North America: Pleasant Holidays is offering a three-night Hawaii package that includes roundtrip airfare and accommodations starting at $641 from Seattle.
South America: Clients will feast on gourmet Peruvian specialties on Avanti Destinations’ new 10-day trip, Epicurean Route: Peruvian Food & Travel tour.
Europe: For $3,795 per person, your female clients can enjoy a “girlfriends’ getaway” on The Wayfarers’ new Cinque Terre walk through scenic Northern Italy from Sept. 21-27.
Africa: Selftours is offering a 12-day guided coach tour through South Africa from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth for $2,498 per person beginning July 14.
Asia: Peregrine Travel Group, which operates throughout China, offers agents a 15 percent commission on all packaged tours and FITs.
Ritz Revamps
Ritz Tours’ Exotic Asia Program is expanding this year with the addition of Phuket and the River Kwai to its 16-day itinerary. The tour begins in Bangkok, with planned stops to Kanchanburi and the River Kwai, Phuket island, Singapore and Hong Kong.
The package is priced at $2,748 per person, based on double occupancy and includes airfare from Los Angeles or San Francisco, hotel accommodations and sightseeing. Airfare rates vary for New York and other U.S. cities. Departure dates are valid now through mid-December.
www.ritztours.com
To the Extreme
When a tour op’s motto is the Walter Scott quote: “One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum”— you know you’re in for a ride. Abercrombie & Kent has introduced a new line of extreme adventures not for the faint of heart to start in fall. Adventures range from an extreme on-foot safari through Africa to skiing in the South Pole, accompanied by qualified guides.
www.akextremeadventures.com
Making an Impression on Agents
Travel Impressions is offering agents an exclusive $25 American Express gift card on all SuperClubs reservations with a minimum five-night, double occupancy stay made by May 31 for travel through Dec. 15. The incentive goes up to $125 when agents book a minimum of four five-night stays.
SuperClubs resorts include Breezes Bahamas in Nassau, Bahamas, Grand Lido Negril Resort & Spa in Jamaica, Breezes Puerto Plata Resort & Spa in the Dominican Republic and Breezes Costa do Sauipe in Brazil. Agents who book SuperClubs packages online will earn an additional 1 percent commission bonus.
www.travelimpressions.com
All-Access Italy
Book your clients on an Italian getaway through Travel Bound by June 30 and you’ll both walk away with smiles. The independent wholesale travel provider is cutting prices by 5 percent on 1,664 Italian hotels, including destinations in Venice, Rome and Florence. Private transfers are reduced by 10 percent too. A “stay for/pay for” deal is offered at 50 properties in 29 Italian cities, giving clients either one free night’s stay or a significant discount — in some cases up to 50 percent. Agent commission on all bookings starts at 10 percent.
www.booktravelbound.com
