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Tuesday
Friday
Firefighter and Police Discounts on Cruises
Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Cruises have introduced special fares for police officers and firefighters.
Active employees of local, state or federal law enforcement agencies or fire departments in the U.S. now can book a Celebrity, Azamara or Royal Caribbean cruise at fares up to 20 percent off the best prevailing rate on select sailings.
Guests traveling in the same stateroom also are eligible to receive the special rate. Police officers and firefighters will be asked to provide valid proof of employment (badge or police officer/firefighter ID card) when booking and upon boarding the ship. For Royal Caribbean, call 800-327-2056 or visit www.cruisingpower.com (travel agents only). For Celebrity, call 800-437-3111 or visit www.celebritycruises.com . For Azamara, call 877-222-2526 (travel agents only) or visit www.azamaracruises.com.
Active employees of local, state or federal law enforcement agencies or fire departments in the U.S. now can book a Celebrity, Azamara or Royal Caribbean cruise at fares up to 20 percent off the best prevailing rate on select sailings.
Guests traveling in the same stateroom also are eligible to receive the special rate. Police officers and firefighters will be asked to provide valid proof of employment (badge or police officer/firefighter ID card) when booking and upon boarding the ship. For Royal Caribbean, call 800-327-2056 or visit www.cruisingpower.com (travel agents only). For Celebrity, call 800-437-3111 or visit www.celebritycruises.com . For Azamara, call 877-222-2526 (travel agents only) or visit www.azamaracruises.com.
Princess Course on Escorting Groups
The course outlines the escort’s role in the success of a group and explains how a good escort can help build new levels of profitability. Drawing from the knowledge of Princess’ sales experts, the course also offers tips on planning, budgeting, marketing, making the most of the onboard experience and the best ways to follow up after the cruise.
The Escorting Groups course is part of Princess Academy’s new Sale Strategies series, featuring practical and easy tactics to aid home based travel agents in boosting sales and growing their businesses. Additional resources to help agent manage group bookings include Princess Groups Alert Email, a group reservation function at Polar Online and Amenity Points. For more information, call 800-421-1700 or visit www.onesourcecruises.com.
The Escorting Groups course is part of Princess Academy’s new Sale Strategies series, featuring practical and easy tactics to aid home based travel agents in boosting sales and growing their businesses. Additional resources to help agent manage group bookings include Princess Groups Alert Email, a group reservation function at Polar Online and Amenity Points. For more information, call 800-421-1700 or visit www.onesourcecruises.com.
Thursday
Travel Guard Expands Trip Cancellation Coverage
Effective immediately, Travel Guard is expanding coverage for full trip cancellation due to involuntary termination and/or layoff to each of its four core travel insurance plans. On core plans, employees need only one year of continuous work with the same company, and there are no limitations on departure dates.
The enhanced coverage for involuntary termination and/or layoff is now available with each of Travel Guard’s four core plans, the most popular plans sold through travel agencies: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Basic. Because the plans also feature unlimited departure dates, the coverage applies to trips in 2009 and beyond, providing agencies with a tool to close travel bookings in 2009 and beyond.
Travel agents are able to offer and sell Travel Guard’s complete family of travel insurance and assistance services plans to their clients via the AgentLink portion of www.travelguard.com or Travel Guard’s exclusive ezTips desktop interface. For more information, call 800-826-1300 or visit www.travelguard.com/info/sellTG
The enhanced coverage for involuntary termination and/or layoff is now available with each of Travel Guard’s four core plans, the most popular plans sold through travel agencies: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Basic. Because the plans also feature unlimited departure dates, the coverage applies to trips in 2009 and beyond, providing agencies with a tool to close travel bookings in 2009 and beyond.
Travel agents are able to offer and sell Travel Guard’s complete family of travel insurance and assistance services plans to their clients via the AgentLink portion of www.travelguard.com or Travel Guard’s exclusive ezTips desktop interface. For more information, call 800-826-1300 or visit www.travelguard.com/info/sellTG
GOGO Plans Learning Conference
GOGO Worldwide Vacations set the date for its next GOGO Learning Conference, which will be held May 14 to 18 at the Vallarta Palace in Riviera Nayarit.
Travel agents in attendance will have the opportunity to network at a supplier trade show and participate in hotel site-inspections. To download the application, visit www.gogowwv.com
Travel agents in attendance will have the opportunity to network at a supplier trade show and participate in hotel site-inspections. To download the application, visit www.gogowwv.com
Princess Creates Weddings Course for Travel Agents
Princess Cruises’ Princess Academy is launching a new weddings course that offers home based travel agents information on the line’s “Tie the Knot” program for weddings, vow renewals and honeymoons at sea.
