Tour Operator News

1. Travel company "AeroClub" has announced the signing of exclusive 5 year franchising agreement with International Company TQ3 Travel Solutions - the largest agencies consolidator from all over the world, specializing in business-tourism.

2. "Transtour travel" company with direct involvement of Lufthansa airline and information support of the German National Tourist Office in Russia and CIS are holding advertising action during December 2004 which is aimed to expand the presence of the "Transtour travel" in the "business travel market".

3. Lufthansa airline offers free registration for "corporate clients" for the program participation "Partner Plus Benefit". The membership allows 800 points bonus as a present.

4. The program is not exclusive within the frames of cooperation with "Transtour travel" but available for all enterprises in Russia for all tickets registration and issuing.

5. Participation in the corporate program enables clients to optimize air travel expenses at a high service level, safety and comfort as well as receiving free flights and class upgrade for saved points.

6. "Transtour travel" is a leading agent for air tickets sale for all Lufthansa operating flights and awarded with the title "Golden Agent" in Moscow and Central Russia.

7. Tour operator "INNA TOUR" is launched new FIT bonus program recently which is aimed to support managers selling individual tours. While booking a certain number of nights the agency's manager earns personal bonuses for a free stay in European hotels.

Meanwhile, launching the program, "INNA TOUR" is not targeting to reorient itself as operator for individual tours but aimed to react for keen demand of individual tours expanding the tour operator segment.

The company offers are based on three principals:

• on-line hotels booking all over the world;
• classical individual tour to any country in the world;
• servicing of a tourist groups leaving out on integrated program.

The company management believes that program will solve a number of tasks: attracts agent's attention to sell more complicated itineraries, solves the problem of staff motivation by means of tour operator and will promote new activity - "individual tourism", which shows high dynamic growth.