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Slovenia draws up plans for closer ties with trade
Juliet Dennis
juliet.dennis@
travelweekly.co.uk
The Slovenian Tourist Board is putting together a trade strategy to raise awareness of the destination among agents.
Mladen Ljubisic, the tourist
board’s new head for the UK and Ireland, believes agent knowledge of the country – except for Lake Bled, the most popular destination for UK tourists – is limited. “We have a strong relationship
with operators but we are missing this with travel agents,” he said. “My objective is to get more
agents trained on our product, meet them and encourage them to sell the destination. “I don’t think agents know much about Slovenia apart from Lake Bled, and Ljubljana has only become well known in the last two years. I want to help agents differentiate Slovenia from other countries in eastern Europe.” Ljubisic will promote Slovenia to the trade as a good-value winter
OPERATOR
Travel 2 offers nine places on culture-themed Dubai fam trip
Travel 2 is giving agents the chance to win a place on a culture and arts-themed fam trip to Dubai as part of its ‘Dubai Festivals’ campaign. The trade-only operator has teamed up with
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SLOVENIA: Smartno village. UK arrivals to the country rose 22% in 2015
“I want to help agents differentiate Slovenia from other countries in eastern Europe”
ski destination for beginners and families, and for activity holidays such as walking, hiking, water sports and climbing in the summer. Ljubisic also aims to run an agent
fam trip to the destination at some point. In the meantime, he hopes to encourage agents to complete
online product training courses. He admitted Slovenia, which
borders Italy, Austria and Croatia, may be viewed as an expensive package holiday destination, but stressed it is economical, especially if dynamically packaged. Adria Airways, Wizz Air and easyJet all fly to Ljubljana. The tourist board expects UK
visitor numbers to grow by 10%- 20% this year, compounding a 22% rise in 2015 when there were
280,000 overnight stays by Britons.
slovenia.info
WIN! Dubai Tourism, Emirates, Qantas, One&Only Resorts
and Atlantis The Palm to host the four-night trip from December 1-5. Details of the trip were still being finalised but the operator said agents would experience the region’s “thriving arts scene, notable traditions and world-class events and festivals”. There are nine places available. To enter,
agents must make a qualifying booking to Dubai including flights with Emirates or Qantas and three nights’ ground arrangements. The incentive is valid on
bookings made from now until October 9.
travel2.com
30 June 2016
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Gatwick gains year-round Air Transat link to Toronto
Canadian leisure carrier Air Transat is to run Toronto flights year-round from Gatwick. The airline will fly a daily service between November and April as an extension of its summer schedule. It will also add a second weekly flight from Gatwick to Vancouver from December, providing access to the ski resort of Whistler.
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&Beyond reopens luxury tented camp in Botswana
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