news to use GENERAL TRAVEL Titan adds a dozen delights
BY ALAN ORBELL Escorted tours specialist, Titan
HiTours, has introduced 12 brand new tours - including Titan's first ever ‘triple- centre’ and ‘stay put’ holidays - alongside cruise, multi-centre and no-fly options. There is a considerable expansion of holidays to Africa and the Middle East with four new itineraries to the region, like first-time trip Syria’s Cultural Heritage (from £1,495pp). Three more World Heritage Sites can be discovered on the eight-day Libya Leptis Magna tour. Other new tours include the 10-day
Southern Musical Medley in Nashville and Memphis (from £1,495pp) and the Best of Sri Lanka tour (12 days, from £1,645pp). Holidays include flights, transfers,
Christmas is coming…
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IN BRIEF
Jan opening for new Mauritius villas Villas De Maitre, specialist Indian
Ocean luxury private villa rental company, has added the brand new Athena Villas in Bain Boeuf in the North of Mauritius near Grand Bay. The fully-serviced two- and three-bedroom pool villas each have their own private garden and swimming pool. Rates are from E190.
www.villasdemaitre.com
Caribtours heads back to Mexico Caribtours has re-introduced Mexico
(from £1,419) and added the Dominican Republic (from £1,275) into its 2011 programme, following the launch of direct British Airways fights into the two destinations. Also new is a tour of Cuba. Bookings made by October 15 bring special offers for the client and the agent!
www.caribtours.co.uk
Brazil gets its own airpass Star Alliance has introduced a new
airpass in Brazil. The Star Alliance Explore Brazil Airpass covers 45 domestic TAM destinations. Routing can be freely selected and needs to cover between four and nine flight coupons. The fare ranges from US$ 133 per coupon
www.staralliance.com/en/fares/ regional-fares/brazil-airpass
Tourism update ABTA
Look out for your copy of the brand new
Selling Short Breaks & Holidays magazine inside! Check out
www.shortbreaksholidays.com if you missed your copy
accommodation, meals and excursions as detailed in the itinerary, and the VIP Home Departure Service. Commenting on the launch of the
brochure, James Hewlett, head of marketing said, "Our new 2011
Worldwide programme contains an incredible range of differently themed itineraries that also benefit from Titan's standard, high levels of service and exceptional value for money”. 0800 988 5858,
www.titanhitours.co.uk
Beachcomber's Half Board Plus Beachcomber Hotels has introduced
a Half Board Plus option at Sainte Anne Resort & Spa, in the Seychelles and Paradis Hotel & Golf Club, in Mauritius offering guests the chance to upgrade to a full-board basis for a heavily discounted tariff for pre-September 30 bookings (with travel to December 2011). Guests staying at Sainte Anne Resort
& Spa, set on a private island surrounded by one of the largest marine parks in the Indian Ocean, can upgrade to Half Board Plus for £20 a day (children under
ABTA's professional development team have launched a report entitled: An investigation into recruitment, training, skills needs and future trends across the UK's Travel Industry 2010. The report, which People 1st carried out on behalf of ABTA, is based on primary research with over 700 representatives of the travel industry. The report includes case studies with Britaly Travel, Thomas Cook and the Travel Bureau. Notable findings from the report
were that E-learning is now the most popular training method. Despite the recession, companies are still investing in training and development. There's been an increase in companies who link training with career progression/promotion. There are good opportunities for
six go free and honeymooners enjoy a 50 per cent discount). Beachcomber Tours’ inclusive prices are from £2,249pp in a Garden Villa room for five nights.
www.beachcombertours.co.uk
career progression within the industry. Most senior managers are recruited from within the organisation or from the industry. Customer service is still the
most important reason for training staff. The study found that the greatest current skills gaps were sales, IT and product knowledge. In terms of future skills needs, customer service topped the list, closely followed by verbal communication and assisting with problems. See the report on www.
abta.com/resources/training. For information on any of ABTA’s
training or professional development contact professional development manager Vicki Wolf, at ABTA on
vwolf@abta.co.uk
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