Report submitted by The
Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commence on behalf of the BRV National
Heritage Corridor and The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council.
DNE Leads Sunday River ME April 2009
NEW ENGLAND RECEPTIVE OPERATORS
AlliedTPro
Gary Vetri, Key Account Manager – Kuoni
www.alliedtpro.com
Company profile:
For over 50 years, AlliedTPro has been a leader in the U.S. inbound
market and serves more than 600 of the most successful tour and
travel providers in more than 50 countries around the world. Our
core business is a comprehensive selection of FIT leisure products,
as well as multi-lingual escorted motor coach programs that are
complemented by the newly introduced, up-market 'ATP Lifestyles'
product line. The extensive range of hotels, services, sightseeing
and tour products can be booked via a web-based booking engine or
direct host-to-host links with clients. With our head office in New
York and a comprehensive network of local DMV offices in the USA, we
also provide tailor-made services for leisure and incentive groups,
arrangements for conventions and congresses across the country, as
well as ground handling for cruise companies. AlliedTPro's key
markets are Europe, Latin America and Asia/Pacific. At the request
of many of our leading clients, as well as our parent company, Kuoni
Travel, we are looking to increase our New England product line.
Interested in meeting with: Beach/Coastal; Bed & Breakfast; Hotel; Inn; Resort; Self
Catering/Rental Homes; Spa
New products/programs: N/A
Types of travel currently offered: Fly Drive; Individual Travel; Group Travel; Leisure Travel; Escorted
Motorcoach Tour
New England states currently working with: Connecticut; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island;
Vermont
Years selling New England: 30+
Annual New England Visitors:
5000+
Send information for Groups to
Gary Vetri. Hi res images with ideas for attractions in the Blackstone Valley to
Candace Oliver Krieg.
American Driving Vacations
Sally Berry, Director of Marketing
Company profile: American Driving Vacations develops and delivers ready-for-sale
individual driving travel packages for destinations and
international tour operators. Each traveling party receives a
Personal Travel Portfolio complete with customized driving
directions, a story/itinerary for each day and detailed information
about things to see and do. As the premier driving travel package
provider, ADV has gained the reputation of providing experiences
that engage the travelers in the destination, include the most
interesting highlights, unfold seamlessly over a variety of
landscapes and include key activities. Customized niche and
specialized packages available. Customer care staff is available
24/7. Current customers include tour operators in UK, the
Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Germany and Ireland, several state
tourism offices and tourism oriented destinations.
Interested in meeting with:
Adventure Travel; Attraction; Convention & Visitors Bureau;
Destination Marketing Organization; EcoTourism/Nature; Hotel; Inn;
Museum; Resort; State Tourism Office
New products/programs: Fishing programs with nearby unique lodging. Multi-soft adventure
programs - hiking, biking, kayaking with local guides
Types of travel currently offered:
Fly Drive; Individual Travel; Leisure Travel
New England states currently working with:
Connecticut; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island;
Vermont
Years selling New England:
5-10
Annual New England Visitors:
100-500
Receptive Tour Operator
Interested in: Boutique hotels
Tourco
Michael Beauchamp, Director of Product Contracting
Lisa Davidson, Group Operator Manager, ext. 117
Company profile:
Tourco is a wholesale inbound US Receptive Tour Operator
specializing in bringing travelers, primarily European, to the
United States and Canada. TOURCO was founded by Gerald DiPietro in
1980. In 1988, TOURCO went global, marketing its Cape Cod and New
England programs for individuals and groups to tour operators in
Europe, Australia and South America. Today, with our headquarters in
Nobleboro, ME and offices in Boston, New York, Philadelphia &
Toronto, Ontario; TOURCO’s geographic expertise encompasses North
America. TOURCO’s average annual operation includes more than 800
group tours, hosting in excess of 80,000 visitors (including 40,000
FIT passengers). TOURCO’s service spectrum includes
scheduled-departure motorcoach; escorted motorcoach series;
preplanned Fly Drive programs; FIT hotels; city and resort stays;
Inn and character property programs; Historic Hotels of America© Fly
Drive tours; multilingual tours; golf programs; customized
itineraries; meet & greet services; transfers; optional tour
offerings and comprehensive passenger documents/guide books.
