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Australia, Destination New South Wales and Tourism Queensland hosted 21 agents on a fam. The packed itinerary included a Bonza Bike Tour of Sydney, a sail around Sydney Harbour and a Mount ‘N Beach Safari to Hunter Valley's family-run vineyards, before heading to Queensland for jet boating, stand-up paddle boarding and a visit to Australia Zoo.
BC delivers for Prestige PRESTIGE HOLIDAYS took a group of agents out to Canada, visiting top attractions in British
Columbia. The group started in Vancouver where they stayed at the waterfront hotel, Fairmont Pacific Rim, and explored historic Gastown, Chinatown and the 1,000-acre Stanley Park (which has its own rainforest and beaches). The agents also enjoyed a foodie tour of Granville Island's markets. Out of the city, there was a visit to the Capilano Suspension Bridge, whale watching, the Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island, trying the local wine at Averill Creek Vineyard and seeing bears at emote Knight Inlet.
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THE OMAN Ministry of Tourism's recent roadshow took on a slightly different format this year – a short fi lm festival and tourism souk. Nine partners from Oman and over 200 travel trade guests attended the events in Glasgow and London, held in private cinemas. Guests were issued with passports on arrival, which were stamped after each meeting with partners. Those present included Oman Air, Shangri-La, Almouj Golf at the Wave and Sifawy Muscat Boutique Hotels. Prizes handed out on the night included an iPad Mini.
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A: Travel experts from Kyushu, a Japanese island, put on a training seminar for 85 trade guests. Pictured is the opening of two barrels of sake! KLM started the first direct flights between Europe and Kyushu this April. B: Travel 2's Andy Harris presents Helen Richards of Liberty Travel, Oswestry, with £1,000 of shopping vouchers for winning its South Australia incentive.
D C: Nici Davies, Travelwise and Eva Kokoszynska,
Fortune Travel, with John Dixon of Prestige Holidays at the company's 25th anniversary party this November, which 200 agents attended.
D: Funway Holidays
launched its new Barbados brochure at WTM. Pictured in the middle is Barbados Tourism VP, Petra Roach, with Funway's Melissa Tilling and Stephen Rhodes.
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E: The Kenya Tourism Board co-hosted an event at WTM with Rwanda and Uganda to announce a new three-country joint visa. F: The Global Travel Group’s Darren Bond with Mel Bramley, Inter Travel, who won a Kindle for achieving the biggest sales increase in August and September.
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