Agents have hailed various operators and suppliers for their efforts to get the Canaries and the Maldives back on sale within hours of the government’s decision last week to open quarantine-free travel corridors to the two popular winter sun destinations.
"Jet2holidays, again, are at the forefront of trying to get some traction in the market," said one respondent to TTG’s latest Travel Agent Tracker survey, with others remarking on how rival Tui, and the likes of Palladium Hotels and Iberostar, were also able to push out offers promptly following the announcement last Thursday (22 October).
One agent respondent described the efforts to get flights on sale the very same evening and push the news, as well as new offers and discount codes, out on social media and to the trade as an "amazing turnaround service".
Another said: "Iberostar have been excellent and were quickly on the ball when the Canaries opened," while a third added: "Palladium’s reps have constantly been forthcoming with news, and even more since the Canaries went back on sale."