The course provides travel agents with sales tips and background on Princess’ onboard romance activities, including the renewal of vows program, honeymoon and anniversary packages, and the “Engagement Under the Stars” option where proposals are shown on the ship’s big outdoor movie screen.
Princess offers a range of destination wedding choices and is one of the few lines to offer ceremonies at sea performed by the ship’s captain. Ceremonies also can be held in port before departure and in ports of call.
Princess Academy helps home based travel agents build their business by becoming experts on a range of topics, earning their “stripes” as they progress through four levels: First Officer, Staff Captain, Captain and finally Commodore. They also earn rewards, including onboard perks and eligibility for a graduation cruise. For more information, call 800-421-1700 or visit www.onesourcecruises.com.
The course provides travel agents with sales tips and background on Princess’ onboard romance activities, including the renewal of vows program, honeymoon and anniversary packages, and the “Engagement Under the Stars” option where proposals are shown on the ship’s big outdoor movie screen.
Princess offers a range of destination wedding choices and is one of the few lines to offer ceremonies at sea performed by the ship’s captain. Ceremonies also can be held in port before departure and in ports of call.
Princess Academy helps home based travel agents build their business by becoming experts on a range of topics, earning their “stripes” as they progress through four levels: First Officer, Staff Captain, Captain and finally Commodore. They also earn rewards, including onboard perks and eligibility for a graduation cruise. For more information, call 800-421-1700 or visit www.onesourcecruises.com.
Monday
Add More Content To Your Website
Several Suppliers are now alowing Home Based Travel Agents to add the suppliers content to your website.
Disney World is one such supplier that allows you to create a customized content site showcasing information about Disney Destinations. This content site can then be hot-linked from your travel Web site.
Members of Home Based Travel Agents can easley add hot-links to their websites.
Companies that are alowing agents to add hotlinks are: Disney, Supper Clubs, Sandles, Funjet, Pleasant Holidays, Globus/Cosmos/Monograms and Auto Europe.
Disney World is one such supplier that allows you to create a customized content site showcasing information about Disney Destinations. This content site can then be hot-linked from your travel Web site.
Members of Home Based Travel Agents can easley add hot-links to their websites.
Companies that are alowing agents to add hotlinks are: Disney, Supper Clubs, Sandles, Funjet, Pleasant Holidays, Globus/Cosmos/Monograms and Auto Europe.
Thursday
MSC Offers Theme Cruises
MSC Cruises is offering eight theme cruises on MSC Poesia during the 2009-10 Caribbean season focusing on baseball, Big Band and the polka. “The complimentary theme cruise activities give guests the opportunity to immerse themselves in a favorite subject or introduce themselves to something new.
Cruise-only rates begin at $549 per person, double occupancy (government fees and taxes additional).
During the “Baseball Greats” sailing, former Major League Baseball players sail. The theme cruise includes free guest/player activities, including a player-hosted baseball trivia game, question-and-answer sessions with the players, a guest pitching contest and a story-telling session by players. Players will also host pitching, hitting, fielding and base-running clinics. Perhaps the most popular activity is the free autograph session at the end of the cruise.
Baseball theme cruises are scheduled as follows: Nov. 20, 10-night Southern Caribbean; Jan. 16 and Feb. 6, seven-night Western Caribbean; March 6 and April 3, 2010, seven-night Eastern Caribbean. The guests on these itineraries will be announced at a later date.
The 15-piece Les DeMerle Big Band, with vocalist Bonnie Eisele, will be featured on two sailings. Drummer Les DeMerle has toured and recorded with the Harry James Big Band and Wayne Newton; the band has also accompanied Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., The Manhattan Transfer, Mel Torme and Al Jarreau.
In addition to its performances, the band will present a Big Band Jazz Concert and conduct a lecture on the Big Band Era. The Big Band theme will be presented on the 10-night Dec. 10 Western Caribbean voyage and the seven-night Feb. 27 Western Caribbean departure.
A polka cruise is scheduled for the Jan. 9 seven-night Eastern Caribbean sailing. Two polka bands will be onboard -- John Stevens Double Shot, a Pennsylvania-based group, and Joe Stanky and the Cadets. For more information, visit www.MSCCruisesUSA.com.
Cruise-only rates begin at $549 per person, double occupancy (government fees and taxes additional).
