<Celestyal Cruises has extended its travel agent booking incentive until the end of August. The incentive offers a £20 voucher for a meal at The Real Greek for every 2022 and 2023 booking made. There is no limit to the number of bookings, so the more Celestyal cruises agents book, the more vouchers they can earn. All bookings must be made before August 31, 2022, and claimed by September 10, 2022. To claim their vouchers, agents should email tradesupport@celestyal.com.
Agents who reserve AmaWaterways sailings on any 2022 Europe, Mekong, Africa or Egypt river cruise before September 30, 2022, will receive a £200 Love2Shop voucher once the final payment has been made. For solo travellers, travel agents can earn £100 for reserving a single occupancy stateroom. The luxury river cruise line is also offering customers a range of discounts to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
MSC Cruises is giving agents the chance to win a set of luggage and a packing consultation for their guest. Agents need to book a passenger onboard MSC Virtuosa for sailings between April 29 and November 4, 2022, to be automatically entered into the prize draw. Visit the MSC Cruises Agent Facebook Page for more details.
The CroisiEurope Sales Challenge runs until December 31, 2022, and gives all UK travel agents the chance to earn points which can be exchanged for trips ranging from a two-night hotel break in the UK to a safari-cruise in Southern Africa. To join the challenge, agents should register here. Agents will automatically receive 250 points when their registration is validated. Points will be based on turnover: for example, if an agent sells a cruise with a value of £699, they will receive 699 points. Bonus points will be on offer throughout the challenge which participating agents will be advised about.
Ambassador Cruise Line is running an agent concession for its 2022/2023 maiden voyages onboard Ambience, enabling agents to book a cabin from £40 per night. To book, email them or call 0808 102 8207.
Enter your Cunard fare bookings to play the line’s online deck game and earn Shine points. Combine Cunard and P&O Cruises Shine points to choose from a selection of rewards, including beauty products, the latest technology and electronics, or even a cruise. Redeem your Shine points to pay for 25 per cent, 50 per cent or 100 per cent of a Cunard voyage. Find out more at Shinerewardsclub.com.
Encourage a travel agent friend to sign-up to Cruise Adviser and we’ll enter you in a prize draw to win a £50 Amazon voucher. Make sure they enter your details when asked for a reference name. If you’re not subscribed, do so here.
With River Rewards & More, travel agents can earn luxury gifts for every Scenic and Emerald Cruises booking they make. The more river cruises, escorted tours or ocean cruises they book, the higher the rewards, with the chance of earning bonus points. Find out more at riverrewards.cruises.
Riviera Travel has made two appointments to its agency sales team.
Martin Page has joined the company as a new key account manager. Martin will be field-based and manage a number of accounts, to help them grow their Riviera Travel business and develop new relationships.
Ashley Walker will be re-joining Riviera as agency sales administrator. Ashely will be office-based, and cover off agent questions and enquiries. Walker will work alongside Darren Mussell, assistant manager agency sales, and the on-the-road Riviera team, to help grow the firm’s group business.
Martin was previously strategic account manager at Classic Package Holidays. Prior to this, he was business development manager for trade sales at Attraction Tickets.
Ashley briefly left Riviera to work outside of travel. He originally joined in 2016 as a travel consultant and worked his way up to account manager.
Martin and Ashley will report into Thomas Morgan, head of agency sales UK & Ireland. Riviera’s trade team is now eight-strong.
Martin said: “It’s an exciting time to be joining the Riviera Travel team; with a well-established portfolio, I can proudly go to our agent partners armed with award-winning product. I can’t wait to be back out on the road.”
Tom said: “‘I am delighted to have Martin and Ashley joining the agency sales team. Martin is well-known and respected amongst agents and will be a massive asset. We have worked with Ashley before and know how good he is, so are thrilled he is re-joining. The addition of both is a real testament to our continued support for the trade.
“We have seen encouraging growth this year and want to make sure we have the resources available to help agents develop their river cruise and escorted tour business.”