Interested in meeting with: Attraction; Beach/Coastal; Bed & Breakfast; Chamber of Commerce;
City Break; Convention & Visitors Bureau; EcoTourism/Nature;
Golf/Tennis; Hotel; Inn; Museum; Resort; Restaurant; Self
Catering/Rental Homes; Shopping; Ski/Snowboard Product; Spa; State
Tourism Office; Transportation
Types of travel currently offered:
Fly Drive; Individual Travel; Group Travel; Leisure Travel; Escorted
Motorcoach Tour
New England states currently working with:
Connecticut; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island;
Vermont
Years selling New England:
20-30
Annual New England Visitors:
5000+
(Receptive Tour Operator)
Interested in:
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Pricing good for an entire year; group pricing
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Restaurants, museums, day trips, overnights, Blackstone Valley,
pre/post-night stopovers, promotions, added value, custom
itineraries; Already promote Newport trips open to adding 1 day or
night w/BV itinerary
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15 day, 14 night fly/drive from Boston
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For possible restaurants and attractions contact Lisa and Michael
at X117
France
USA Veo
Dorothée Viot, Assistant Production
http://voyage.usaveo.com/
Company profile:
USA Veo is opening up production on USA destinations. We are very
interested to meet new suppliers who will provide us good
information about their products, activities, hotels, restaurants...
Interested in meeting with:
Adventure Travel; Attraction; Beach/Coastal; Bed & Breakfast; City
Break; EcoTourism/Nature; Event/Festival; Golf/Tennis; Hotel; Inn;
Museum; Resort; Restaurant; Self Catering/Rental Homes; Shopping;
Ski/Snowboard Product; Spa; State Tourism Office; Transportation
New products/programs:
N/A
Types of travel currently offered: Individual Travel
New England states currently working with: N/A
Years selling New England:
1-5
Annual New England Visitors:
1-50
Interested in looking at BV as possible new add on.
Biking of interest. Contact through e-mail through receptive
operators.
Germany
America Unlimited
Julia Kohlenberg, General Manager
www.america-unlimited.de
Company profile:
The German Tour Operator America Unlimited is THE specialist for
America and especially focused on individually tailored trips to the
destination of the U.S. including Hawaii and Alaska, Canada and
Mexico. New in 2008 was a Ski USA & Canada product including its own
catalogue. The company publishes three additional catalogues which
are 'USA'(250 pages), 'Canada & Alaska'(140 pages) and 'Mexico'(70
pages Website: www.america-unlimited.de
Interested in meeting with:
Beach/Coastal; Bed & Breakfast; Chamber of Commerce; Convention &
Visitors Bureau; Destination Marketing Organization; Golf/Tennis;
Hotel; Inn
New products/programs:
We're especially interested in developing more Bed & Breakfast-style
accommodations.
