The brand also unveiled details of By Appointment +, a development of its trade-only By Appointment service.
The Journey Together offering is designed for small group, extended and multi-generational family bookings. It starts with five suites with a minimum of 10 guests. Agents can benefit from a complimentary host berth, rewarding commission payments and each suite reservation comes with a complimentary Journey Experience credit to use onboard.
Meanwhile, the Journey Together + programme starts with a 10 suite, 20 guest minimum and offers travel advisors a complimentary host suite, rewarding commissions and a value fare to significantly increase their profit potential.
Full ship charter requests can also be submitted by travel advisors and shipping brokers and are negotiated independently of the Journey Together programmes based upon the length of the customised journey and time of year.
Agents can also invite clients on a By Appointment + call to allow Explora Journeys’ ambassadors to answer questions and finalise their bookings. Bookings can be made for any of Explora I’s inaugural sailings, including the ship’s maiden voyage in May 2023 from Barcelona to Athens.
It comes after Michael Ungerer, Explora Journeys’ chief executive, told TTG the service had already been very well received by advisors so far.
Chris Austin, chief sales officer of Explora Journeys, said: "Designing our Journey Together group programmes and developing our By Appointment + service has been a highly collaborative process with the travel advisor community."
