One&Only and Atlantis postpone Ultimate Explorers fam trip

A fam trip run by sister brands One&Only and Atlantis, The Palm in partnership with Aspire has been postponed until spring 2022 due to ongoing travel restrictions.

The Ultimate Explorers trip, which was scheduled to take place in October 2021 and planned to whisk agents to Dubai and another mystery destination, will now take place next year between May 17-24.

Craig Jeffs, account director for leisure sales for the UK and Scandinavia at Kerzner International, said: “As a brand we pride ourselves on providing our guests with the ultimate travel experiences. We help them get under the skin of a destination while wrapping them in luxurious surroundings. We provide thrills, fun and endless adventures.

“This is what we want to be able to provide for our Ultimate Explorers. We want to make sure [their] experiences with us are truly once in a lifetime. To do this we need all the host resorts involved in our amazing trip and the current situation means the original October 21 [departure] date will not allow for this.”

He added: “I want to again thank [all the entrants and winners] for the continuous support across all our brands but more importantly a huge thank you for engaging with us during the Ultimate Explorers campaign.”

Aspire agents Ben Murtagh of Luxury Travel By Ben and Elegant Resorts; Ashley Grant of La Vida Travel; Jen Bekker of Travel Counsellors; Olivia Chetham of Papillon Travel; Richard Frampton of Hurlingham Travel; Lesley-Ann Birley of La Concordia Personal Travel; Clare Levy of Different Planet Travel and Alison Garven of 360 Private Travel all won places on the fam earlier this year.

The seven-day trip will see agents fly to Dubai for two nights, where they will stay at either One&Only Royal Mirage or Atlantis, The Palm, before heading to one of four other hotels in the One&Only portfolio for three nights.

Agents won’t know where they are going on the second leg of their journey until they are in Dubai, but the options include One&Only Reethi Rah, Maldives; One&Only Cape Town; One&Only Le Saint Géran, Mauritius; or the new One&Only Desaru Coast, Malaysia.

The group will then meet back in Dubai for a final two nights before flying home.

The Ultimate Explorers fam trip is part of a Kerzner International initiative running across several source markets, with 40 agents from across Europe taking part.