The industry's top agents descend on Room-Res Island for treasure, adventure and fun

We all know that one of the main reasons agents go into travel is because they (surprise, surprise) love to travel. 

This is why Room-Res.com - the hotel booking site made exclusively for agents - decided to treat the industry’s best and brightest agents to three days on Room-Res Island (also known as Daydream Island in the Whitsundays).

The 10 lucky winners were hand-selected after being the first to book hotels on six islands or for closing the most revenue within the competition period. 

After being notified of their win they, along with a guest, made their way to Room-Res island. 

Here are the highlights!

DAY ONE: ARRIVAL

The weekend got off to a flying start with the lucky winners heading to Daydream Island from destinations across Australia. 

Daydream Island Resort is renowned as the best place to stay in the Whitsunday Islands. Surrounded by the Great Barrier Reef, the resort's warm and gentle waters and wild rainforest give the feeling of being on a tropical island. 

In the middle of the resort is the spectacular Living Reef - a natural aquarium with more than 100 species of sea creatures. 

The happy winners and the guests were given shell necklaces on arrival as well as a glass (or two) of champagne. 

After getting acquainted with the island, they made their way to their bedrooms, all of which were complete with stunning views of the sea.

The evening entertainment began with an exclusive, albeit slightly fictional, screening of how Room-Res came to be. Winners were then treated to a private screening of  Now You See Me - complete with pizza and drinks. 

DAY TWO - ADVENTURE

Day two of the trips gave the lucky winners a chance to choose relaxation or adventure. 

After gorging themselves on the resort’s breakfast buffet, guests were invited to join a special meditation session delivered with views of the Living Reef. 

An expert took attendees through a guided meditation whilst rainbow fish, sting rays, and more swam in the background.

After feeling suitably calm, a few brave guests decided to mix things up a bit with some jet skiing across the open seas. 

Still raring for adventure, guests had the option to get even closer to the wildlife by snorkeling in the Living Reef. Not only were they able to see the Reef’s selection of rainbow fish, gropers and stingrays up close, but they were even able to sit next to the trainer as she fed them. 

After that, guests took to the oceans again with a glass-bottomed kayak tour complete with fizz and even a few whale sightings. 

After warming up guests enjoyed a luxury fusion dinner within the resort.

DAY THREE: LUXURY

It was time to take to the seas in luxury on day three with the entire party stepping onboard a superyacht and heading off to Whitehaven Beach - known for being one of the world’s most beautiful beaches. 

Once there, guests could sit back and enjoy fresh fruit and champagne or choose to challenge themselves by stepping on a paddle board.

After a few wobbles and lots of laughter, the agents went back onboard the superyacht where they enjoyed a finger-licking barbeque of lamb, sausages, and salmon. 

There was no rest for the wicked, however, back on Daydream Island the newly-created friendships were put to the test in an exhilarating treasure hunt. 

Despite everyone wanting a prize there could only be one winner. Dean Heke from italktravel walked away with thousand of dollars of goodies including an iPad and a Google pixel watch.

Everyone relaxed and after enjoy more delicious food, guests took to the dancefloor for silence disco late into the night.

"Our Room-Res Island promotion had the biggest response of any campaign we’ve ever run," James Mooring, co-founder and co-CEO said. "Agents benefited from massive loyalty points upgrades on every booking during the six weeks, but for 10 agents they also won a spot for themselves and a guest on Room-Res Island, our incredible three-night island getaway on Daydream.

"At Room-Res, our mission is to help agents win - we do that with every search on our site when we reveal the hotels where agents can get a great deal for their customers and optimise margin for themselves - but we think an idyllic weekend of snorkelling, meditating, jet skiing, kayaking and a luxe cruise to Whitehaven culminating in a deserted island beach treasure hunt is also a pretty cool way to win.

"After such an amazing response and an awesome weekend, we’re already looking for where to hide the treasure on Room-Res Island 2025."

Until next year Room-Res! You can find out more about this year's adventures here.