Types of travel currently offered:
Fly Drive; Individual Travel; Leisure Travel; Escorted Motorcoach
Tour
New England states currently working with:
Connecticut; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island;
Vermont
Years selling New England:
1-5
Annual New England Visitors:
100-500
Interested in historic and B&B, open to learning
more about fitting BV into itineraries
Argus Reisen
Katharina Schertler, Reservations & Product Manager
www.argusreisen.de
Company profile:
ARGUS REISEN is a German Tour Operator founded in 1995. We are
specialized in tailor made vacations in North America. For our
customers we individually build complete vacation packages. In
one-on-one interviews we ask for the personal needs and wishes of
our clients. Afterwards we prepare a tailor made package with the
relevant components according to the budget of our clients. The most
important thing for us and for our clients is service. So we also
expect a high standard from our partners in travel. Our clients stay
an average of 13 days for winter and an average of 21 days for
summer vacations. We are specialized in ranch- and adventure
vacations and since 2007 we also offer winter products. For round
trips though the Eastern part of the USA Boston is one of our most
important starting points for trips in. Some clients make a city
break in New York and then they go on north trough the New England
States during their round trips. Some examples of these trips can be
found in our brochure and on our website. For further information
please visit www.argusreisen.de
Interested in meeting with:
Adventure Travel; Beach/Coastal; Bed & Breakfast; Chamber of
Commerce; City Break; Convention & Visitors Bureau; Destination
Marketing Organization; EcoTourism/Nature; Inn; Resort; State
Tourism Office
New products/programs:
We are looking for new partners for riding vacations, Resorts,
Lodges or other unique accommodations and Outdoor Activities like
Fly Fishing, Mountain Biking or Whitewater Rafting as well as winter
activities like Skiing, Snow Shoeing, Dog Sledding and Snowmobile
Trips. Furthermore ARGUS REISEN is interested in meeting with
receptive tour operators.
Types of travel currently offered:
Fly Drive; Individual Travel; Leisure Travel
New England states currently working with:
N/A
Years selling New England:
1-5
Annual New England Visitors:
50-100
Interested in:
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Fly/drive market; sight seeing; off beaten path, tailor made
itineraries
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Blackstone Valley, history; outdoor activities
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High-res images of the region, please forward for consideration in
next travel piece.
Explorer Fernreisen
Rebecca Killeen, Assistant Product Manager North America
www.explorer.de
Company profile: Explorer Fernreisen - the name stands for a well established tour
operator with more than 39 years of experience, tailor made programs
and high quality. Our first goal is to provide our clients with the
best possible service to fulfill their individual vacation needs. We
cooperate with 88 renowned airlines, inbound-agents in all
continents and keep in close contact with various tourist boards. In
our portfolio we combine more than 4.000 hotels worldwide,
established car, motorbike, and motorhome-rental companies as well
as experienced operators for coach tours, adventure travel and
cruises. Furthermore a sophisticated, modern technology, an own
database with more than 5 mio. airfares, up-to-date reservation
systems Galileo and Start/Amadeus, help to improve the
workflow-efficiency. Most accepted website with online booking and
information tools. Explorer Fernreisen currently operates 9 company
owned branches all over Germany. Our New England program currently
comprises several hotels, lodges, self drives, escorted tours, car
rentals, motorhomes and packages.
Interested in meeting with:
Bed & Breakfast; Hotel; Self Catering/Rental Homes
New products/programs: We are interested in expanding our choice of hotels and short
trips/day trips
Types of travel currently offered:
Fly Drive; Individual Travel; Group Travel; Leisure Travel; Escorted
Motorcoach Tour
New England states currently working with:
Maine; Massachusetts
Years selling New England:
10-20
Annual New England Visitors:
500-1000
Interested in:
Italy
America World
Elisa Gallina, Co-owner/Product Manager
Company profile:
America World was born in 2002 and counts YTD on 10 experts and
professionals exclusively dedicated to the USA leisure travel
product. We do publish and print a 100 pages brochure on a yearly
basis, distributed to 5,000 travel agencies all over the Italian
territory. Additional travel packages and promotions are available
in our website. We sent 4,600 passengers in 2008 to the USA. We care
about tailor made itineraries, groups and incentive travels too. We
are active members of the Visit USA Association Italy.
Interested in meeting with:
Event/Festival; Golf/Tennis; Hotel; Inn; Museum; Publication;
Resort; Restaurant; Self Catering/Rental Homes; Shopping;
Ski/Snowboard Product; Spa; State Tourism Office; Transportation
New products/programs:
We are interested to meet lodging facilities to be suggested in our
tailor made itineraries, but also specific and special locations,
and events for our groups/incentives.
