Agent competitions and special deals
Colorado has launched a dedicated trade Facebook page to interact with and assist travel agents. The page has information, updates on regular news, selling tips and trade incentives. Agents who become a ‘friend’ on July 4th will get the chance to win a solar powered rucksack from Crosskase worth £140.
Holidaymakers going to Miami can celebrate 4th July, and the rest of the month, with some pampering. Miami Spa Month started on 1 July with special treatments at discount prices. Run by the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB), the event runs until 31 August and is in its fifth year. For an up-to-date list of participating spas, click here.
Agents are being invited to become a friend of Kissimmee’s trade website on July 4th. As an incentive, the tourist board is running a competition to win Kissimmee ‘goodies’ to anyone who signs up on 4th July. Click here for your chance.
Adventure travel specialist Explore is offering £250 off its Yosemite and Grand Canyon tour leaving on August 18. At a new price from £2,826 per person, the 19-night tour visits Yosemite, Zion and Arches national parks as well as San Francisco and Las Vegas. It includes return flights, transport, accommodation and a tour leader.
Morgans Hotel Group has created a special Olympian package for July 27-30 at its hotels in New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles. From $320 (£206) per night, each Olympian package includes a 2breakfast of champions2 and access to one of two high impact workout regimes during their stay.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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