The success of Australia’s new promotional campaign, launched Monday at the Australian Tourism Exchange in Adelaide, Australia, will depend heavily on travel agents, according to Andrew McEvoy, managing director of Tourism Australia. Two days after the launch at the Australia Tourism Exchange in Adelaide, McEvoy told Travel Pulse that the new website that is the centerpiece of the campaign is designed to work closely with travel agents.
PATA is renewing the call for a Thailand tourism recovery campaign that seeks to rebuild international consumer confidence.
Guyana and its South American neighbor Venezuela are in discussions to commence direct flight shortly as part of a plan for strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries.
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is set to bring 3,000 travel agents to the island in a series of fam trips that will take place throughout June and then later this fall as one of several initiatives planned to counter any potential tourism downturn due to the recent violence in Kingston. The fam trips will start this month, but stop in July and August because airlines are full.
The St. Maarten Tourist Bureau is reporting that overall air arrivals to the destination are up 7.9 percent for the first quarter of 2010 versus the same timeframe in 2009. Visitors from the United States rose 6.4 percent for the first quarter of 2010 versus 2009. The first quarter of 2010 also saw a boost in hotel occupancy by 5.7 percent.
Travel Impressions added Australia, New Zealand and Fiji to its product line. As an introductory offer, Travel Impressions is offering a $150 American Express Gift Cheque on each reservation of a minimum of seven nights and the Cancel For Any Reason Waiver.