Types of travel currently offered:
Fly Drive; Individual Travel; Group Travel; Leisure Travel; Business
Travel; Charter Travel; Escorted Motorcoach Tour
New England states currently working with:
Connecticut; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island;
Vermont
Years selling New England:
5-10
Annual New England Visitors:
500-1000
Interested in BV:
Braipido Travel
Designer
Chiara Colombo, Product Manager
www.bradipotravel.com
Company profile:
Bradipo Travel Designer is the very first Italian tailor for
travels, specialized in customized design travels for customers that
love authenticity and creativity in the proposed destinations, and
those who are looking for luxury items, full of emotions and unique
experiences. Personalized travel suggestions, guarantee of product
excellence, as well as efficient service.
Interested in meeting with:
Adventure Travel; Attraction; Beach/Coastal; Bed & Breakfast;
Chamber of Commerce; City Break; Convention & Visitors Bureau;
Destination Marketing Organization; EcoTourism/Nature;
Event/Festival; Golf/Tennis; Hotel; Inn; Museum; Resort; Restaurant;
Self Catering/Rental Homes; Shopping; Ski/Snowboard Product; Spa;
State Tourism Office; Transportation
New products/programs:
We are interested in developing a luxury and exclusive travel
program for our high end clients with extraordinary hotels and inns,
as well as unique experiences in New England.
Types of travel currently offered:
Fly Drive; Individual Travel; Leisure Travel
New England states currently working with:
Massachusetts
Years selling New England:
1-5
Annual New England Visitors:
1-50
Intersted in BV for cozy B&B’s and their proximity
to Boston and attractions
Konrad Travel
Gianluca Sposito, General Manager
www.konradtravel.it
Company profile:
Konrad Travel is a Rome, Italy-based tour operator specialized in
all American destinations (North, Central and South America). Based
on our 15-year experience on the American Continent, Konrad Travel
offers tailor-made solutions for all FIT, group and special group
requests: escorted tours, flexile fly&drives, motorhome rentals,
train tours, ranch vacations, special group custom-made itineraries
etc.
Interested in meeting with:
Adventure Travel; Beach/Coastal; Bed & Breakfast; City Break;
Convention & Visitors Bureau; Destination Marketing Organization;
EcoTourism/Nature; Hotel; Inn; Resort; Ski/Snowboard Product; Spa;
State Tourism Office
New products/programs:
Escorted tours, fly & drive, inns and Spa
Types of travel currently offered: Fly Drive; Individual Travel; Group Travel; Leisure Travel; Escorted
Motorcoach Tour
New England states currently working with:
Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Vermont
Years selling New England:
5-10
Annual New England Visitors:
50-100
Interested in:
Rallo Travel &
Lifestyle
Muriel D'Urbano, Reservation Consultant
www.ralloworldwide.it
Company profile:
Rallo Travel & Lifestyle is YTD offering 90% of the International
destinations: Southern Africa, Indian Ocean, Latin America, Far
East, Australia & Pacific, Egypt and Middle East, Morocco & Libia,
United States of America and Caribbean. The Tour Operator believes
in exclusive and very manicured travel programs, aimed to
excellence, working mainly on tailor made travels, committed in the
luxury segment with a dedicated attention to all details in order to
pamper clients. Customer should feel unique and special and Rallo
deliver true travel emotions. The Concierge Service (first T/O in
Italy to propose this service in all our featured destinations), the
variety and the unique travel programs are the main highlights of
Rallo.
Interested in meeting with:
Attraction; Beach/Coastal; City Break; Convention & Visitors Bureau;
Destination Marketing Organization; Golf/Tennis; Hotel; Inn; Resort;
Spa; State Tourism Office
New products/programs:
High level lodging, also in minor locations; city breaks and SPA.
