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Sunshine.co.uk – June up-date’s and top selling destinations…

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Dear all,

So - you probably know by now that Chris C - Affiliate manager at Sunshine.co.uk, succeeded for the second year running, in achieving “Affiliate Manager of the year” at the A4U awards!!! Nice work Chris!

Not only that - but Sunshine have been shortlisted for the”Tr@vel Pioneer Award” - at the Travolution awards in September (fingers crossed guys)!

So why do they do so well? In the words of Lloyd Grossman….. “Let’s take a look at the evidence”…

Sunshine has quickly built a reputation as the UK’s leading independent travel agent. Their mix of low-cost holidays, budget flights and discounted hotels, makes them a serious contender in the world of online travel. They have an award winning affiliate manager, are known for their innovation (receiving a “highly commended” Econsultancy award in 08 for Sun-Press) and are one of the most talked about travel companies of the year. If that’s not enough, they have all the resource you could possibly need to run a successful affiliate campaign, so promoting Sunshine.co.uk really is a no brainer!

Here’s some info about Sunshine - (in case you’ve been in quarantine for the past eighteen months), and some handy hints and up-dates for those of you already promoting Sunshine or about to….

About Sunshine.co.uk

Sunshine.co.uk launched their affiliate campaign in February 2008 and focused attention on this channel as their main acquisition tool.

By May 2008 - Chris C won his first award - as “Affiliate Manager of 2008″ - at the A4U Awards.

Their core offering is a mixture of dynamic packaging (flight + hotel) and hotel only, meaning that they really do have something for everyone - at the right price!

Why Promote Sunshine.co.uk - what’s in it for affiliates?

Sunshine.co.uk has been designed by affiliates - with affiliates in mind. This means that they understand exactly what you need to be successful at affiliate marketing. As an extension of their sales team, Sunshine want to make sure that you understand their brand, what they do and how best to promote. Therefore they have set up a one stop shop for affiliates to access everything you need. Visit www.sunshine.co.uk/affiliates to pick up the following:

- Word Press plug-in (Sun Press) and themes designed to help you build your holiday site and add XML search to your site with no XML knowledge required!
- Full hotel list and landing pages (XLS, CSV, XML)
- Destination and resort level landing pages (XLS, CSV, XML)
- Full suite of creative
- HTML Search boxes
- HTML newsletter templates
- RSS Feeds (to keep you up to date on all their offers) - choose by destination
- RSS Feeds for All inclusive offers, Family Holiday and Last Minute offers.
- Live chats available with the Sunshine team.
- Extremely competitive commission rates of 7%.
- NEW - Airport parking commissionable at 7%

Please note: you will need to add your affiliate id when utilising deep links and resource material from the Sunshine affiliate page.

What’s selling well….?

We are now officially in “Lates” season, meaning that the majority of bookings are travelling within the next 10 weeks. Everyone is looking for that last minute summer holiday bargain, and traditionally bookings at this time are mainly price driven. This is good news for Sunshine, as they offer incredibly low prices, to all your favourite destinations. Please see below for “what’s hot” during travel peaks”….

Top 10 destinations

Top 10 Hotels

1. H.Top Molinos Park Hotel - Salou - Costa Dorada
http://www.sunshine.co.uk/hotels/H.T…Hotel-487.html
2. Jupiter Saturno Hotel - Alcudia - Majorca
http://www.sunshine.co.uk/hotels/Jup…Hotel-442.html
3. Hotetur Bellevue Apartments - Alcudia - Majorca
http://www.sunshine.co.uk/hotels/Hot…ments-511.html
4. Club Praia Da Rocha Apartments - Praia da Rocha - Algarve
http://www.sunshine.co.uk/hotels/Clu…ments-291.html
5. Majesty Club Tuana Beach Hotel - Fethiye - Turkey
http://www.sunshine.co.uk/hotels/Maj…Hotel-657.html
6. Club Marthas Aparthotel - Cala d’Or - Majorca
http://www.sunshine.co.uk/hotels/Clu…otel-4435.html
7. Crown Resorts Elamaris Aparthotel - Protaras - Cyprus
http://www.sunshine.co.uk/hotels/Cro…otel-3491.html
8. Mavruka Hotel - Olu Deniz - Turkey
http://www.sunshine.co.uk/hotels/Mav…otel-8135.html
9. Albufeira Jardim 1 & 2 Apartments - Albufeira - Algarve
http://www.sunshine.co.uk/hotels/Alb…ments-255.html
10. Club & Hotel Letoonia - Fethiye - Turkey
http://www.sunshine.co.uk/hotels/Clu…oonia-163.html

Bon Voyage - Barbados Winners….

Sunshine have sponsored 6 very lucky affiliates to go on the AffiliateFuture Barbados networking trip - which leaves this weekend. Each affiliate earned their place by out performing all others in their chosen Sunshine incentive category - well done everyone. I’m not going to name the winners (you know who you are…), but will be contacting each and every one of you following the trip to see how it went and get all the gossip!
Thanks to everyone who took part - and watch this space for the next Sunshine.co.uk incentive!

Ok, that’s it for now. Sunshine would like to take this opportunity to say a “big thank you” to everyone who has helped make the affiliate programme a success, to all who voted for Chris and look forward to continued success in the future.

If anyone has any questions, comments, feedback or just generally need help, please contact:

Sunshine: affiliates@sunshine.co.uk
AffiliateFuture: Victoria.mcquillan@affiliatefuture.co.uk

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