Top travel agent offers and incentives
Arabian Travel News rounds up the best offers and incentives available to agents in July...
The Levante Parliament
T he privately-owned Designhotel, The Levante Parliament located in the centre of Vienna, Austria features 62 superior rooms and five junior suites. The secluded atmosphere of the hotel, combined with the extraordinary glass-design artwork and stunning 400sqm inner courtyard, combines to creates an oasis in the city with a warm, friendly welcome.
The hotel provides a fruit basket in the room or sparkling wine for honeymooners and a 10% reduction in designer restaurant or inner courtyard Nemtoi.
The hotel is offering travel agents in the Middle East an exclusive 15% commission for booking with all bookings. Book with the code ‘Arabian Travel News’. Contact: www.thelevante.com / +43 1 535 45 15 50 / roland. eggenhofer@thelevante.com
Hotel offer of the month!
HOTEL & SPA ROYAL SEEFELD IN AUSTRIA
The four-star superior Hotel & Spa Royal Seefeld is the brand new addition to the Falkensteiner Group and already a hot holiday tip in the Tyrolean Alps in Austria: a perfect place for summer fun and to enjoy the Alpine landscape.
The hotel offers an in-house clinic and complete range of traditional Chinese medicine with Asian healing methods, facial rejuvenation and acupuncture. The hotel has a summer offer for agents: Book any suite category and receive 20% commission!
Offer Valid until: 31 August 2011 Contact: sales.seefeld@falkensteiner.com / +43 (0)521 2 44 31 441
Need to know...Rotana
What’s on offer for agents?
Rotana has launched a special promotion offering 15% extra commission on Best Available Rate (BAR) to Amadeus subscribers. The promotion is valid until 31 August 2011.
Tell me more: Rotana is the first hotel chain in the MENA region to introduce a special code: ‘RO’ on Amadeus in order to promote easy search and increase visibility of the hotels. The new code means Amadeus agents will have convenient access to Rotana’s regional inventory of hotels.
Omer Kaddouri, executive vice president & COO for Rotana Hotels, said: “The rationale behind launching our new ‘RO’ code specifically for Amadeus was to make it more efficient for travel agents to access rates and availability of our properties.
By making the booking process easier for our travel partners, thereby helping them to better serve their customers, we will further strengthen Rotana’s position as the leading hotel chain of choice among travel agents and customers.”
ContacT: www.amadeus.com.
Earn while You Learn with Silversea!
Silversea Cruises online training program is available for Travel Agents via www.silverseaacademy.com. Any agent that completes the program and books a Silversea Cruise via Cruise Master in Dubai, can claim a cash reward of $100 on their first booking. The reward is offered on all Silversea sailings in 2011 and is paid out once the booking is fully paid.
Contact: sales@cruisemaster-me.com / +971 4 299 9223
Competition
Travel Connections Arabia is offering travel agents the chance to win a free iPad 2 by booking rooms at the Villa Eden — one of Italy’s leading health spas.
How to win: Agents that book 30 rooms at the Villa Eden in Italy will be entitled to receive an iPad 2.
The details: Room nights will be counted as those materialised between the period May 1 and October 31 2011 both days inclusive. Prizes will only be awarded to a named reservations agent and will be presented by a member of the Travel Connections Arabia Team within 90 days of the closing date.
Reservations agents can book through any source (direct / supplier / internet). Only one ipod 2 awarded per reservations agent during the promotions period. Agents must submit their prize claim form by November 15 2011.
Contact: Travel Connections Arabia / + 971 304 2462 / sales@tca.me / www.tca.me
Travel Agents spice it up!
Crowne Plaza Hotel Dubai in Deira has launched a special ‘Travel Agents Night’ at its highly popular Spice Island restaurant this summer, offering members of the travel trade a 50% discount on its tee-total and Original Grand Buffet packages every Saturday.
Travel agents are entitled to the tee-total buffet for just AED 84.50 inclusive of soft drinks, juices, mineral water, coffee and tea; and the Original Grand Buffet for just AED 114.50 inclusive of regular house beverages. Agents must present their company ID to avail the offer, and each card holder is eligible to bring up to four guests.
Offer valid until: August 31 2011
Contact: +971 4 262 5555 / cpdeira.info@ihg.com to make a reservation.