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LHW hosts 'Leading Famil' to France

The Leading Hotels of the World is currently hosting the third of their four Leading Famils, this time to France; taking in Paris, Nice, Cannes and Provence.

The Leading Hotels of the World is currently hosting the third of their four Leading Famils, this time to France; taking in Paris, Nice, Cannes and Provence.

Extended to their top selling agency partners, Leading Famils is the ultimate famil experience designed to educate travel agents on their luxury collection of hotels, the cities they visit, meanwhile all infused in an itinerary of fine dining, private tours and local unique experiences.

Hosted by Renee Fowler from LHW, the group stayed at Hotel Lancaster, La Reserve and Le Bristol in Paris, Le Negresco in Nice, Hotel Barriere Le Majestic in Cannes and will finish off at Terre Blanche Resort and Spa in Provence.

The group enjoyed four nights in Paris where they were treated to Michelin Star dining around the clock, a local cooking class with Cook’n with Class, a Localers tour of Le Marais and a ride in vintage Citroen’s with Paris Authentic to the Eiffel Tour.

They were even treated to a behind the scenes hard hat tour of the iconic Ritz Paris, due to re-open in March 2016 with Mr. Christian Boyens, Managing Director of Ritz Paris.

Paris Authentic Tour - French Famil - Oct 2015

Paris Authentic Tours – Denise Gilfeather (Spencer Travel), Maggie Fay (Executive Edge), Angela Doyle (Wentworth Travel), Renee Fowler (LHW), Evelyn Mehrengs (Bayview Travel), Belinda Manning (MTA), Jake Agnew (Sanford International Travel) Cook’n with Class (Market Tour) – Evelyn Mehrengs (Bayview Travel), Angela Doyle (Wentworth Travel), Jake Agnew (Sanford International Travel), Denise Gilfeather (Spencer Travel), Belinda Manning (MTA) and Chef from Cook’n with Class.

 

Cook'n with Class - French Famil - Oct 2015

Cook‘n with Class 2 – Jake Agnew (Sanford International Travel), Evelyn Mehrengs (Bayview Travel), Denise Gilfeather (Spencer Travel), Chef from Cook’n with Class, Belinda Manning (MTA), Renee Fowler (LHW), Maggie Fay (Executive Edge), Angela Doyle (Wentworth Travel)

 

Ritz Paris hard hat inspection - French Famil - Oct 2015

Ritz Paris hard hat – (L-R) Evelyn Mehrengs (Bayview Travel), Renee Fowler (The Leading Hotels of the World), Christian Boyens (Ritz Paris), Denise Gilfeather (Spencer Travel), Angela Doyle (Wentworth Travel), Jake Agnew (Sanford International Travel), Belinda Manning (MTA) and Maggie Fay (Executive Edge)

“Leading Famils has really been a great success. We have our final famil heading out in early November to the UK and we have had so much interest from agents for our 2016 itineraries”

 Craig Adamson, Director, Australia and New Zealand for The Leading Hotels of the World

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