TRAVEL TRADE NEWS
September/October 2024
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Royal Caribbean Introduces Upper Deck – Where Agents Can Earn Up to £500 Per Booking!
NI Travel & Tourism Awards Official Charity Announced
NI Travel News is pleased to announce the supported charity at this years Annual NI Travel & Tourism Awards Ceremony will be Motor Neurone Disease Association Northern Ireland.
This local charity hits close to home for a number of our friends and colleagues in the NI Travel Trade and we hope to provide a lot of support at this years 32nd Awards.
About the charity:
MND is a life limiting neurological condition the cause of which is still uncertain, and there is no known cure. MNDA NI exists primarily to assist those affected and their carers. They do this by providing support both financial and emotional, these take the form of financial grants and social activities there is also a team of Volunteer Association Visitors who offer a befriending service. The local branch campaigns actively with Government and statutory authorities to improve
patient services and funds. They also support research into the causes and possible cures and all monies received are directed to the cause in NI.
Registered Charity Number: Charity number 294354 Jonathan
Adair, News said,
“This disease is cruel and debilitating; we are proud to be supporting a charity doing such great work in supporting those effected in NI. Guests attending are asked to show support and dig deep where they can and help us raise as much money as possible for this amazing charity.” On the night of the 32nd
Awards, NI Travel News is providing the opportunity for guests to donate to the charity and win fantastic prizes in the charity ballot. We look forward to welcoming guests to the Slieve Donard Hotel on Friday 11th October for the 32nd Annual NI Travel & Tourism Awards.
NI Travel
TRAVEL agents in the U.K. and Ireland can now take their rewards game to the next level with Upper Deck, Royal Caribbean International’s revolutionised loyalty programme, launching on 3 Sept. Available on the brand’s online travel agent learning and rewards platform, Club Royal, Upper Deck propels the ease and value of earning in booking with Royal Caribbean to new heights. Now, the higher the value of the booking, the more there is to earn. The new programme is introducing greatly increased payouts, with agents now able to earn up to £500
Hays Travel Announce 2024 BIG HAYS TRAVEL THANK YOU
for each booking. “Travel partners are a cornerstone of Royal Caribbean, and we have listened to their feedback to reimagine how they are rewarded by incentivising their efforts in securing higher-value bookings,” said Aaron Langford, senior sales director of U.K. and Ireland, Royal Caribbean International. “With Upper Deck we are excited to raise the game on the earning potential for agents supporting our business and I can’t wait to welcome more agents, both new to the brand and new to cruise, as a result.”
THE BIG HAYS TRAVEL THANK YOU is back and bigger than ever. New for 2024, colleagues in Travel House and Miles Morgan Travel will join those across Hays Travel retail, head office, and homeworkers, to be in with a chance to win some very generous prizes from September to December.
Hays Travel will award SEVEN monthly prizes in September, October, and November, with even more prizes given away in December’s countdown to Christmas. Chosen at random, there will be five retail winners – one in each Hays Travel division – one in Head Office, and one homeworker selected from the personal travel consultant, and the virtual and cruise contact centre areas. Dame Irene Hays said: “This year, we’re delighted to extend our popular Big Hays Travel Thank You to include our amazing Miles Morgan
Travel and Travel House colleagues. With seven prizes being awarded each month, and even more in December, team- members across our group have reason to be excited. “We hope this year’s prizes show just how much we appreciate our Hays Travel family. It’s been another busy and successful year, so we’re looking forward to the fun and excitement our Big Hays Travel Thank You generates as we edge into the colder months and prepare for January peaks.” At the end of September seven lucky colleagues will receive £500 towards their bills for six months. Other prizes include £2,000 towards a holiday of each winners’ choice in October, and Christmas wrapped up thanks to a £2,000 shopping spree in November.
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