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Agents Connect launches webinars
Ben Ireland
ben.ireland@
travelweekly.co.uk
Agents Connect, a portal for the travel trade to find exclusive rates and incentives, has launched a series of webinars on Travel Weekly’s website.
The hub, which has agent rates
for 60,000 hotels, with a focus on Spain and the Caribbean, is ramping up its efforts with the UK trade as it aims to build on its 1,800 travel agent sign-ups since its soft launch in January. It bills itself as the website
“where the travel industry earns, learns and saves”. As well as offering discounted rates for agents’ holidays, it highlights booking and commission incentives for agents’ customer bookings. It has 3,500 affiliated agents in Spain, where it is known as Solo Para Agentes, and 19,500 in the US and Canada, where it is known as Wheels Up.
Bahia Principe to open Fantasia hotel in Tenerife in November
Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts is to open an all-inclusive hotel centred around a fairytale-style castle in Tenerife. The Fantasia Bahia Principe
Tenerife will be part of the group’s new family-focused Fantasia brand. Open from November 1, it will be the brand’s second hotel, after Fantasia Bahia Principe Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. It will have 370 rooms, four swimming pools, five
restaurants and six bars. There will be themed areas, children’s and teens’ clubs, a spa and on- site waterpark, all surrounding its central feature – a fairytale- style castle structure offering what the hotel group described as “a whimsical setting”.
Agents, who can sign up for free, book direct with suppliers via links from the Agents Connect site. The first of eight webinars
started last week with a focus on Spanish theme park PortAventura. Further sessions are planned with partners such as transfers specialist Hoppa and hotel groups Zafiro, Magic Costa Blanca,
Fantasia Bahia Principe Tenerife
Playasol, Spring Hotels and Alua across October and November, with a second Playasol webinar planned for January. Richard Kirby, managing
director of Agents Connect parent Global Agents, said around 80% of suppliers on the site are hotels, but the platform also has strong links with tourist boards and
One-night stays in a standard
room start from £175 based on two adults sharing. The hotel is part of the Grupo Piñero group which operates
DEALS: Agents Connect offers special rates for agents’ own holidays
theme parks. It aims to increase partnerships with transfer providers, airlines, operators, cruise lines and attraction tickets. He said: “We provide more opportunities for agents to find more choice and great rates in one
place. It’s a one-stop shop.” › View the webinars at:
go.travel weekly.co.uk/AgentsConnect
all-inclusuve properties in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Jamaica and Spain.
bahia-principe.com
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