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Funway celebrates 25th with big peak sales push
Juliet Dennis
juliet.dennis@
travelweekly.co.uk
Funway Holidays is starting its 25th anniversary celebrations a month early with four key incentives in its biggest peak season sales campaign to date.
In January, the 25th agent to book a Funway Holiday will win a prize and the discount for agents booking their own holiday with Funway will rise from 23% to 25% in January and February. Funway, which celebrates 25
years in February, plans to reward the top-five-selling agents in January and February with a £250 MoneyCard, its loyalty reward scheme. Prizes will be given to the first
25 agents in the 500 Incentive Club who reach 25 bookings in the January-February period. The 2018 campaign will run
across digital media, direct mail, e-marketing and the high street with a range of prizes and
OPERATOR
Aisle to Isle programme expands Sandals’ wedding planning offer
Sandals is improving the information and choice it offers to couples planning weddings at its resorts. The Aisle to Isle programme, dubbed a destination
wedding experience, features eight new food, drink, ceremony and reception venue options, after a company survey revealed millennial brides and grooms put
AGENT INCENTIVE
FUNWAY: December campaign offers agents crackers and daily prizes
discounts on offer. Marketing manager Sam
Robinson said: “Next year will see our biggest marketing campaign for some time.
“This, coupled with the company
turning 25, makes for an even more exciting opportunity. We’ve had amazing trade support over the past 25 years and we want to say a big thank you.” The sale starts on December 26 and runs until the end of January. There is also time to take part in
Funway’s 25 Days of Christmas campaign, running this month. Agents have the chance to win daily prizes, from spa vouchers to commemorative coins, if they book a Funway package by December 25. Winners and prizes will be
posted on Funway’s Facebook page. A sales team will deliver special Christmas crackers to agents on behalf of Funway and British Airways, including a high-value
mystery prize for one lucky agent.
funway4agents.co.uk
inspiration and information first in wedding planning. Each of the new suggestions feature creative ways for couples to plan weddings, from choosing chairs and table flowers to themed bars and expanded menus. New ceremony and reception venues include off-
site locations for photo shoots, a dedicated, renovated chapel at Sandals Montego Bay and the Caribbean’s first over-the-water chapels, in Jamaica and St Lucia. Other benefits include $1,000 towards a private catamaran cruise for couples who book 12 guest
rooms and expanded photo and video packages.
sellingsandals.co.uk
14 December 2017
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AmaWaterways axes many 2018 single supplements
AmaWaterways has waived single supplements on 145 Asia and Europe departures in 2018. Dates still available include Christmas Market cruises on AmaKristina and AmaLea. Solo Traveller Promotion Prices start from £1,978.
amawaterways.co.uk
Cities Direct raises rate by 0.5% to counter card fees
Cities Direct is increasing commission by 0.5% to help agents fund credit card charges. Fourteen operators have pledged to raise commission, 13 are members of the Association of Independent Tour Operators.
citiesdirect.co.uk
Sovereign Med resorts add five-star catamaran option
Sovereign Luxury Travel has joined with sister company The Moorings to offer Mediterranean holidays combining a stay at a five-star resort with a week on a five-star, crewed catamaran, with a personal captain and chef.
sovereign.com
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