SPOTLIGHT ROYAL CARIBBEAN


SPEED DEMONS: Top Royal sellers battled it out for a place on the VIP fam


Royal Caribbean


LAP OF LUXURY


Eleven agents competed at Mercedes Benz World in Surrey for the final place on a VIP fam to Dubai with Royal Caribbean. Natalie Marsh joined them


Pinned to the back of our seats, our instructor at the wheel, we hurtled towards orange cones at more than 80mph. “Shout when you would brake!” he says. “Now!” we yell from the back, but he ignores us and drives on. Just as we’re about to touch


the cones at the end, he swerves around them at the last possible minute, sending us flying to the side. This is the adrenaline-fuelled afternoon agents experienced at Mercedes Benz World courtesy of Royal Caribbean.


Gary Goodfellow, Scotland’s Cruise Centre


Agents also got their chance to


tear around the track, accelerate and brake on the straight, and put their drifting skills to the test on the wet skid circle. But before they could burn


real rubber on the circuits, the 11 agents took to the Formula One simulators for a nail-biting five minutes each to secure as quick a lap time as they could to nab the last spot on the Dubai trip. It was a delicate balance between speed and accuracy. Some chose to tactically slow down ahead of the


corners while others kept their foot to the floor. Craig Balderson, of Tui in Hertfordshire triumphed, becoming the 15th Club Rewards winner, with an impressive lap time of 1 minute 54 seconds. The competition garnered entries from 2,184 agents in total, who won points by making bookings, answering questions and posting Royal Caribbean content on social media to move around a virtual track. “It’s an incredibly exciting


way to conclude our Lap of Luxury competition, plus very apt given the agents taking part in the competition were racing around the virtual Lap of Luxury track to make their way up the leader board,” said Ben Bouldin, associate vice-president and UK managing director at Royal Caribbean International. The 15 winners will be jetting


off to Dubai for a five-night, all- expenses paid trip in May, staying at Atlantis The Palm and visiting some of Dubai’s top attractions as well as Spectrum of the Seas when the ship sails through the Emirati city.


Fam trip winner


CRAIG BALDERSON, Tui in Hertfordshire “It means a lot to have won as I have never been on a Royal Caribbean Club Rewards trip before so I cannot wait see what it has to offer. I played the Club Rewards Dubai Lap of Luxury game every day and it was great fun. I have never been to Dubai before so am looking forward to seeing and doing everything as it will all be new to me.”


38travelweekly.co.uk28 March 2019


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