Visit USA is inviting agents to sign up to its new series of informative webinars.
Taking place every Tuesday at 14.00, the free Visit USA Webinar Time sessions are designed to improve destination and product knowledge.
Those lined up to educate agents include travel app Vamoos, New York City attraction SUMMIT One Vanderbilt, and U.S. destinations Alabama, Capitol Region USA, Travel Oregon and Florida’s Space Coast.
“We hope the travel trade will set aside half an hour each Tuesday and tune in to our talks,” says Kate Kenward, Visit USA UK’s CEO.
“It will take agents and tour operators just 30 minutes to hear something new or top up your USA ‘knowledge bank’. Apart from Visit USA members, we are hoping all areas of the travel industry will tune in. Reservations staff will obviously benefit, but sales, marketing, PRs and the media will also find them extremely useful. Everyone is welcome,” she added.
The schedule will be kicked off on September 17 by Vamoos, a travel app that assists travellers by arranging and storing all their essential travel information in one place: their phone.
Next up on September 24 is SUMMIT One Vanderbilt, the lofty observation deck that offers five multi-sensory installations occupying the top three floors of Midtown Manhattan’s tallest skyscraper.
This will be followed on October 1 by Alabama Tourism, with the Southern state highlighting its Civil Rights attractions, its role in space exploration, and its rock and roll heritage (learn how world-famous musicians and bands put a recording studio in Muscle Shoals on the map).
On October 8, Capitol Region USA will update agents on the latest attractions and hotel openings in Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland, along with suggestions as to why visitors should venture beyond the nation’s capital.
Discover Oregon will be in the spotlight on October 15, showcasing natural wonders such as its beaches, forests and river valleys, along with historic towns fishing villages, ski resorts and wineries.
And on November 26, Florida’s Space Coast will bill itself as “the only beaches that double as a launch pad”.
Beyond its 70 miles of family-friendly stretches of sand, space-bound rockets and lively downtown districts, the destination is also a major cruise port and has a protected natural environment. Visitors can take a guided tour of the Indian River Lagoon, kayak with manatees, fish with dolphins, experience summertime bioluminescence and see sea turtles.
For more information and details of how to sign up to the webinars see:
visitusa.org.uk/default.aspx?pname=Webinars&upid=69
