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New travel packages for ‘Destination Pago’ now available

reporters@samoanews.com

The American Samoa Visitors Bureau has released details of official holiday travel packages for American Samoa through Hawaiian Airlines, which is working in conjunction with its trade partner — All About Tours — an Oregon-based wholesale tour operator.

Visitors Bureau Executive Director David Vaeafe said the packages are a first for the US market and are aimed at leisure, business and visiting friends and relative’s travelers to American Samoa.

"Never before have we had such exclusive deals at these fantastic rates and we'll be showcasing them at the consumer travel shows we're participating in the US over the next few months,” he said in announcing the travel packages through the Visitors Bureau’s January 2017 eNewsletter, which is also distributed to various travel and tour operators globally last Friday.

Visitors Bureau Deputy Director Vaito’a Hans Langkilde had first revealed during a cabinet meeting late last month that the agency was working with Hawaiian Air on travel package for American Samoa as part of a new plan for “industry development” and that the travel package would allow travelers from US cities — including New York City on the East Coast — that are served by Hawaiian Air to visit American Samoa and that the travel package includes airfares, hotel room and rental car. (See Samoa News edition on Dec. 28 for details)

According to the Visitors Bureau eNewsletter, the “exclusive holiday packages to American Samoa from the US” are valid for travel throughout the year. The travel package, which includes airfare and seven-nights accommodation deals starts from $1,990 from Honolulu and $2,299 from the nine US mainland cities from which Hawaiian Air flies directly to and from — staying at Sadie's by the Sea, Tradewinds Hotel, Moana O Sina and Tisa's Barefoot Bar.

According to Vaeafe, All About Tours will be promoting the deals through a wide range of US consumer travel and distribution channels. And the eNewsletter provided specific details of travel packages for each of the local accommodations. For inquiries and bookings contact All About Tours at 800-274-8687 ext 5 (within the US) or email: sales@allaboutsouthpacific.com

And the new travel package for American Samoa will be promoted throughout this year at various travel shows.

Vaeafe says the Visitors Bureau and Hawaiian Air’s Pago Pago station will once again partner this year to showcase American Samoa at the Travel & Adventures in the US. He says staff from both offices will be in their booth to answer any travel questions visitors may have.

The Visitors Bureau and Hawaiian Air’s booth will be at six upcoming travel shows in the next three months, with the first one scheduled for Jan. 14 to 15 at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC, while the second show is Feb. 11 to 12 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California.