During the “Baseball Greats” sailing, former Major League Baseball players sail. The theme cruise includes free guest/player activities, including a player-hosted baseball trivia game, question-and-answer sessions with the players, a guest pitching contest and a story-telling session by players. Players will also host pitching, hitting, fielding and base-running clinics. Perhaps the most popular activity is the free autograph session at the end of the cruise.
Baseball theme cruises are scheduled as follows: Nov. 20, 10-night Southern Caribbean; Jan. 16 and Feb. 6, seven-night Western Caribbean; March 6 and April 3, 2010, seven-night Eastern Caribbean. The guests on these itineraries will be announced at a later date.
The 15-piece Les DeMerle Big Band, with vocalist Bonnie Eisele, will be featured on two sailings. Drummer Les DeMerle has toured and recorded with the Harry James Big Band and Wayne Newton; the band has also accompanied Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., The Manhattan Transfer, Mel Torme and Al Jarreau.
In addition to its performances, the band will present a Big Band Jazz Concert and conduct a lecture on the Big Band Era. The Big Band theme will be presented on the 10-night Dec. 10 Western Caribbean voyage and the seven-night Feb. 27 Western Caribbean departure.
A polka cruise is scheduled for the Jan. 9 seven-night Eastern Caribbean sailing. Two polka bands will be onboard -- John Stevens Double Shot, a Pennsylvania-based group, and Joe Stanky and the Cadets. For more information, visit www.MSCCruisesUSA.com.
Wednesday
China Webinar
Join our Asia by Goway webinar to learn 'what's new' for 2009 and discover for yourself how exotic and rewarding selling China by Goway can be.
China is a land of towering mountains and epic landscapes - background scenery to the fall of dynasties, the rise of emperors and the turning of the revolutionary wheel.
The Odyssey of China
Thursday March 19 at 1pm - 2pm Eastern Standard Time (12PM Central Time, 11AM Mountain Time, 10AM Pacific Time)
Click Here
China is a land of towering mountains and epic landscapes - background scenery to the fall of dynasties, the rise of emperors and the turning of the revolutionary wheel.
The Odyssey of China
Thursday March 19 at 1pm - 2pm Eastern Standard Time (12PM Central Time, 11AM Mountain Time, 10AM Pacific Time)
Click Here
Saturday
Funjet Agent Connection
1. Tax Refund Sale - Last Week to Book!
Hurry, the Tax Refund Sale has been shortened - now through March 12th, your clients receive kids free offers, upgrades, free nights and more! Vacation package prices start as low as 3 nights from $254.99. Send out an Easy E-mail or our passalong postcard to your clients. Turn their tax refund into something unforgettable. Tax Refund Sale Flyer
Tax Refund Sale Pricing: Excel
AdobeTax Refund Sale Passalong PostcardEasy E-mailer Tool - Use our "Tax Refund Sale" header to create and send your email!
2. NEW! Exclusive Deals on Tours & Excursions
Buy one, get one free on select tours for your clients when you book by March 31st. Select tours available in Aruba, Cancun, Costa Rica, Los Cabos, and Punta Cana. Plus, receive an agent bonus - every booking qualifies you for two FREE air seats.
Exclusive Deals on Tours & Excursions Flyer
3. Funjet Vacation's Travel Stimulus Package just got Better!
New $200 Deposit on Bulk Scheduled Air-Inclusive VacationsNow for only $200 per person, your clients can pur a deposit down that applies to most Bulk air fare via Funjet Vacation's wide selection of scheduled airlines with full payment due 45 days from departure. This feature is another Travel Agent Exclusive Benefit to help you close the sale and lock-in your clients vacations today. View our flyer below for full details.Update to our Travel Stimulus Package
To learn more about the Travel Stimulus Package, click here.
Travel Stimulus Package Enhancement!
Use our Houston & Detroit Auto Price MatchWe now have a new Auto Price Match on like packages for Houston and Detroit via select air carriers. View the flyers below for more details.Houston Auto Price Match DetailsDetroit Auto Price Match Details
Nationwide & Origin 'Ultra' Promo Codes for Great Deals
Looking to book your clients on our air/hotel vacations? Do you have clients looking for great deals to Cancun for this summer? Use one of our 'Ultra' Promo Codes to receive some of our deepest discounts!Promo Code Grid - View all available 'Ultra' Promo Codes
