SAA Holds Holiday Workshop for Nigeria Travel Agencies

South African Airways (SAA) has sensitised Nigeria Travel Agencies in Abuja to sell complete holiday packages to South Africa and other destinations where the airline flies to during the first South African Airways holistic holiday workshop in Abuja, Nigeria.

In partnership with Legend Tours, South Africa based Travel Management and Tour Company, the airline explained to the Travel Agencies the importance of providing a complete travel package services to clients.

According to South African Airways Regional Manager, North, West and Central Africa, Ohis Ehimiaghe, the airline is working on an all-encompassing travel package to South Africa which would probably cost below NGN200,000 to encourage the Travel Agencies to sell South African destinations and beyond.

“We at South African Airways are constantly looking for ways to improve our business strategy alongside our partners to ensure for a continuous win-win relationship at all times. It is in this vein that SAA is planning an all-inclusive travel package which will include flight ticket, hotel accommodation, ground transportation and tours that will cost about NGN200,000 (around USD1,000),” Ohis stated.

He stressed the importance of the Travel Agencies in Abuja to the overall sales strategy of South African Airways in Nigeria which underlines the reason why the airline is holding its first holistic holiday workshop in the Nigeria capital city.

Ohis explained to the over 120 Travel Agencies at the event inside Sheraton Hotel’s Ladi Kwali Hall, “Let me use this opportunity to inform you of South African Airways commitment to encouraging you to continue to sell our airline as a preferred carrier to your clients to the over 56 destinations we fly to. The annual SAA award ceremonies recognising top selling agents will be held in Abuja and Lagos and FAM Trips to South Africa will be evenly distributed to agencies in Lagos and Abuja.”

He further thanked the agencies for their overwhelming support during the recent inaugural flight of South African Airways to Abuja precisely January 27 this year which recorded over 70% outbound passengers.
Zalia Hendricks, Office Manager of Legend Tours assures the Travel Agencies of a seamless travel and tour packages to all South African destinations.

She stated that as a reputable Travel Management and Tour Company with over two decade of professional travel services offering, the partnership with South African Airways will afford the Nigerian Travel Agencies a simple but reliable platform to organise leisure and business tours to South Africa.

Two lucky Travel consultants, Godwin Esurua, Sales Manager, The Travel Place and Fakunle Susan, Reservations Officer at Tamaru Travels won an all-expenses paid trip to South Africa respectively courtesy of South African Airways; Legend Tours; Sun International and Tsogo Sun.