What is believed to be the first substantial and dedicated brochure for Papua New Guinea in the New Zealand market is set to be released to the trade early in 2020.

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Travel agents were given new reasons to sell the Philippines and new ways to look at the destination when it held its three-city roadshow around New Zealand last week.

Travellers who engage a travel agent now are often seeking something more akin to an ‘incentive travel’ experience than simply an off the shelf product, says Penny Henderson of special interest travel company Pack Ya Bags.
Traditionally incentives have been the domain of corporates who set targets and then have inspiring programmes devised for the people who achieve those goals. The recipients tend to feel short changed if they feel they could have easily devised and purchased the travel products themselves.