Silversea Unveils Comprehensive Group Sales Program

Silversea Cruises has launched a new group sales program that it says offers more choices, more flexibility and more time for travel professionals to get results.The upgraded program is available for new group bookings on all 2017 and 2018 voyages. 

An easy-to-use toolkit, the new group program offers an array of new incentives to help agents grow their group business, including: 

  • Price protection for 90 days, allowing agents to promote groups with greater confidence.
  • Tour conductor requirements as low as one per nine berths.
  • Onboard spending credits of up to $300 per suite, which are now protected even if only one suite sails.
  • Onboard spending credits now applicable on Silver Explorer, Silver Discoverer and Silver Cloud expedition voyages -- in addition to all ocean ships.
  • Combinability with such promotional programs as Silver Select, Early Booking Bonus and promotional Economy Class Air/Business Class Air rates -- in addition to Venetian Society Savings, Extended Voyage Savings and Onboard Savings.   
  • One group per ship may be booked per month, per travel agency.
  • No deposit is required to create the group (a 25 percent deposit is required to make individual suite assignments, and is due to Silversea within seven days from the date the individual suite is reserved and/or the guest name is provided)

In a written release, Mark Conroy, Silversea's managing director for the Americas said, "groups are a great way for agents to maximize their earning potential, and now with the new program they have more time and more ways to close the sale on a broad range of exciting itineraries."

Travel agents with existing 2017 or 2018 groups booked under the previous group sales program have the option to convert to the new program if they wish, and each booking within the group would then be subject to the most current applicable fare.

For more details about the new group program, travel agents should visit my.silversea.com or contact the Inside Sales Team at 1.800.722.9955