Types of travel currently offered:
Fly Drive; Individual Travel; Group Travel; Leisure Travel; Escorted
Motorcoach Tour
New England states currently working with:
Connecticut; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island;
Vermont
Years selling New England:
5-10
Annual New England Visitors:
1-50
Interested in:
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Unique itineraries
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Fishing escapes
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Luxury
Reimatours
Franco Cesaretti, President
www.reimatours.it
Company profile:
Reimatours is an Italian company founded in 1989 as an incoming and
outgoing tour operator. The company is staffed by a team of
experienced professionals and the management has over 40 years of
experience in all branches of tourism field. Our destinations are:
United States of America, Canada, Sea Extensions in the Caribbean,
including United States Virgin Islands and Hawaii, Polynesia,
Mexico, Bahamas, Dominican Republic and incoming Italy from United
States and Canada. For the destination USA, Reimatours publishes a
brochure of 44 pages + 6 pages with sea extensions and cruises
starting from Miami, very interesting for honeymooners, able to
satisfy almost all the needs of the Italian travelers. Our brochures
are distributed at national level to over 8,000 Italian travel
agencies and our commercial staff is distributed in northern,
central and southern Italy. Reimatours, in collaboration with
Albatours in Toronto (of which is General Agent in Italy) operates a
chain of special flights from 4 Italian airports: Rome, Venice,
Pescara and Lamezia Terme to Toronto (over 180 rotations from May
till October). To reach the States we have agreement with important
air companies. You can see and download our programme United States
2008/2009 in our web site www.reimatours.it . You will see that our
offer is totally flexible in order to permit to our clients to
construct personalized tours with one of the best relationships
quality/price existing on the Italian market.
Interested in meeting with:
Destination Marketing Organization; Shopping; State Tourism Office
New products/programs:
ESCORTED TOURS/FLY & DRIVE/INDIVIDUAL TRAVEL
Types of travel currently offered:
Fly Drive; Individual Travel; Group Travel; Leisure Travel; Escorted
Motorcoach Tour
New England states currently working with: Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island; Vermont
Years selling New England:
5-10
Annual New England Visitors:
50-100
“We sell dreams!”
Interested in:
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Having clients feel home away from home
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Tailor made itineraries – want the reality to match the “dream”
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Mid-upper class clients; good price, excellent service
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Specialized leisure travel
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If your property fits the bill or have specialized itineraries
that match this criteria, please forward info and materials
Netherlands
Kuoni Travel Nederland
Melanie Modder, Assistant Product Manager USA
www.kuoni.nl
Company profile:
For 25 years Kuoni Travel Nederland has been the No.1 tour operator
to North America in The Netherlands and a proud member of renowned
Kuoni Travel Group of Switzerland. We offer the most complete
product range in a separate USA-brochure. We specialize in building
a total holiday experience for all types of passengers including
adventure packages from New England to Hawaii. Choose a complete
itinerary or create your own! Kuoni has been voted the best
specialist to North America for years in a row, and again this year,
by the Dutch travel agents. In 2007 Kuoni Nederland has expanded
into the Belgian market, with an office in Gent, Belgium.
Interested in meeting with:
Bed & Breakfast; City Break; Destination Marketing Organization;
Event/Festival; Hotel; Resort; Restaurant; Shopping; Transportation
New products/programs:
Depending on new information at the conference
Types of travel currently offered:
Fly Drive; Individual Travel; Group Travel; Leisure Travel; Escorted
Motorcoach Tour
New England states currently working with:
Connecticut; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island;
Vermont
Years selling New England:
10-20
Annual New England Visitors:
1000-5000
Interested in:
Nova Vacations
Jose Kraan, Product Manager & Head of Sales
www.ustravel.nl
Company profile:
Nova Vacations is a Dutch tour operator with a various range of
travel products and who is specialized in the following
destinations: USA, Canada, Morocco, Surinam, Dutch Antilles. Nova
Vacations is part of Nova Tours which has over 40 years of
experience in tourism.
