Attention Certified Tahiti Tiare Agents!

Increasing your sales activity is perhaps one of your New Year’s resolutions: you don’t want to miss any referrals from the Tahiti Tourisme website and we want our visitors to find the best way to reach you!

You are listed on our website and we need your help in getting your most recent contact information. If you haven't submitted your details, we invite you to complete our survey before March 1, 2006 by clicking the following link (you may also choose to copy and paste the link): http://start.emailopen.com/public1/surveyResponse1.aspx?id1=28&id2=o5W4Fnw3ESe2c6C

Attention Tiare Agents in progress, who are working on completing the requirements.

Our records indicate that you have registered for the Tahiti Tiare Program. You have one year to complete all of the requirements in the program. If you have completed any of the requirements, we would like you to to update your records.

For agents who have enrolled through the E-Learning workshop, please log in to your profile with your email address and password. If you have registered through:

Interested in completing your partner sales training requirement? Tahiti Tourisme is putting together various tradeshows this Spring in collaboration with several of our Preferred Partners. Please stop by our booth at the following tradeshows to either pick up flyers or meet our partners who can help you to schedule a product training. You may also inform your client database of Tahiti Tourisme's participation in the following consumer travel shows.

For the 125 North American travel agents who attended Tahiti Tourisme North America's 2nd Annual Travel Exchange, the trip to Tahiti was no typical day at the office.

Flying in from the East and West Coasts on Air Tahiti Nui, the agents gathered at Le Meridien Tahiti on November 2 for a full day of presentations, meetings, and training. By the time they sat down for a beach dinner of poisson cru and other local delicacies, their minds were filled with images of Bora Bora's turquoise lagoons and Moorea's cloud-piercing peaks. The Tahiti Travel Exchange brings together a group of highly qualified travel agents, hand-picked by Tahiti Tourisme North America's (TTNA) Preferred Tour Operators, for a one-day summit in Tahiti. This year, the local dance group Te Maeva kicked off the event with a lively performance of traditional Tahitian dance. TTNA's Leila Laille followed with an energetic 90-minute presentation on Tahiti and Her Islands, while local Supply Partners met with Tour Operator representatives for an informal mixer. In the afternoon, 32 Supply Partners rotated among tables of travel agents, giving 7-minute presentations of their products. A message from GIE Tahiti Tourisme chief executive Dany Panero and a Tahitian beach party capped the long but stimulating day. “I left the Tahiti Travel Exchange with a wealth of information,” says Kim Worthington of Uniglobe South Coast Travel, in Irvine, CA. “The roundtable discussions were fast-paced, fun, and informative. Each vendor had their own flair and I took home little black pearls of wisdom from each of them. Mauruuru for a wonderful day of learning!” she says.

Following the event, eight of TTNA's Preferred Tour Operators (Brendan Worldwide Vacations, Happy Vacations, Island Escapes by Goway, Newmans South Pacific Vacations, Pleasant Holidays, Sunspots International, Swain Tours, and Tahiti Vacations) led groups of travel agents on Fam trips throughout the islands. Each trip's itinerary varied; some included the dazzling lagoons of Bora Bora, while others ventured to the sun-washed Tuamotu atolls. After returning to the U.S. bronzed and feeling like putty, the travel agents need to only make four Tahiti bookings within the next year to become fully certified Tiare Agents.