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Since they first started appearing on specially fitted
Boeing 777-300ERs on select flights to and from Paris, Air France’s exceptional
La Première suites have impressed the travel community.
At a time when many airlines have replaced their first-class
category with business class, Air France has created an incomparable
experience, complete with in-suite Michelin-starred dining, lie-flat bedding
and attentive measures to ensure guests’ privacy throughout the journey.
A new chapter of the Air France and KLM Specialist Program
at TravelAgentAcademy.com demonstrates how booking clients in a La Première
suite is about as close as it gets to arranging a flight on a private jet —
with the resources of a global airline and less work required of the travel
advisor.
The program’s goal is to help you confidently describe this
highly sophisticated product to your most discerning clients, while educating
you on which routes off er the service and how to work with staff to ensure
client preferences are met.
High-Flying Luxury
"Five-star hotel comfort in the skies" sums up
what it’s like to fly in a La Première suite. As you’ll learn from the program,
Air France and its specially trained crew ensure the well-being of your clients
in many ways, through features such as:
- Spacious suites that include drawers for carry-ons, a guest
armchair, a privacy partition and sound-and-light insulating curtains, an
entertainment system and a lighting and climate control tablet
- An armchair or daybed that transforms into a 6.5-footlong
bed with a memory foam mattress
- Multicourse dining based on menus designed by
Michelin-starred chefs and served on Limoges porcelain at the guest’s preferred
time. Courses are paired with wines recommended by a top French sommelier.
Serenity at Every Step
The entire journey is orchestrated to envelop guests in
serenity, including a curbside meet-and-greet upon airport arrival, a dedicated
check-in, escorts to help navigate the airport smoothly, an enhanced lounge
experience before takeoff from the U.S. and a private car for pickup upon
landing at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, where a newly redesigned La
Première lounge offers a Sisley Spa experience, Michelin-inspired menus and
more.
Care to Customize?
The new chapter of the Air France and KLM Specialist Program
at TravelAgentAcademy.com will provide further information on the other
available La Première suite amenities, as well as how to customize them —
whether it’s dining requests or booking an entire La Première cabin of four
suites for a group.
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