Friday 31 October 2014

Samoa Highlights New 'Samoa Smart Guide' App And Opening Of New Resorts At 2014 World Travel Market Stand AS265 - And Agents Can Win Tickets To The Rugby!

The Samoa Tourism Authority will be exhibiting at World Travel Market 2014 with the South Pacific Tourism Organisation and will be promoting the launch of the Samoa Smart Guide app by destination management company Polynesian Xplorer, the re-opening of the Return to Paradise Resort (16 October 2014), Sheraton Samoa Aggie Grey’s Resort (22 December 2014) and the Sheraton Samoa Aggie Grey’s Hotel (01 May 2015).

Samoa Smart Guide App
The Samoa Smart Guide app expertly plays the role of local insider’s guide to Samoa; where to stay, dine, entertainment, local handicrafts and artists etc and allows you to connect to local businesses and services on the island. With no 3G or data roaming required it’s perfect for an island that is known as ‘off the GPS’!

Newly opened Return to Paradise Resort is located on a beach in the Matautu-Lefaga village that even the Samoans call special. In addition to its 61 rooms on offer, white sandy beaches and mineral pools, the resort is proudly 100% Samoan owned and operated. Every penny spent at the resort is creating jobs and helping develop local economies across the island.

The refurbished ‘Aggie Grey’s Resort’ is set to re-open this December as a Starwood Hotel situated along a 100-metre white sand beach, just a five-minute drive from Faleolo International Airport. Modern and spacious, the rooms will open out onto ground floor or first floor balconies with stunning scenes of the Pacific Ocean. The hotel will offer both rest and relaxation at the Manaia Polynesian spa and action out on the water with complimentary use of sea kayaks.

Manu Samoa
Samoa Tourism Authority representatives will also use WTM as an opportunity to highlight significant anniversaries, celebrations and upcoming events for the country. As a nation that treats rugby like a second religion, excitement is already building as the world champion All Blacks will play a historic test match in July 2015 as the two nations play in Samoa for the first time. Looking at the tail end of 2014, the national rugby team Manu Samoa will make their way to the UK to play England at Twickenham on 22 November - agents and tour operators should visit the stand for a chance to win two tickets! On 03 December, it will be the 120th anniversary of famous storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson’s death, in Vailima Samoa, where he lived during the last years of his life and is buried.



Product/Contract/Sales managers can also visit the stand to put in an application for a place on the upcoming Samoa Tourism Exchange, 11 – 15 May 2015. The exchange will include a fully-hosted FAM Trip with return flights and tickets to the Samoa Tourism Exchange Roadshow. 

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