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🇭🇰What you need to know…

In an attempt to win back lost tourism revenue as a result of its uber strict COVID policies, Hong Kong just announced its 500,000 free flight giveaway.

Flights will be through Cathay Pacific.

First round of flight giveaways start March 1 for neighbouring Southeast Asian countries.

April 1 for mainland Chinese travellers

May 1 for most of us.

For your chance to win one of these round-trip seats…copy and paste this URL…

https://flights.cathaypacific.com/en_BE/offers/world-of-winners.html

Or Google: Cathay Pacific’s World Of Winners.

If you’ve never been to Hong Kong before…it’s a must.

✨Food is amazing.
✨It’s surprisingly very green and has a ton of nature hikes for a city
✨Great shopping
✨Lots to see and do.
✨Stunning city views from any of the 553 sky-high buildings.

So what do you say….you in? 🙋‍♀️

✈️ Hate waiting in lines?

Me too.

Toronto Pearson airport, which has been considered a clusterF*** in the past year, just announced that you can pre-book your time online to go through security.

The booking system seems pretty straight forward. You can book a time up to 4 days in advance of travel. Just show up 15 min prior to your reserved time, show your QR code and skip the lines.

You can book for groups of up to 10 people.

It was just introduced a couple of days ago so I haven’t tried it myself yet but let me know in the comments if you have or would consider it.

Go to: https://www.torontopearson.com/en/departures/yyz-express

Share this post with anyone you know travelling out of YYZ.

🪔What is Diwali?

Diwali is India’s biggest and most important holiday of the year. Kinda like Christmas to many of us.

It celebrates light over darkness
Good over evil
Knowledge over ignorance
And the ability to overcome all adversity

What a beautiful holiday and one we should all adopt.

So Happy Diwali to all my Indian friends, many of whom are like family to me. And if you are not Indian, maybe you can decide to be one in spirit today.

🕯❤️🕯

🌊 Isn’t that the truth.

The past 2 years for the travel industry has been a tsunami. 2 years where it felt like the water was being pulled back from the shore.

And now…with the lifting of most travel restrictions, most travel advisors are standing on the shoreline, getting pummelled with a wave of clients who are eager to travel but need help finding the right advisor.

If you’re that travel advisor…time to grab your surfboard 🏄‍♀️

Let’s go!

I’m running a Facebook Bootcamp that will show you how to attract the right client to your travel business so that you aren’t wasting time and energy on the wrong clients.

If you are a travel advisor…check out the link in my Highlights under “Challenge”

🕊 Seriously…it’s good enough. Fly already.

This is a gentle reminder that whatever you are currently working on…

it’s probably ready to go.

Yeah sure, you could probably preen some more but really…It’s time.

This is as much of a kick in the butt to myself as it is to anyone else out there who might read this and think…yep, that’s me.

Looking for a way to monetize your love of travel? Join my waitlist for my upcoming course that helps travel planners grow their businesses.

🔗 in Bio

What big project are you working on at the moment?

📸 taken at the dock at Newport Beach

🐾 It’s take your doggo to work day.

Truth is, when you work from home, everyday feels like a doggo holiday.

Negatives:
Her work output is a bit suspect.
She doesn’t have the best attention to detail.
She takes way too many naps.

Positives:
She’s easy to motivate
She’s cheap
And she accepts hugs and cuddles and doesn’t complain to HR about it.

Let her know she’s a good girl and give her a like, won’t ya?

🐪 Yeah, I’m talkin’ to you

It’s Monday! Best day of the week…if you don’t count Friday, Sat, Sunday and Thursday.

Ever wondered what skillz you’d need to make a kick-ass travel advisor?

In my blog this week, (🔗 in bio), I count ‘em down.

If you are a travel advisor who is ready to seriously grow your business, I can help you attract quality clients. Send me a DM and let’s talk.

📸 @ Petra, Jordan

🔴 What is your favourite colour?

My blog this week (link in bio 👆) helps you choose the best colours for your travel brand and why you should even bother.

I suggest choosing a strong anchor colour. This will set the tone for your entire brand colour palette.

My anchor colour is RED

Why red?

I wanted a colour that represented life-long learning, continual growth and guidance that are the cornerstones of my travel marketing business ~ Digital Travel Academy.

So I did one of these…🤔 and came up monks.

I pulled up the image above 📸

took my chrome extension tool, Colorzilla, dragged it across the screen and landed somewhere in the folds of the robes in the above pic.

And voila! HEX code 9d271F became my anchor colour.

Inspired by the monks of Mandalay.

Now your turn, what made you choose the main colour of your biz?

🇲🇲 Every strong woman needs a wingman or (wingwoman).

Am I right?

Just because you make the best grilled cheese sandwiches and can iron a party dress to military perfection, doesn’t mean you should.

There is no shame in hiring an assistant, freeing up time to do the things that actually add to your bottom line in your travel business.

But how do you know when you can realistically afford to hire an assistant?

I’ve got you covered.

In my blog this week…I tackle:

✨ When to know when it’s the right time
✨ Why you’ll resist
✨ Steps you’ll need to do before hiring
✨ 5 common mistakes to avoid
✨ 5 tips to help you narrow down the candidates

Isn’t it funny that Batman had Robin
Green Hornet had Kato
but Wonder Woman did it all by herself!

Doesn’t mean YOU have to.

📸 Inle Lake, Myanmar

https://www.digitaltravelacademy.com/how-to-hire-the-best-assistant

✨It’s not because you have the wrong brand colours

✨ It’s not because your logo is offensive

✨It’s not because you forgot to post on (fill in the national whatever day).

✨ 9 times out of 10…the only reason that people aren’t booking with you is because they don’t know you exist.

✨ At 11:59 - Marketing is a numbers game. Don’t make it mean more than that.

✨ The more people you get out in front of, the more opportunity you will have to convert them to a booking.

I can help you get unstuck wherever you are in your travel business.

Go to coachwithdiane.com or shoot me a DM and let’s talk.




















✨ 9 times out of 10…the only reason that people aren’t booking with you is that they don’t know you exist.

🇨🇳What was your first FAM trip?

Mine was way back in Sept 2000.

I went on a 21-day trip with to:

🎯Beijing - Forbidden City & Great Wall
➡️ Xian - Terracotta warriors
➡️ Chengdu - Pandas
➡️ Leshan - Giant Buddha
⛴ Yangtzi River - Pre-damming.
➡️ Yongshou - Li River
➡️ Hong Kong - Victoria Harbour

21-day FAM trips are not typically the norm but at the time, I sold more Asia with Intrepid than any other agent in North America so they sent me an invite. And I accepted.

They say nothing is quite like your first time
✨ .
Easily one of the best trips I’ve ever been on, if not the best.

And that’s the point of a great FAM trip. Throughout my entire 23 years working in the corporate travel world, moving from company to company, I continued to promote Intrepid Travel.

Even ’til today, I’m still sending them shout outs!

What was your first FAM trip?

I dare you to post a pic of either your first or your favourite and if you tag me, I’ll feature you in my stories.

(Link in bio👆) to learn how to make the most of your next FAM trip.