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NEWS
QATAR AIRWAYS TO INCREASE SERVICES FROM EDINBURGH AIRPORT
Qatar Airways has announced that it will increase services on its Edinburgh to Doha route in 2023. The airline will operate ten flights each week on a B787-800 type aircraft, commencing this February.
Kate Sherry, Aviation Director at Edinburgh Airport, said: “This increase in frequency is a real show of faith in the Edinburgh market and we’re looking forward to working with Qatar Airways to further enhance and develop this important route to Doha in the future.
“Offering passengers choice is something that’s really important to us at Edinburgh, and these additional flights will open up Qatar and onward connectivity to even more people in 2023.”
The increase in frequency will see Qatar provide a daily afternoon service between Edinburgh and Doha and a morning service on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
TITAN TRAVEL LAUNCHES
NEW TRADE INCENTIVES
Titan Travel’s February agent incentives include Lifestyle vouchers and the chance to win one of four cabins onboard a Titan River cruise.
Agents who complete a booking via Titan’s online trade portal between 1st – 28th February will qualify to receive a £20 Lifestyle voucher and for every new offline booking made in February, agents will receive £10. All vouchers will be sent to agents automatically in March 2023.
Titan has also launched a special ‘Cabins for Agents’ prize draw for February, with the chance to win a cabin onboard its 8-day Enchanting Danube - Budapest to Vienna river cruise, departing 9th October 2023. Prize includes all meals onboard, drinks and four excursions, as well as Titan’s VIP door-to-door travel service and return international flights.
Agents who make a new 2023 Titan River booking onboard MS River Discovery II or MS Serenade 1 between 01 – 28 February will be in with a chance of winning and each new booking qualifies for one draw entry, so the more river cruises booked, the greater chance of winning.
ALL AT SEA
with Alli G
Allison Graham
Read the latest news from Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
Hello again everyone.
I can’t believe we’re nearly a full two months into this year already and what a super year for sales we’ve been having so far! As the evenings are gradually becoming lighter and 2023 kicks into motion, it’s a great time to look towards what we’ve got coming up this year.
Our current February offer includes selected cruises
from £599 per person, or £899 for solo travellers - plus a free drinks package or free onboard spending for cruises departing in 2023 and is still available until 28th February.
In some exciting news, last year marine charity ORCA made more than 4,400 wildlife sightings from our ships with the most frequent wildlife spotted being the common dolphin - which was spotted 296 times.
For your wildlife loving customers, ORCA will be on 16 cruises this year with departures from Rosyth including a 7-night scenic Isles of Scotland in June or a 15-night rugged and remote Spitsbergen with the Midnight Sun in July.
And for those who love to have something to look forward to, just this month we’ve unveiled our first cruise from the new brochure, an exciting 20-night cultural Adriatic discovery. Make sure to pop 8th March in your diaries - this is when our full programme of itineraries for 2024-25 will be launched and available to our Oceans Members.
For more information on Fred. Olsen’s Cruise Sale, promotional assets and the latest news, visit their dedicated Travel Agent Centre or search for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines – Trade Team on Facebook.
See you next month and happy selling!
Alli G
USEFUL CONTACTS
To contact Alli, or for agent support, please contact our Sales Support team on 01473 746164
or email cruise.sales@fredolsen.co.uk
For help with marketing tools and support, contact the Trade Marketing team: trade.marketing@fredolsen.co.uk
Visit our Travel Agent Centre:
www.fredolsencruises.com/agent
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