TTG Virtual: Caribbean has a packed programme of webinars dedicated to the business of selling the Caribbean. Click 'add to calendar' on any of the sessions below to add these to your diary:
10:00 - How I sell the Caribbean
Gabi Birbeck, director of Rendezvous Travel in Little Chalfont, is one of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation's top-selling agents. In an interview with TTG's Pippa Jacks, she reveals her tips on selling the region, how she promotes the Caribbean throughout the year and how suppliers have supported her with client events and marketing.
11:30 - Weddings with wow factor
Katherine Lawrey challenges Danny Waine of specialist operator Perfect Weddings and Honeymoons to showcase the Caribbean's vast weddings product. Hear his recommendations of packages to suit a variety of different budgets, as well as wedding solutions for second-time weddings, babymoons, civil partnerships and other styles.
13:00 Niches to know
Golf, spa and diving are three niches for which the Caribbean caters well – but how great an opportunity is there for UK agents to sell them? Pippa Jacks asks Don McDougall of the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism how agents can sell more diving; Carlton Carugati of the International Association of Golf Tour Operators how agents can sell more golf, and Yasha Troubetzkoy of Anse Chastenet & Jade Mountain in Saint Lucia why agents should pre-sell spa.
14:30 - Giving back in the Caribbean
There are increasing opportunities in the Caribbean for your clients to give something back to local communities or the environment while on holiday - from donating to or visiting a local project to spending four days getting hands-on on an organic farm. Pippa Jacks is joined by Donna Okell of ITC Giving, Sydney Henry of the Sandals Foundation and Carol Hay of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation, to highlight some of the most interesting (and commissionable) options.
16:00 - Simon Calder's Caribbean
Britain's top travel writer Simon Calder joins Pippa Jacks to describe his favourite destinations and experiences in the Caribbean, including Cuba, Antigua, Barbados, Puerto Rico and Saint Lucia, as well as the lesser-known Dominica and Martinique. Simon will also debunk some of the misconceptions about the region that consumers have had, in his experience of answering readers' questions.
