Pictured with Sandra Louise Lambert (centre) are Amy Roullier and Brad Bennetts from Kuoni.
Kuoni’s Worldwide College travel agency educational programme will return in 2020 with a focus on destinations in the Far East.
This year’s Worldwide College focused on the Indian Ocean and culminated in a fam trip for six travel agents to Mauritius.
During the trip, Sandra Louise Lambert, from Explorer Travel, was crowned the overall winner of the 2019 Indian Ocean Worldwide College, following a final exam to test the agents’ knowledge.
Brad Bennetts, Kuoni national sales manager – who hosted the educational in partnership with Turkish Airlines and Sun Resorts – said: “The Worldwide College is all about working with agents to develop in-depth knowledge about destinations we specialise in.
“Winners were selected from each one of our regional events which took place earlier in the year and hosting the final part of the training in Mauritius was the icing on the cake.
“Activities around the island over the past week have included a range of challenges including cookery, local market visits, golf and social media to gain points towards the final examination.
“We’re absolutely delighted Sandra is our 2019 winner. She has shown huge commitment throughout the training, from the event we hosted in Essex to being involved in the interactive educational and the final exam.”
Lambert added: “My Worldwide college training was invaluable as I learnt so much and the notes I took helped me make a number of sales.
“This is a stunning island and I look forward to selling so many more Kuoni holidays to this amazing part of the world.”
For Worldwide College in 2020, at least six locations across the UK will host agent training events.
Bennetts said: “Hosting the Worldwide College again in 2020 shows our commitment to personalised training and supporting agents with high calibre training.
“We’ve got lots to share about the Far East and we’re excited about what is set to be another great year of trade training events throughout the UK.”
