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Inghams expands training portal with three new modules
Inghams has expanded its agent training portal with three new modules. The Academy, launched in
March, aims to teach agents about the operator’s Ski, Lakes & Mountains and Italy products. The new modules are: the mountains, featuring advice and top destinations; the best destinations for walking, with information on hikes available; and the best destinations for relaxing holidays for clients looking for a less active break in the lakes and mountains. The portal has video and
interactive courses, separated into modules. To register to use The
Academy, agents should enter their Inghams password at:
learning.inghams.co.uk
G Adventures strengthens National Geographic tie-up
Juliet Dennis
juliet.dennis@
travelweekly.co.uk
G Adventures is adding six itineraries to its joint programme with the National Geographic Society for 2018.
The National Geographic
Journeys programme, which was launched in January 2016, now features 83 tours, including four new destinations: Borneo, Mongolia, Botswana and southern Tanzania.
Some of the proceeds from the trips support the work of the not-for-profit society’s explorers and scientists. The extended programme is
a result of encouraging sales, according to the operator. A new brochure is due out in December. The new trips are: 10-day
Botswana & Zimbabwe Safari; six-day Southern Tanzania Safari; 14-day Discover Mongolia; 12-day Wildlife Parks of Tanzania; 12-day Best of Borneo; and 21-day The Great Southern Africa Safari. The Botswana & Zimbabwe
Safari visits Hwange National Park,
Tipto overhauls its website to improve navigation for agents
Tipto has revamped its website to make it an easier, one-stop shop for travel agents. The new-look site has a more sophisticated homepage with easy navigation tools to direct agents to different areas of the site, such as roadshow, SuperShow and training day events; member incentives and competitions; training modules; and general Tipto news.
TIPTO: The new-look website has a more sophisticated homepage
Incentives and competitions
have been subdivided and now feature on two separate pages, while the organisation’s 11
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training modules are now easier for agents to access and complete. Tipto is to launch a monthly
dedicated training competition to
BORNEO: G Adventures has added itineraries in four destinations
and flies clients to the Okavango Delta to meet a researcher from National Geographic’s Okavango Wilderness Project. Prices start at £3,699, including a cruise along the Chobe River but excluding flights. In Mongolia, customers will get the opportunity to spend time with a nomadic family in the Gobi Desert and try out traditional archery, meet Buddhist monks and yak farmers, and learn about efforts to reintroduce native takhi horses to the wild. In southern Tanzania, trips
feature lesser-known areas such as Ruaha National Park and Selous Game Reserve, where large concentrations of lions live. G Adventures founder Bruce
Poon Tip said: “Travel agents and customers alike have been enthusiastic about our National Geographic Journeys trips this past year. That positive feedback, along with encouraging growth in our sales, has inspired us to expand our offerings to these
new destinations.”
gadventures.co.uk
drive agent participation. Agents can gain Tipto ‘star’ awards for completing modules and achieve gold, silver or bronze status. To mark the launch, Tipto is running a competition in which two agents can win £100 in shopping vouchers. Agents need to register on the
site and complete the training modules before September 30. Those who gain gold-star status will automatically be entered into a prize draw. Two winners will be
picked at random.
tipto.co.uk
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