Hotels
Resorts Update: Outrigger, RIU, Karisma & More
When the world is ready to travel again from Outrigger Hospitality Group on Vimeo. Outrigger Hotels & Resorts has just released a new “Video of Hope” for the travel industry. The hotel company also recently launched #OutriggerCARES as a global platform to provide support for its internal team as well as offer resources and aid to the communities in which the brand operates. Localized care ranges from housing healthcare heroes in Hawaii to delivering meals in Mauritius and donating personal protective equipment to a hospital in Phuket. Looking forward, Outrigger...
Virtual Fams From Sandals Resorts
Sandals Resorts has introduced a new four-part series of virtual fam trips created exclusively for Canadian agents, and allowing them to visit Sandals and Beaches Resorts across the Caribbean – from the comfort of their own home. The sessions -- which began yesterday (May 11) and featured Montego Bay and Negril -- are just 45 minutes long, but will provide agents with a wealth of product knowledge by showcasing accommodations and amenities at each resort they visit, along with useful tips that agents can use in their own client presentations. The inaugural series of virtual fam...
Sandals Goes Platinum With Health, Safety Measures
For nearly 40 years, Sandals Resorts has continuously implemented and strengthened health and safety protocols to ensure guests are able to enjoy their Caribbean vacation worry-free. In preparation to welcome guests back to the beauty and warmth of the Caribbean, the company today introduced Sandals Platinum Protocols of Cleanliness, building on its existing industry-leading practices to guarantee cleanliness standards and heightened health and safety measures that address changing consumer expectations amidst COVID-19. Gordon “Butch” Stewart, Founder and Chairman of Sandals...
Discover Palladium TV
Palladium Hotel Group has launched Palladium TV - a new television channel with exclusive programming to inspire travellers and enable them to continue to explore while they are at home. The project, which was initially intended for the televisions of the group’s 48 hotels, is now being made available online, completely free of charge and accessible in English from any device via Palladium Hotel Group’s corporate YouTube channel and on the Palladium TV website. Available for the next three months, Palladium TV will have a wide variety of audio-visual content focusing on life...
Club Med Celebrates Travel Advisors All Month Long
Club Med is celebrating Travel Advisor Appreciation Day by honouring the dedication and professionalism of its valued travel partners with a month-long event, for the fifth year in a row. “In this particular context, it is vitally important for us to thank and support the travel advisors. We take all opportunities to stay connected with our community of valued travel partners – even if only digitally, as we have had to adapt to the current reality - for the Travel Advisor Appreciation Month. We have always worked hand in hand and will continue to do so more than ever,” explains...
More Appreciation For Agents
Tourism Ireland is offering up a big thank you to travel agents all across Canada for their support and partnership. When the time is right, we look forward to getting out and meeting in person to share the world-famous ‘céad míle fáilte - ‘a hundred thousand welcomes.’ Tourism Ireland offers a number of support programs for agents, including: The Ireland Specialist Program Content Library: 45K video and images free to use Ireland Insiders Facebook Group - Exclusive to Travel Agents Sign up to our monthly e-zine for updates on events, fams and...
Agents Are Top Priority For Sandals And Beaches
Sandals Resorts International is extending a heartfelt “thank you” to their trusted partners in the travel advisor community on Travel Agent Appreciation Day here in Canada. Sandals and Beaches have always believed in the value of a travel advisor and developed several programs that aimed to strengthen that partnership. And to showcase their unwavering support during these unprecedented times, the resort company has made significant changes to their Travel Advisor programs to extend their gratitude in response to COVID-19. Gary Sadler, senior vice-president of sales at Unique...
Sandals Looks Back, So Agents Can Leap Forward
Sandals Resorts has retooled and rereleased some of their most popular webinars, created exclusively for Canadian travel agents. These carefully curated webinars will help agents brush up on important skills and strategies, especially critical to have during and after the current pandemic. Agents who participate in all three webinars – in sequence – will automatically be entered for a chance to win one of several three-night, land-only stays to a Sandals or Beaches resort. Maureen Barnes-Smith, director of sales & marketing for Unique Vacations...