Insight Vacations and Luxury Gold, premium escorted journeys represented by Signature Tours – a sister concern of Creative Travel in India, has launched its product line for the year 2020. Insight Vacations has added five new trips and a separate Ancient Civilisations Collections for 2020, featuring 18 trips to nine countries. Guest can explore some of the world’s most ancient civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean, North America and India Subcontinent.
Unveiling over 50 luxury guided journeys to Europe, Africa, North and South America, Asia India, Australia and New Zealand, Luxury Gold added three new itineraries ‘Elegance of the Pharaohs’, ‘Art, Culture & Cuisine of Columbia’ and Vibrant Eastern Canada & the USA’ this year.
While talking to Whereabouts, Anthony Lim, Managing Director Asia, Insight Vacations & Luxury Gold said: “Both of the programmes – Insight Vacations and Luxury Gold have recorded a double digit growth from the Indian market in the year 2019. We have 52 percent repeat guests for our Insight Vacations product line whereas for Luxury Gold it is 62 percent. For the year 2020 we are very excited as we already have several confirmed bookings and good number of queries with us.”
Iceland, Scandinavian and Japan are top picked destinations by Indian travellers. For Japan there is an increased demand and this programme is running very well in this market.
Adding to this, Rajeev Kohli, Joint Managing Director, Creative Travel said that over the last two years Signature Tours has conducted various meetings with the tour operators in Chandigarh, Jaipur and Nagpur etc. and we have started getting business from these cities as well. As Insight Vacations & Luxury Gold have registered a double digit growth, the Signature Tours as its GSA has registered a 23 percent growth as compare to the last year.
According to him, 60 percent of the total guests are coming from metro cities basically from Delhi, Mumbai and rest 40 percent from cities like Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata etc.
“We are making all our efforts to educate the Indian trade that Insight Vacations & Luxury Gold is a very high quality, unique and affordable product. It’s actually a reliable product to sale with very impressive commissions, and guarantees that the customer will come back to the agents. With 42 brands across the world the parent company (The Travel Corporation (2011) Pte Ltd) is very stable unlike what is going into the market. As we already mentioned about the repeat customers, I believe 52 percent is very high in Indian market,” he added.
While explaining the product line for 2020 Lim said: “We have further enhanced our immersive small groups’ journeys, each with VIP experiences, exceptional dining, elegant hotels and a personable traveling concierge who is there to tailor everything so each of guests has their own personilised holiday experience.
Sharing his promotional strategy for the Indian market, Lim says that over the last two years they are very aggressive in way of promotion among the trade and consumers and reaching to the different kinds of end users. “Apart from the queries which are increasing year-on-year, we have seen a trend of early bookings which is new to us. We already have confirmed bookings for the November next year,” he added.
The company has launched an e-learning module for travel-trade professionals to enhance the knowledge about Insight Vacations and Luxury Gold product. After completing all six modules agents become Insight Vacation and Luxury Gold specialist. “The objective of starting this learning programme is to train all travel agents how to sell our products. New to Indian market the e-learning module has already been launched in Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. More than 2000 agents have already registered for this programme,” informed Lim.
Insight Vacations is a premium product while Luxury Gold is a luxury product. Insight Vacations has been crafting magical journeys. Through meticulous planning, detailed preparation and boundless passion Insight’s collection showcases the most outstanding destinations and curated experiences in Europe, North America, Northern Africa and India.
Guided by a travelling concierge, Luxury Gold is a journey beyond the ordinary, where guests enjoy exclusive VIP experiences, savour exceptional dining and relax in luxury hotels on every curated itinerary.
