities, giving holidaymakers a choice of history, sightseeing, culture, cuisine and fantastic beaches. The hotel is perfect for couples and families, with three swimming pools, a spa, piano bar, and three restaurants. Delegates will be fl own to Alicante Airport on chartered fl ights from Birmingham and Newcastle Airport, using the company’s brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Dine Around Deane’s as Travel Solutions entertains agents
If you are an independent travel agent and are interested in learning more about how you could benefi t from working in partnership with Jet2holidays, visit the company’s dedicated site:
trade.jet2holidays.com
Business award for Jonny Fielding
JONNY Fielding of JF Travel was presented with the award for Best Young Person in Business at the Causeway Coast and Glens Business Awards 2019 Jonny was presented with the award for Best Young Person in Business at the Causeway Coast and Glens Business Awards 2019 at a glittering fi nale at the Lodge Hotel, Coleraine.
The Causeway Coast and Glens Business Awards 2019 give an insight into the wealth of business talent and success, across all sectors that this region has much to be proud of and this year will be no exception with 18 award categories. The 2019 awards recognised that the Causeway Coast & Glens business community continues to reach new standards of excellence - locally, regionally and internationally.
The host for the awards evening was Sarah Travers and guests were treated to great entertainment, networking, recognition and reward for all the fi nalists.
TRAVEL TRADE NEWS 47 Caribtours host Agents’ Dinner in the Grand Central
Massimo Larini of United Airlines, Julie Magill and Charlotte Black of Travel Solutions, and Chandra Rowan, Fehertys
Jen Thompson, Travel Solutions, Michelle Carson, Rosetta Travel, Claire McCaff rey, Carefree Travel and Leah Adams, Travel Solutions at Travel Solutions/United Airlines Dine Around Deane’s night recently
Sarah Cunningham of Dunlop Travel, Jerome Corey, Clubworld and Amanda Crossen, Crumlin Travel
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