Interested in meeting with: Adventure Travel; Attraction; Beach/Coastal; Bed & Breakfast; City
Break; Convention & Visitors Bureau; EcoTourism/Nature; Hotel; Inn;
Resort; Self Catering/Rental Homes; Ski/Snowboard Product; State
Tourism Office
New products/programs: N/A
Types of travel currently offered:
Fly Drive; Individual Travel; Group Travel; Leisure Travel; Business
Travel; Charter Travel
New England states currently working with:
Connecticut; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island;
Vermont
Years selling New England:
1-5
Annual New England Visitors:
100-500
Interested in:
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Fly/drive market
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Foliage tours, arts and culture, festivals, history, biking and
hiking
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Hi-res images e-mail or send CD
United Kingdom
Four Seasons in New England
Charles Chalcraft
www.holidayinnewengland.com.
Company profile:
Since 1994 we have been promoting New England to the UK independent
traveler, offering personally inspected apartments, vacation rental
properties, resorts, hotels, Inns, B&B’s and soft adventure
activities. We have had a free front page listing on Google and
Yahoo for our old, existing website for over 4 years. With our
knowledge and passion for New England, our International Tour
Operator experience, hundreds of contacts, proven track record and
acknowledged accommodation specialism, we are going to launch the
ultimate vacation research website for inspected quality
accommodation, local attractions and much more in New England. This
will primarily be aimed at the independent traveler flying in to
either Boston or New York from Europe. New Englanders and weekenders
will also find this site very useful. This is a New England travel
portal website not a directory that lists every B&B in the state. An
advertising entry will be by invitation or by recommendation only,
following a personal inspection by either Anna or Charles. There
will be a free listing for all tour operators with product in New
England. We are looking for some quality accommodation, local
attractions, some adventure and skiing resorts. For more information
visit www.holidayinnewengland.com/info
Interested in meeting with:
Adventure Travel; Attraction; Beach/Coastal; Bed & Breakfast;
Chamber of Commerce; City Break; Convention & Visitors Bureau;
EcoTourism/Nature; Golf/Tennis; Hotel; Inn; Museum; Publication;
Resort; Self Catering/Rental Homes; Shopping; Ski/Snowboard Product;
Spa; State Tourism Office; Transportation
Years selling New England:
10-20
Annual New England Visitors:
1-50
Interested in:
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Boston to BV and perhaps partnering with Sturbridge
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Small group hiking and or biking holidays
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Images of outdoor destinations and other hi-res images of region
for presentation on their website. Preferred send DVD
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Area accommodations and B&B’s
The Camping and Caravanning Club
Andrew Dowdall
www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk
Company profile:
The Camping and Caravanning Club has over 460,000 members, 106
campgrounds in the UK and works with 230 partner campgrounds across
Europe. The Club has offered fly/drive RV holidays to America since
2008, initially only for escorted motorhome groups. However we are
currently experiencing growth in tailor-made FIT motorhome holidays,
including accommodation and excursions. A typical Club member
visiting America is aged 55+, looking for a varied experience and
likely to want to come back to explore further.
Interested in meeting with:
State Tourism Office
New products/programs:
Escorted RV tour of New England
Types of travel currently offered:
Individual Travel;Group Travel
New England states currently working with:
Maine;Massachusetts;New Hampshire;Rhode Island;Vermont
Years selling New England: 1-5
Annual New England Visitors:
1-50
Interested in:
Virgin Holidays Limited
Mark Meredith, Product Manager
www.virgin.com/holidays
Company profile: Virgin Holidays is one of the UK's leading tour operators to the New
England region, offering daily flights from London to Boston with
our sister company Virgin Atlantic Airways. Our programme offers
inclusive packages - flights, car hire and accommodation; as well as
city breaks, coach tours and flydrive tours around the region. We
are looking to further strengthen partnerships, meet new contacts
and learn more about what New England has to offer.
