Travel Weekly Blog

It’s exam day on the Kuoni Worldwide Diploma Final trip to Cape Town, South Africa. Agents are taking their final paper in the competition to become Worldwide Consultant or Advanced Worldwide Consultant of the Year 2007.

Here’s what the agents have achieved so far:

• A total of 2,700 agents started the standard diploma, 525 started the advanced diploma.
• To gain a place on the Final trip to Cape Town, candidates taking the standard diploma had to achieve a pass mark of 96% or above – 40 agents did and they have come on the trip.
• Candidates taking the advanced diploma had to gain a pass mark of 92% or more to be offered a place on the trip – 15 got that mark and ten made it on the trip.

On the trip, the standard diploma agents have been competing for the coveted title of Worldwide Consultant of the Year 2007. The advanced diploma agents have been competing for the title of Advanced Worldwide Consultant of the Year 2007.

The two winners will be announced this evening (Monday) at a gala dinner at the Gold Restaurant, part of the Gold Museum in Cape Town.

Check out upcoming editions of Travel Weekly to read exclusive interviews with the winners.

In the mean time, big congratulations from everyone at Travel Weekly to all the agents who made it on the trip – it’s a fantastic achievement.

Emily Ashwell, business and community editor