4. Airline Fare Sales!
Book American Airlines now - 3/31/09 for select travel dates and save up to 33% off round-trip airfare, and also a travel agent exclusive chance to win two free seats!American Airlines Fare Sale Flyer
5. Agent Marketing Tools
Easy E-Mailer Training Video
Easy E-mailer Informational Flyer
E-Brochure Training Video
E-Brochure Sales Tool
E-Brochure Informational Flyer
Passalong Postcards
Nationwide Pricing Grid Tip
Hurry, the Tax Refund Sale has been shortened - now through March 12th, your clients receive kids free offers, upgrades, free nights and more! Vacation package prices start as low as 3 nights from $254.99. Send out an Easy E-mail or our passalong postcard to your clients. Turn their tax refund into something unforgettable. Tax Refund Sale Flyer
Tax Refund Sale Pricing: Excel
AdobeTax Refund Sale Passalong PostcardEasy E-mailer Tool - Use our "Tax Refund Sale" header to create and send your email!
2. NEW! Exclusive Deals on Tours & Excursions
Buy one, get one free on select tours for your clients when you book by March 31st. Select tours available in Aruba, Cancun, Costa Rica, Los Cabos, and Punta Cana. Plus, receive an agent bonus - every booking qualifies you for two FREE air seats.
Exclusive Deals on Tours & Excursions Flyer
3. Funjet Vacation's Travel Stimulus Package just got Better!
New $200 Deposit on Bulk Scheduled Air-Inclusive VacationsNow for only $200 per person, your clients can pur a deposit down that applies to most Bulk air fare via Funjet Vacation's wide selection of scheduled airlines with full payment due 45 days from departure. This feature is another Travel Agent Exclusive Benefit to help you close the sale and lock-in your clients vacations today. View our flyer below for full details.Update to our Travel Stimulus Package
To learn more about the Travel Stimulus Package, click here.
Travel Stimulus Package Enhancement!
Use our Houston & Detroit Auto Price MatchWe now have a new Auto Price Match on like packages for Houston and Detroit via select air carriers. View the flyers below for more details.Houston Auto Price Match DetailsDetroit Auto Price Match Details
Nationwide & Origin 'Ultra' Promo Codes for Great Deals
Looking to book your clients on our air/hotel vacations? Do you have clients looking for great deals to Cancun for this summer? Use one of our 'Ultra' Promo Codes to receive some of our deepest discounts!Promo Code Grid - View all available 'Ultra' Promo Codes
4. Airline Fare Sales!
Book American Airlines now - 3/31/09 for select travel dates and save up to 33% off round-trip airfare, and also a travel agent exclusive chance to win two free seats!American Airlines Fare Sale Flyer
5. Agent Marketing Tools
Easy E-Mailer Training Video
Easy E-mailer Informational Flyer
E-Brochure Training Video
E-Brochure Sales Tool
E-Brochure Informational Flyer
Passalong Postcards
Nationwide Pricing Grid Tip
Tuesday
7 night Caribbean Cruise Travel Agent FAM
MSC ORCHESTRA West Caribbean March 21, 2009
$280*inside , $350 Ocean Vew, $560 Balcony
MSC ORCHESTRA East Caribbean March 28, 2009
$280*inside , $350 Ocean Vew, $560 Balcony
MSC ORCHESTRAWest Caribbean April 4, 2009
$280*inside , $350 Ocean Vew, $560 Balcony
MSC ORCHESTRA East Caribbean April 11, 2009
$280*inside , $350 Ocean Vew, $560 Balcony
MSC ORCHESTRA East Caribbean April 18, 2009
$280*inside , $350 Ocean Vew, $560 Balcony
To Book: Simply download form, fill-out and fax. You will receive an e-mail confirmation within 48 hours of receiving your request.
Due to heavy phone volume, it is recommended that you contact us via e-mail for any questions you may have: salesservice@msccruisesusa.com
$280*inside , $350 Ocean Vew, $560 Balcony
MSC ORCHESTRA East Caribbean March 28, 2009
$280*inside , $350 Ocean Vew, $560 Balcony
MSC ORCHESTRAWest Caribbean April 4, 2009
$280*inside , $350 Ocean Vew, $560 Balcony
MSC ORCHESTRA East Caribbean April 11, 2009
$280*inside , $350 Ocean Vew, $560 Balcony
MSC ORCHESTRA East Caribbean April 18, 2009
$280*inside , $350 Ocean Vew, $560 Balcony
To Book: Simply download form, fill-out and fax. You will receive an e-mail confirmation within 48 hours of receiving your request.
Due to heavy phone volume, it is recommended that you contact us via e-mail for any questions you may have: salesservice@msccruisesusa.com
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