Interested in meeting with:
Attraction; Beach/Coastal; Chamber of Commerce; City Break;
Convention & Visitors Bureau; EcoTourism/Nature; Golf/Tennis; Hotel;
Inn; Resort; Self Catering/Rental Homes; Shopping; Ski/Snowboard
Product; Spa; State Tourism Office
Types of travel currently offered:
Fly Drive; Individual Travel; Leisure Travel; Escorted Motorcoach
Tour
New England states currently working with:
Connecticut; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island;
Vermont
Years selling New England:
10-20
Annual New England Visitors: 5000+
Interested in:
-
Already working with Sturbridge area open to adding BV
itineraries; send samples ½, 1 and 2-3 day itineraries
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FIT exclusively
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10 rooms minimum
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Blackstone Valley – history
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Send hi-res images through zipfile or downloadable site to mark at
e-dress listed above
United States
Collette Vacations
Alyce Pagliarini, Product Manager
www.collettevacations.com
Company profile:
Collette Vacations is a 4 star operator with tours on all 7
continents. Currently, we have 8 New England programs: Islands of
New England, New England Backroads, New England Islands & Mountains,
New England Yuletide Treasures, Colors of New England, New Englands
Coastlines, Cruise the Bays & Railways of New England, Boston city
Stay
Interested in meeting with:
Attraction; Convention & Visitors Bureau; EcoTourism/Nature; Hotel;
Museum; Resort; Restaurant; Transportation
New products/programs: The Boston City Stay program is not yet developed
Types of travel currently offered:
Group Travel; Escorted Motorcoach Tour
New England states currently working with:
Connecticut; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island;
Vermont
Years selling New England:
30+
Annual New England Visitors:
1000-5000
Will consider BV need info:
Press
Essentially America
Simon Todd, Publisher
Company profile: Essentially America is the UK's only consumer magazine dedicated to
travel to the USA.
Interested in meeting with:
Destination Marketing Organization
Types of travel currently offered:
N/A
New England states currently working with:
Connecticut; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island;
Vermont
Years selling New England:
10-20
Annual New England Visitors:
N/A
Interested in:
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Blackstone Valley – history, canal
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B & B’s , culinary itineraries and cooking classes
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Gardens, shopping, arts and crafts, culture, museums
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What’s new?
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VERY MUCH REQUESTS: FAM TOUR pre or post DNE 2010 which is
scheduled for Newport RI note: He pays for flights; we comp the rest
of the trip; can work with CMCVB on this.
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Simon is a good friend to BV; He also requests we CHASE him. Send
him updates on what’s happening here.
Team Wade
Kathy Arnold, Partner
Paul Wade, Partner
Company profile:
Kathy Arnold and Paul Wade are an award-winning Anglo-American
couple based in London, England. These writers and broadcasters,
with 25 books to their names, prefer back roads to major highways,
and family-run inns to high-rise hotels. They have visited parts of
New England that many New Englanders like to keep secret. Over the
years, they have been contributing writers to Gourmet magazine
(USA), national newspapers such as the Daily Telegraph, Daily
Express (UK), and Essentially America magazine. As reporters, their
experiences all over New England have been broadcast on the BBC.
They also use their expertise to provide content for the DNE
website.
Among the 30 books to their credit are guides to
New England: “National Geographic Traveler Boston and Environs” and
“Frommer’s New England’s Best-Loved Driving Tours”, which is going
into its 9th edition.
Paul and Kathy are interested in meeting with
resorts, spas, ski product, attractions, self-catering/rental homes,
State tourism offices, museums, DMO’s transportation, restaurants
and adventure product.
Interested in meeting with:
N/A
New products/programs:
N/A
Types of travel currently offered: N/A
New England states currently working with:
N/A
Years selling New England:
N/A
Annual New England Visitors:
N/A
Interested in:
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Blackstone book
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Fairs and cultural events
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Anything new
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Images of the region
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Note: Paul and Kathy are friends of the area. They request we also
keep them in the loop; forward hi-res images of the area and
definitely want to be included in any FAM tour we put together.
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