Applications for Avis Travel Agent Scholarship ending soon

Applications for Avis Travel Agent Scholarship ending soon
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Travel agents have until the end of the month to apply for the industry’s most prestigious award, the 2014 Avis Travel Agent Scholarship.

The customer-service focused agent who wins 18th annual Avis Travel Agent Scholarship will receive a range of educational and travel-related prizes valued in excess of $40,000.

The prize includes

  • two return Qantas Airways Business Class airfares to New York
  • six nights’ accommodation in Manhattan and seven days’ car rental from Avis
  • a scholarship to study at Southern Cross University with financial support of up to $8,000**
  • training modules from the Cruise Lines International Australasia
  • a Polonious Resources Personal Profile, Feedback Session and on-call personal/professional coaching for 12 months
  • two tickets to the 2015 NTIA Gala Dinner in Sydney (return flights, overnight accommodation and return limousine transfers)

The award is open to all leisure and corporate travel consultants, regardless of their current position, level of experience or commercial affiliations, with some terms and condition applicable.

To register, agents are to visit the website www.avisscholarship.com before close of business and 31 July 2014 and answer a selection of simple questions on their approach to customer service 

Just for applying, every agent will receive a two-day weekend rental voucher from Avis, with finalists receiving return flights to Sydney and accommodation on 21 October 2014 to attend the final judging session and the announcement of the 2014 winner at the Four Seasons Hotel Sydney.

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