Photo courtesy of Samoa Tourism

Travel agents with clients looking to explore beyond their comfort zone might just consider selling Samoa. To help encourage exploration, Samoa Tourism has teamed up with Goway Travel to create two travel agent incentives.

Among the incentives, one lucky travel agent and a companion will win a free trip to trip to Samoa, including seven nights at a local resort and roundtrip airfare with Fiji Airways from Los Angeles. Agents selling any package to Goway’s collection of island destinations (Fiji, Tahiti, Cook Islands, Maldives, Seychelles, Mauritius and Bali) will automatically be entered to win a free trip. Any agent selling a Samoa getaway with Goway will receive five entries into the contest.

“Our goal of the campaign is to increase the trade and consumer's awareness of Samoa as a wonderful travel destination and grow the number of passengers we send to Samoa,” said Bronwyn Hodge, IslandsEscapes by Goway general manager. “We will be promoting fantastic vacation packages, educating our travel agents through an online webinar and offering some enticing incentives"

Agents booking a vacation package to Samoa will also receive $50 on their Goway Rewards card, a reloadable Visa card that acts like cash and can be used anywhere that Visa is accepted.

Ready to start selling? Goway has a number of vacation packages to Samoa, including the Romantic Samoa package. This 10-day getaway includes roundtrip airfare to Apia, Samoa on Fiji Airways, seven nights at the four-star Sinalei Resort, transfers and breakfast and is priced from C$ 2,749 per person for departures from Vancouver. For a limited time, the package is on sale at 30 per cent off.

"We have a dedicated Islands department at Goway, who specialize in selling idyllic island vacations," said Hodge.  "Goway's agents have attended destination training on Samoa and will be able to provide agents with everything they need to book their clients' trip. Furthermore, two senior Goway agents have travelled to Samoa and have first-hand experience."

Goway also sells an Upolu and Savaii Explorer package, which visits both islands in Samoa's two islands, as well as a 10-day Island Explorer which combines a stay in Fiji with a trip to Samoa.

To learn more, attend the Samoa webinar by Goway on June 23. Or visit www.Goway.com for more information about Samoa.

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