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Scanditours Launches New 2025 Sales Challenge

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Scanditours lance un nouveau challenge de ventes en 2025 - Photo : Depositphotos.com @shalamov

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From January 22 to February 28, 2025, Scanditours is offering a new deal to its network of travel agent partners.

By booking for their clients a stay in Lapland from a curated selection of dates and establishments, they will receive a €50 gift card per booking.

This initiative aims to boost sales for the end of the winter season and to thank tourism professionals.


Scanditours launches a targeted campaign for stays in Lapland

Scanditours’ offer covers a range of Lapland stays, lasting 3, 4, or 7 nights, with substantial discounts for clients. Depending on the duration and the type of accommodation chosen, prices include:

  • 3 nights: a discount of €400 per person at hotels outside the Clubs and €600 per person at the Scanditours Pohtimo Club. Departures available on February 6, 13, 27 and March 6.
  • 4 nights: same discount applies, for a single departure on March 16.
  • 7 nights: discount increased to €500 per person for hotels outside the Clubs and to €800 per person for the Pohtimo Club, with departures on February 27, March 2, 6 and 13.

Travel agents must report their sales on Scanditours’ professional platform (pro.kuoni.fr) before March 7, 2025 to receive the rewards.

Each valid booking entitles agents to a €50 gift card. This initiative excludes special sales, national promotions and group bookings. By promoting iconic stays in Lapland, Scanditours aims to strengthen its ties with partners while offering their clients unforgettable winter experiences.

For more information, agents can consult the dedicated platform or contact Maria Barbosa, head of communications at Kuoni France at [email protected]. This offer is part of the travel agent loyalty strategy, while highlighting the advantages of stays in a sought-after destination.



Scanditours lance un nouveau challenge de ventes en 2025


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Sales Challenge: Asia Launches Australia Challenge

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Challenge de ventes : Asia lance le Défi Australie - Depositphotos.com Auteur tupungato

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Asia a lancé un grand challenge de ventes dédié à l’Australie.

“Le Défi Australie”, c’est son nom, récompensera les agents de voyages les plus prescripteurs de la destination chez le voyagiste.

Les cinq meilleurs agents ayant effectué des réservations entre le 1er novembre 2024 et le 30 juin 2025 pour des voyages en Australie d’Asia, auront la chance de partir en novembre 2025 à la découverte de l’Ouest australien et de tester le nouveau vol direct de Qantas.

Asia est en effet le premier tour-opérateur à s’être positionné dès l’été 2024 sur le nouveau vol direct de Qantas reliant Paris à Perth ! Le président du tour-opérateur, Guillaume Linton, nous avait d’ailleurs partagé ses impressions lors de l’un des tous premiers vols fin Juillet

Ce trajet en Dreamliner 787, positionné en amorce des jeux Olympiques de Paris, permet pour la première fois dans l’histoire de l’aviation commerciale, de joindre l’Australie en moins de 16 heures depuis Paris !

L’Australie Occidentale, dont Perth est la capitale, état le plus ensoleillé du pays, offre une porte d’entrée idéale pour explorer l’Australie d’ouest en est. Dans cette optique, Asia a intégré pour ses départs 2025 en petits groupes, ce vol Paris/Perth à ses 2 circuits Tentations, avec une nouveauté : La Grande Traversée de l’Australie.


Western Australia, the New Gateway

This long journey of 22 days/19 nights offers a complete immersion down under. Limited to 16 participants, this voyage thus starts in Western Australia, a vast region still relatively unknown to French travelers, yet spectacular in many ways.

On the program: the dynamic yet relaxed city of Perth, the preserved Rottnest Island, a true natural sanctuary famous for its quokkas and its paradise beaches, and the possibility of a side trip to Fremantle, a charming port city renowned for its lively markets and trendy cafés, where street art is found at every corner.

The itinerary continues through the Northern Territory, from the Top End to the Red Centre, weaving between rock-art sites, Aboriginal ceremonial places, billabongs paradise of birdlife, natural waterfalls and ochre canyons, before reaching the reefs of the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest around Cairns in Queensland.

