FACILITATOR of travel
and tourism specials
exclusively for members
of the travel industry, Staff
Travel, has rebranded
under the German personal
education programme
operator for travel agents,
pepXpress.
With the aim of
re-introducing affordable
travel to the travel and
tourism sectors, pepXpress
assists travel salespeople
to gain experience of the
destinations and product
they are selling at a price
they can afford.
The programme gives
the South African travel
trade the opportunity to
enjoy the same perks and
benefits available to their
European counterparts. “In
Europe, industry travel and
industry-discounted travel
are popular, and pepXpress
has a substantial amount
of databases, resources
and buying power, allowing
it to make use of the same
negotiated rates,” says
pepXpress md, Shona
Pittaway.
Further plans include
expanding pepXpress’s
customer reach throughout
sub-Saharan Africa and
attracting membership from
such countries as Namibia,
Botswana, Mozambique,
Zimbabwe and the Indian
Ocean Islands. “The greater
our database, the better the
offers we can contract to
benefit our trade customers,”
says Shona.
A cruise portal will go
live within a few weeks,
offering discounted industry
exclusive cabins, while an
online flight booking engine
will also be included to give
members access to contract
airfares that are set to beat
any current pricing on the
market.
“Most people initially joined
the industry because they fell
in love with travel and it is
pepXpress’s role to bring that
back,” says Shona.
Staff Travel offers more perks for agents
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