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WIN AN EPIC ADVENTURE FOR FOUR TO PERU – WITH FLIGHTS! Who will you bring? Who among your friends and family will accept the challenge of changing the world simply by having the time of their life? gadventures.com.au Terms and conditions apply. Visit website for more details. LoveAwaits Wednesday 2nd November 2016 Win a trip to Peru! Crystal Yacht rebrand G ADVENTURES is offering the itravel affiliate program LUXURY cruise and hospitality travel trade a chance to win a EXCLUSIVE gives agents, whether retail or brand Crystal has announced it’s trip for four people to Peru for its THE evolution of Sydney-based mobile, the ability to work and changing the identity of its Crystal eight-day Inca Discovery as part retail travel firm itravel continues, use our buying power.” Yacht Cruises brand to Crystal of a new competition. with the company launching a Labroski said Link provided a Yacht Expedition Cruises. The “epic adventure of a brand new affiliate program to “generous offering”, with 1-year The rebrand capitalises on the lifetime” includes flights from lure potential new members. contracts for agency flexibility. recent completion of Crystal Australia to Peru and is valued at Dubbed ‘Link’ (and carrying “We are really trying to make Serenity’s Northwest Passage more than $43,700. the familiar green it as easy as possible for voyage and extensive research by Entry requires no purchase or dotted ‘i’), the initiative people to look at what else the line which found about 70% payment - see the cover wrap. undertaken by itravel is out there in the market. of current guests had a “strong founder Steve Labroski “It’s not necessarily interest” in expedition cruising. ...or a Variety cruise! has been developed to always about how much Crystal’s three new build enable agents to take advantage money they are going to make on expedition mega-yachts including THIS month Travel Daily of itravel’s buying power. overrides, but more about how Crystal Endeavor, will all be partners with Variety Cruises and Labroski created his mobile they are going to stay relevant, encompassed under the new ID. Discover the World to give agents agent business in 2008, then save money and grow,” he said. a chance to win a fabulous yacht established the itravel home- Membership set-up will only Topdeck Aus Discovery experience in Europe. based agency arm 2.5 years ago, take a few weeks for potential TOPDECK is introducing a range Every day in Nov, TD will ask a and has since diversified to offer Link agencies, with Labroski of new ‘Discovery’ style tours to different question, which agents a franchise model, driven by saying “we don’t just want its collection in Australia. must correctly answer to be in demand from agents seeking new numbers. It’s about finding the Discovery itineraries are the running to win the Glories of opportunities (TD 22 Aug 13). right individuals to fit our model targeted at small groups and are Spain and Portugal cruise on MS His business has grown from 15- that we can work with to grow of five days’ length, “purpose Panorama II - details on page six. 20 agents seven years ago to be their business & in-turn increase built to showcase regional over 100 nationwide in 18 stores, our buying strength”. adventures”. Today’s issue of TD turning over more than $100m, He told Travel Daily the goal is Initial destinations include Travel Daily today has six he told TD this morning. to have a network of 20-30 Link Sydney, Darwin, Cairns and Uluru. pages of news and photos, What entices new members, members to complement the The program aspires to “re- a front cover page for G Labroski says, is itravel’s sharing existing business and growing the invigorate the Australian product Adventures, plus full a page of overrides and transparency. number to a maximum of 100. range, tap into new markets and from: (click) Link is the next step in growth. For enquiries on Link, contact provide a product for today’s • AA Appointments jobs “Link is a simple product. It Labroski at [email protected]. young traveller”, the firm said. 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The loss follows this week’s A 13% reduction in int’l ANTARCTICA Qantas Q1 result in which it available seat kilometres was & THE ARCTIC revealed a 3% decline in revenue mainly due to the removal of (TD Mon), while still forecasting a some Bali services and the BROCHURE IS first half pre-tax profit of $800- airline’s Abu Dhabi services. OUT NOW $850 million. Tigerair Australia domestic and Virgin recorded an underlying int’l revenue pax increased 8.6%. loss before tax of $3.6 million, down $12.1 million on the same Cruising lifts economy period last year, saying it had been impacted by subdued THE Australasian cruise industry trading conditions, particularly in contributed almost $4.6 billion to the domestic market. the economy last year, up 27%. 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