Brand USA unveils destinations for seventh UK MegaFam
Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona has been chosen for the finale celebration of this year’s Brand USA UK & Ireland MegaFam 2019.
The fam trip, held in partnership with American Airlines and British Airways, takes place from May 9-17 and will see 100 travel agents from the UK and Ireland on seven itineraries across the USA.
This is the seventh successive year the Brand USA UK & Ireland MegaFam has taken place.
For 2019, in a MegaFam first, Brand USA will include two US territories – Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands – on the ‘Tropical Territories: Sunsets and Salsa’ itinerary.
The other new itineraries for 2019 are:
– Southern Sights: Heritage and Hospitality – Visiting South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama
– Summits and Cities: East Coast Exploration – Visiting Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York State – Wild West: Peaks and Plains – Visiting Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota
– Mid-Atlantic Memories: Hotspots and History – Visiting Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia
– Western Wonders: Valleys and Vistas – Visiting California and Arizona
– Cowboy Country: Cities and Cultures – Visiting Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri
To be eligible for a place on the MegaFam, travel agents in the UK and Ireland must book travellers on American Airlines and BA flights to the US during the entry period from December 3 2018 until March 29 2019.
They must also visit Brand USA’s official agent training site, USADiscoveryProgram.co.uk, and complete the mandatory MegaFam Airlines 2019 badge.
To enter the MegaFam, please visit USADiscoveryProgram.co.uk/MegaFam.
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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