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Travel companies gear up for Cyber Monday bookings

Monday, 2 December 20133 min read

Travel companies are ready for a busy post-Thanksgiving break, with many launching Cyber Monday promotions.

Delta Vacations is running an agent incentive, offering $400 off clients’ travel and earning 23,000 bonus Delta SkyMiles, on flight and hotel packages at selected Iberostar properties in Mexico, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, as well as Hard Rock Hotels in Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

The sale runs until midnight on Tuesday, December 3, for travel between January 1 and March 31, 2014.

"This is a huge savings opportunity for our travel agents and their clients," said John Caldwell, president of MLT Vacations, which operates Delta Vacations.

"Earning 23,000 Delta SkyMiles is almost like getting a free flight with each booking, and a truly great way to start planning their next vacation!"

Starwood Hotels and Resorts is offering discounts of up to 40% off all its brands – Four Points by Sheraton, Sheraton, Aloft, W Hotels, Le Meridien, The Luxury Collection, Element, Westin and St. Regis.

The sale is for North and Latin American hotels in a promotion running to December 6.

Customers can also win one of 67 stays in the U.S. Canada or Mexico, as part of Starwood’s Cyber Monday Instant Happiness Sweepstakes.

Funjet is giving up to $700 flight credit for customers who book the El Dorado Royale, by Karisma, in the Rivera Maya, Mexico.

In other promotions, the Radisson Blu Warwick Hotel, Philadelphia, has rates of $19.26 per person; Z NYC has 20% discounts until 2:20pm today and the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in California has 30% discounts on room rates for selected dates.