FAR EAST GUIDE LAUNCH PART Y
OVER 250 AGENTS DESCENDED ON LONDON'S CAFE DE PARIS THIS SUMMER, FOR THE LAUNCH PARTY OF SELLING LONG HAUL
OFFICE, SHANGRI-LA HOTELS AND RESORTS AND KOREAN AIR WERE AMONG THOSE PRESENT. LAURA GELDER JOINED IN THE FUN
The East in the West End 'S 2014 FAR EAST TRAVEL TRADE GUIDE. SPONSORS THE MACAU GOVERNMENT TOURIST
F
ar East devotees were rewarded on the night, with a fun and informative quiz, along with
entertainment, food and drink. The indispensable Far East Travel Trade
Guide comes out every year and is packed with information on 16 countries, ranging from Brunei to Vietnam, and helpful fetaures on how to sell the region. The agents started with a welcome cocktail before teams of agencies or individual homeworkers battled to win prizes like chocolates and guide books. The 'Future Kings of Kuoni' (pictured below) were the victors and lucky team member, James Nye, was picked out of the hat to win Thai Airways' flights and two weeks of Shangri-La hotel nights! All party-goers were rewarded with free-flowing drinks, a
sumptuous spread of Asian food and a further prize draw for Vietnam Airlines' flights with nights at the Hyatt and Nam Hai, fam trip places to Macau and Korea and No.1 Traveller lounge passes. Topping the night off was
entertainment in the form of a Chinese lion dance and some energetic pop cabaret from the Thailand Divas.
KOREAN AIR: The airline flies to 125 cities in 45 countries. As well as its hub at Seoul's Incheon International Airport, the SkyTeam member serves 12 Korean destinations, like Jeju Island and Busan. Korean Air covers 24 Chinese cities, including Hong Kong, Shanghai and Xi’an; 15 in Japan, including Tokyo, Sapporo (Hokkaido Island) and Osaka; and 24 cities across
southeast Asia, such as
Phuket, Hanoi and Manila. It also flies to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in Australia, Mumbai and Kathmandu. Kosmo Suite, the name of Korean Air’s First Class, offers complete privacy in an enclosed pod, with 23-inch wide-screen inflight entertainment and Bose
headphones. Prestige class follows, with its fully-flat sleeper seat, and Korean Air’s new Economy Class seat has a 33- 34-inch pitch and a 118-degree recline. MACAU: Macau is a Special
Administrative Region of China (visas not required). It’s located 40 miles from Hong Kong, or a one-hour fast ferry ride away. There's a direct connection from Hong Kong airport, where travellers can collect their luggage in Macau.
Uniquely, Macau is a mix of Portuguese and Chinese culture. The Historic Centre of Macau and its colonial buildings have UNESCO World Heritage
status and its food fuses Asian and European influences.
Other Macau attractions include the world’s highest bungy jump, off the 338- metre Macau Tower; the House of Dancing Water show at the City of
Dreams (a Cirque du
“MACAU IS LOCATED 40 MILES FROM
HONG KONG AND IS A MIX OF CHINESE AND PORTUGUESE CULTURE”
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