About A&A Holidays, Ltd.

A&A Holidays, Ltd. Was incorporated on August 1986. The corporation operates with the d.b.a. A&A South Pacific Tours, Ltd., A&A S.E.Asia Tours, Ltd & A&A Ciao Italy Tours, Ltd.

Apart from years of industry experience, this new partnership brings together the current brochured and customized product offered by A&A South Pacific Tours, Ltd, A&A S.E.Asia Tours, Ltd, & A&A Ciao Italy Tours, Ltd. a database of clients both retail Travel Agencies as well as Incentive Houses, Meeting Planers, Associations, etc. Along with these there are the past and current marketing activities and relationships with Airlines, Tourism Boards and Special Interest Operators.

To enable us to enhance our presence in the marketplace and future development of this unique Tour Company we have produced several separate brochures, “New Zealand & Beyond” featuring the in depth New Zealand , “Australia & Beyond” featuring Australia in depth, “Italy & Beyond”, “Sicily &Beyond” ,”Vanuatu & Beyond” , “Bali & Beyond” and soon to come , “Thailand & Beyond” , “Fiji /Tahiti & Beyond”, “Cook Islands & Beyond” and more.

Present Status of Company

The Company currently enjoys a loyal and satisfied clientele of former travelers. We feel we have an unusually high number of repeat travelers and personal referrals for the time we have been in operation. Each of our profit and non-profit clients currently perceive that they have benefited from our association and have realized significant monetary gains through our program.

The physical facilities and electronic reservations equipment the Company has in place is sufficient to achieve the goals of the Company as we are fully staffed and automated to be able to cost any FIT, Group or product in a twenty-four(24) hour turn-around time.

The Company is intent on achieving a long-term position as a provider of up-market travel arrangements to the industry which includes the Travel Agent, Incentive, and Meeting and Association programs in a timely manner.

Mission Statement

To provide the Traveler with innovative travel services for both domestic and international destinations whilst being responsive to market trends and offering a quality, value-added product that is superior to competitors, delivered with professional and personal service.

To ensure the growth of the company does not affect the objectives of service and quality and that consideration is always given to the maintenance of the environment in the destination that we promote.

A&A Holidays, Ltd (A&A South Pacific Tours, Ltd, A&A S.E.Asia Tours, Ltd., A &A Ciao Italy Tours, Ltd.) has been structured to allow it to be involved in the following areas:

• Tour Wholesaling
• Destination Management Company
• Special Interests Programs
• Incentives

Special Interest Programs - The division targets organizations promoted to the trade market. In addition “ A&A Holidays, Ltd” is used as the brand name for the company’s wholesale product marketed directly to and through the retail industry distribution chain.

Destination Management Company(DMC) – Involved in the business of targeting wholesale, Incentive Houses for the purpose of generating sales through customized leisure and special interest travel arrangements for the Incentive, Meeting and Association programs using the services of our own offices in Sydney, Auckland, Nadi, Papeete, Port-Vila, Bali, Jakarta, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Ho Chi Min, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Rome & Palermo & Catania (Sicily).

The company markets its services through travel industry outlets, through advertising and jointly with selected Travel Agencies which do consumer shows, and through non-profit and special interest institutions and organizations.

Wholesale - Markets its product through the travel industry distribution system: the wholesale and retail sectors. This is achieved in three ways: a) Providing the retail travel agents with consumer-driven products by the use of our product brochures; b) Providing the wholesalers with new product to be included in their brochures, thus becoming the ground handler for their programs. c) Providing in-depth customized itineraries to agents or wholesalers for their client base.

Strengths

Each staff member and agent in the company possesses extensive travel planning experience and is native of the destinations. The Company has capitalized on this specialized knowledge by assigning incidental work to individual staffers based on the requirements of the task at hand.

How To Select A Tour Operator

For your customized group itinerary, it’s important to consider communication costs, possible time delays and whether or not you are dealing with people from the South Pacific, S.E.Asia, Italy & Sicily. It is more efficient to use a company who has offices in the area and does not subcontract its operational expertise. Our passengers will appreciate our office contact in the country they are visiting, too.

Finally, you need a company that will offer competitive prices and financial security of arrangements, while maintaining personalized service.

Benefits In Dealing With A&A Holidays, Ltd.

Many of the agents we speak with tell us that their major problems are communication costs and lack of information and knowledge of the areas they are requesting. Uncertainty about how well their clients will be looked after when in each of those countries and where to get help on special itineraries is also a concern.

Because we understand our clients concerns when selling a far away destination, we at A&A Holidays, Ltd. provide all the help and services needed, as follows:

• Local Personnel from each country provide information on local sights and assist with itinerary presentation.
• Competitive castings on all South Pacific Islands, S.E.Asia and Italy are supplied within 48 hours and followed up in writing with a detailed itinerary , proposal and conditions.
• Customized itineraries: we do not mass produce programs: we offer the facility to tailor-make a program to suit each of our client’s needs and special interests.
• A&A Holidays, Ltd. have their own operations in the South Pacific, S.E.Asia, Italy & Sicily: we do subcontract our operational expertise in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam & Myanmar. We have an office nearby you while on tour, for assistance when required.