The journey also includes exploring the great metropolises of Sydney and Melbourne, the Blue Mountains National Park and the Great Ocean Road, in the southeast of the country. A trip with a French-speaking guide who combines Australia’s finest natural and cultural treasures.

For nearly 40 years of programming, Asia also aims to be the specialist in Australia autodrives (by car, 4×4 and motorhomes), with a whole palette of road or off-road itineraries, for all budgets and assembled to measure by the operator’s team of expert tour planners, all duly certified “Aussie Specialists”.


The most deserving travel agents will be able to discover a preview of these wild landscapes along the western coast!

Cunard Launches Caribbean Sales Challenge

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Qantas Launches Sales Challenge With an Educational Tour in Australia

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Qantas invites travel agents to try to win a spot for an exclusive edu-tour in Australia, by taking part in its new challenge, based on Australia sales achieved between the September 1, 2025 and March 1, 2026.

The applications must include a Qantas flight – QF33/QF34 from Paris or QF1/QF2/QF9/QF10 from London – as well as at least one night in Western Australia and one night in Victoria.

Agents must submit their PNRs or ticket numbers to Qantas France no later than March 2, 2026.

This challenge accompanies the ramp-up of the Paris – Perth route operated three times per week by the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, as well as the Qantas Explorer program enabling access to more than 60 Australian destinations.

Also read: Qantas appoints John Simeone as General Manager of International Sales


Qantas Challenge: Participation Criteria and Finalist Selection

To qualify, participants must register via the dedicated form after their first sale, be certified Aussie Specialist and have completed the Victoria, and the Western Australia modules, as well as those for Melbourne and Perth on the Qantas Learning Hub.

Tourism Australia will verify the eligibility of the predefined profiles based on the sales validated by Qantas.

The eight selected agents will be announced in early March 2026 and will participate in a fam trip combining Melbourne, Victoria, Perth and the Coral Coast, including nature experiences, sightseeing, cruises, snorkeling and the discovery of Australian wildlife.

Travel Explorer Motivates Agencies with a Sales Challenge

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Assurever Launches Ready2go: A Tool to Boost Last-Minute Sales

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Assurever strengthens its support for last-minute sales with Ready2go

Booking patterns are evolving, and tourism professionals observe this daily in the field. In a context marked in recent months by geopolitical uncertainties, notably due to the war in the Middle East, many travelers prefer to wait before confirming their plans.

For travel agencies and tour operators, this will translate into an acceleration of bookings as departures near, with sales concentrated in the final weeks before the trip.


Ready2go, a concrete response to market needs

Listening to its partners and faithful to its commitment to accompany sector evolutions, Assurever launches Ready2go, a solution specifically designed to address the challenges of last-minute bookings.

Designed to support last-minute sales, Ready2go enables travel agencies and tour operators to offer their travelers a more competitive insurance option for bookings made within less than 30 days of departure, while guaranteeing them optimal coverage.

Thanks to its particularly attractive pricing positioning, the offering also represents a genuine commercial lever for distributors, allowing them to strengthen the appeal of their last-minute sales while generating higher margins on these cases.


A more competitive offer without compromises on guarantees

In a context where price remains an important decision criterion for travelers, Assurever enables its partners to offer a particularly attractive solution.

The offer benefits from pricing that can be up to nearly 30% lower than traditional offers, while maintaining an equivalent level of guarantees.

Ready2go includes a comprehensive multi-risk insurance, notably including a cancellation guarantee for all justified reasons, with coverage for epidemics, as well as medical expenses abroad up to €150,000. The cancellation guarantee is offered up to €8,000 per person or €72,000 per event, ceilings tailored to the majority of trips affected by last-minute bookings.


Listening to the field as a driver

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“Our partners have alerted us to the expected rise in departures booked at very short notice. With Ready2go, we provide them with a concrete, competitive, operational solution and a real margin booster to support them in this new market dynamic,” emphasizes Morgane David, Commercial Director.

This new offering illustrates Assurever’s ability to combine adaptability, responsiveness, and closeness with its partners. More than a product launch, Ready2go demonstrates a constant commitment to supporting tourism professionals with concrete solutions designed to meet the realities on the ground.


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