Recommend April 2018 - 12

TOURISM NT

TRAVELtalk
Michelle Marie Arean

Nitmiluk Gorge in Australia's Northern Territory.

Helping you sell travel means providing you with the right tools-
everything from new agent portals to online training modules.
New Agent Portal
Star Clippers has debuted a new and
upgraded travel agent portal. The new
portal offers educational and marketing
tools that help you sell Star Clippers in the
Caribbean, the Med, and Asia. It features a
calendar listing of Star Clippers promotions;
a resource library with tools such as photo
and video collections, customizable flyers,
links to online and printable brochures, and
downloadable logos and deck plans; training
tools with links to webinars, travel partner
programs, upcoming events and training
programs; and charter and group materials
such as brochures on charter and incentive
travel, plus online quote request forms.

Destinations Reward Agent$
Australia's Northern Territory is gifting
agents who book four nights or more in the
destination a $100 gift card. The area, often
referred to as "Australia's Outback," is home
to the Uluru (Ayers Rock), and Kakadu
National Park-the largest in Australia;
and is also popular for Aboriginal cultural
tourism. Northern Territory bookings must be
made with one of the participating wholesale
partners-Springboard, Down Under
Answers, Goway, Aspire Downunder,
Travel 2, and Qantas Vacations-to qualify
for the incentive. In order to redeem the

Win a Bucket List Trip

The Wellness Factor

Contact Information

The booming wellness tourism sector has its
own organization-the Wellness Tourism

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Association (WTA). This not-for-profit,
privately held organization, created by a
group of wellness industry executives, is
setting out to help further define the industry,
plus educate consumers to identify legitimate
and credible wellness suppliers and operators.
It also serves as a network for members of
the wellness tourism industry. Membership
to WTA will be open to qualifying travel
advisors, destination marketing organizations,
hotels and resorts, destination spas, tour
operators, wellness educators, and others.

gift card, agents must complete the Aussie
Specialist Northern Territory training module
to become an NT expert (previous module
completions do apply). Once complete,
agents must book four nights (with deposits
made) in the Northern Territory now
through July 1, 2018 with the full payment
made by Dec. 31, 2018.
On the other side of the world, the Los
Angeles Tourism & Convention Board has
launched L.A. Insider, a new online training
tool that gives you tips on how to better sell
the city and stay up-to-date with its latest
offerings. The L.A. Insider gives agents
access to L.A. Tourism's marketing assets,
sales collateral including fact sheets, maps,
and videos, plus tours of local neighborhoods
via virtual reality. There will also be updated
information on Los Angeles International
Airport's multi-billion-dollar modernization
program including multimedia assets that
will be added as they're available. Agents
who complete the L.A. Insider training will
also get access to discounts and specials
around the city, plus the opportunity to
participate in FAMs, and be entered to win a
trip to one of L.A.'s awards shows.

Adventure tour operator Exodus Travels is
giving you the chance to win one of six trips
with its Bucket List Bingo program, running
through June 30, 2018. Each time an agent
books a new client on a trip that corresponds
with a tile on the Bucket List Bingo card,
they get to cross that tile off. The first five
people to complete a full line will win one of
these six trips: Antarctic Explorer, A Taste of
Peru, Highlights of Northern India, Galapagos
Islands, Classic Tanzania Safari, and Hawaii
Islands Adventure. ■

Australia's Northern Territory: northernterritory.com
Exodus Travels: exodustravels.com/agentbingo
Los Angeles Tourism: insider.discoverlosangeles.com
Star Clippers: starclippers.com
Wellness Tourism Association:
wellnesstourismassociation.org
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http://www.northernterritory.com http://www.exodustravels.com/agentbingo http://insider.discoverlosangeles.com http://www.starclippers.com http://www.recmd.it/AgentTools http://www.wellnesstourismassociation.org http://www.recommend.com
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