generalnews the travel news that's turning heads BA parties on in Ibiza
by Natalie Clark BA summer flights from London City Airport to the party island of Ibiza have proved so popular they have been extended into autumn. Due to end in September, the flights will now continue until October 31, in response to on-going demand. BA is also increasing the number of flights to Mallorca. Services from London City to Barcelona and Malaga and 12 other destinations also continue.
Superbreak attracts Disney
Superbreak has announced a new series of Disneyland Paris breaks offering two, three and four-night packages with a multi-day entrance pass into both the Disneyland and Walt Disney Studio Parks. Featured in the operator’s Attraction
Breaks range, The Disneyland Paris partnership offers Superbreak customers a choice of selected three
LykiaWorld Prizes
by Laura Gelder LykiaWorld is offering travel agents 15 per cent commission as well as a £25 Marks and Spencer voucher for every booking made at LykiaWorld Antalya and LykiaWorld Ölüdeniz resorts in Turkey until September 30 2010. Bookings must be for a minimum of two people who must stay for a minimum of seven nights.
The resorts are also offering guests
a 10 per cent saving on all Village Rooms at LykiaWorld Ölüdeniz, a Mediterranean holiday village-style resort and at LykiaWorld Antalya, a golf and spa-centred resort during this period. For more information contact LykiaWorld on 0844 482 1674.
www.lykiagroup.com
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and four star hotels located in and around the resort, including the Magic Circus, Dream Castle, Radisson Blu Disney, Explorers Disney and Kyriad Disney hotels.
The programme also includes
packages to other leading attractions including UK theme park names such as Alton Towers and Legoland.
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Luke Hayhoe, commercial manager for BA CityFlyer, said: "These leisure routes have really taken off from London City. They proved so popular that we have already increased frequency to Mallorca to five flights a week and flights to Ibiza to four flights a week in July and August." With a short two hours and 15
minute flight to Ibiza and a minimum check-in time of 15 minutes at London City Airport, the new schedule allows travellers to maximize their party time in the resort!
www.britishairways.com/travel/ibiza
Thomas Cook’s Summer 2011 Turkey deal
theround-up E The Visions Holiday Group has
joined forces with Touchdown, for the first time, to offer travel industry employees great discounted holidays across its product range. The tie up reflects the Visions Holiday Group’s commitment to working with the trade and gives agents the chance to experi- ence there product. The first range of deals on offer are to Greece.
www.touchdown.co.uk
E Egypt has opened its first ever Salt
Cave, made entirely of salt from the Dead Sea and the Siwa Oasis. The cave is said to have a beneficial influence on mood and wellbeing and aims to provide energy to revitalise strength and good health. Time in the Salt Cave is also said to aid the treat- ment of many ailments. The cave can be easily accessed from Taba Heights.
www.tabaheights.com
E British Airways has launched services to Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city,
with flights from £55.50 in Euro Traveller one- way, including taxes, fees and charges. The twice-daily service operates from Heathrow Terminal 5. Accommodation in the city is also available through British Airways, from £81 per night at the three-star Apple hotel and four-star First Hotel G from £150 per night.
www.ba.com
E Low-cost carrier, Blue Air from
Romania, has launched its winter flying programme. The airline will fly from Luton to Bucharest and the provincial cities of Sibiu and Bacau through the winter with prices from £17 including taxes for a one-way flight. Flight Directors has been appointed to promote Blue Air's services in the UK.
www.flightdirectors.com
ERyanair has announced a new
Thomas Cook Airlines is expanding its regional services next summer, adding new flights to Turkey, Spain and Tunisia for Doncaster-Sheffield Airport. The new routes will include a flight to the beach gateway of Antalya in Turkey every Sunday from May 1 to October 30 2011.
The airline will also fly to Dalaman,
a gateway to Turkey's popular seaside resorts including Marmaris, Fethiye Dalyan and Hisarönü, as well as Spanish Balearic islands Ibiza and Majorca and the winter sun magnet of Tunisia from the airport.
www.thomascook.com
route from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Norway's Oslo Rygge. The twice-weekly flights will commence on November 5 this year and means that Ryanair now offers low fare flights to 45 destinations from Liverpool. The route was also started to accommodate Norwegians travelling over to the UK for football matches.
www.ryanair.com
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