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Thirsty Thursdays Breakaway Around the Globe!

Friday, 29 June 2007

 
  :: Thirsty Thursdays Breakaway Around the Globe!  ::

Partygoers celebrated the biggest Thirsty Thursdays this year as Breakaway Travelclub took over the reigns to host what was later heralded, the industry event of the year.

Over 300 travel industry professionals crammed into the Altitude Bar in the Shelbourne Hotel to join in on the fun and games, get free Breakaway Membership and of course, win some fantastic prizes.

Agents were made to work a little harder for their rewards this month, and after answering a few quick questions about the sponsors of the night from information in Breakaway’s new Brochure, they were in the draw to win fabulous prizes which included a trip to Hawaii flying Hawaiian, stays at Club Med and Shangri-la Cairns, car hire from Holiday Autos and a Vietnam holiday offered by Buffalo Tours.

In the meantime, guests were delighted with the variety of food that was on offer which had been kindly sponsored by Breakaway Travelclub and Club Med, who also gave away 100 free drink vouchers which had run out in a matter of minutes!

To add a bit of a Hawaiian flair to the evening, agents were forced to show off their Hula Hoop skills to win spot prizes after watching impromptu performances by all our sponsors. 

Unfortunately the ones that were picked were not able to use it in the normal fashion, so the crowd were instead presented with some very original, creative and somewhat odd use of the hoop.  The best of the lot walked away with a fantastic Insurance Policy courtesy of Breakaway and Long Flat wine from Cheviot Bridge. 

There had to be more than luck on the side of the major prize winners this month, but those that did win were extremely excited to have walked away with plane tickets, accommodation, car hire, tours and more.

Many thanks to all our sponsors this month for making it an incredible Thirsty Thursdays, which included Hawaiian Airlines, Club Med, Holiday Autos, Buffalo Tours, Shangri-la Hotel Cairns, Cheviot Bridge Wine and major sponsor, Breakaway Travelclub for their continuous support of this industry event and their generosity to ensure it is a constant success. 

We hope to see everyone again on Thursday 26 July when we celebrate the festive season early with Christmas in July!

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  Crowd Shots

 

Deanna - Breakaway Travelclub &Zaia - Jetaround Holidays

Fiji Specialists Holidays

Natalie- Malaysia Holidays & Ksana - Gataway Travel

     

 

 

Diana (Landmark Travel) & Melanie (Malaysia Holidays)

 

Tina (ANC Travel) & Claudia (Expertise Events)

     

Yuko (Kintesu INTL) & Luisa (Breakaway Travel)

Musako (Kintesu INTL)

Steve (CWT) & Euan, Howard, Betty, Lindsey, Campbell - FCM

     

Krystal (Leisure World Holidays), Allison (BCD Travel), Emmie (BCD Travel), Danel (Qantas Business Travel)

Carnival Australia

Adventure Associates

Thai Airways

Wolfgang - Tour operator & Rose - Air Nuigini

Breakaway Travelclub

Gavin & Lilian - Helen Wong Tours

Zuji Team

Andrew & Pratika - Travelspirit Group & Misa - JTB

Susan - Zuji & Calista & Christy - Breakaway Travelclub

Jalpak Team

Star City Team

Allison - LCM Travel & Peter, David, Marissa, Josh - Travel Indochina

Marianne & Mark - Travel Indochina

Peter - Russia & Beyond with the team from Freedom Travel in Rockdale

Fifth Prize Fouth Prize

Third Prize

Jackson - Adventure Associates (winner)
& Troy - Shangri-la Hotel Cairns

Alessandra de Matteis & Anthony Cassar - Breakaway Travelclub & Lorraine Gage - Nordic Travel (winner)

Samantha -Travelworld Chiefly Plaza (winner) & Anthony - Breakaway Travelclub

Second Prize First Prize

Major Sponsor

Tonia - Club Med & Melanie - Octopus Trave (winner)l

Anthony & Aslessandra - Breakaway Travelclub
Jenny - Galleio (winner) & Meredith - Hawaiian Airlines

Breakaway Travelclub Group

Tony & Steve - Breakaway Travelclub

CHEERS!

Breakaway Travelclub

   

Sponsors

 

Getting the right answers to enter the prize draw!

 

Meredith - Hawaiian Airlines, Tonia - Club Med, Troy - Shangri-la Hotel Cairns, Alessandra - Breakaway Travelclub

Crowd shot

Tonia showing how its supposed to be done!

Alessandra de Matteis - Breakaway Travelclub

Spot Prize winner

Lisa - Russia & Beyond

Spot Prize winner