news to use NORTH AMERICA Funway is dedicated to Florida
Virgin and JetBlue provide
connections Virgin Atlantic and New York-based
airline JetBlue Airways have announced a new partnership, that will link UK flights to domestic services across the US. Travellers from London, Glasgow and Manchester are now able to connect onto JetBlue services serving Baltimore, Charlotte, Chicago, San Diego, Tampa and San Juan (Puerto Rico). Travellers will be able to purchase
single itineraries with one-stop ticketing and baggage check-in.
www.virgin-atlantic.com www.jetblue.com
BY LAURA GELDER Long-haul specialist Funway Holidays has launched its first Florida Preview brochure for 2012, along with an agent booking incentive. To win, agents must register their Florida bookings by the end of May (0844 557 0649/agencysales@funwayholidays.
co.uk). The top prize is a holiday for two to Orlando and Miami Beach, including flights with Virgin Atlantic, seven nights at the Doubletree Universal Orlando and seven at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, 14 days' car hire and two 2-Park Universal Bonus Tickets. Runner-up prizes include accommodation in top Florida hotels and full car hire. Agents can double their chances of winning by booking online. The preview brochure features 23
hotels across Florida, free hotel nights, free Disney dining, on-site Universal hotels and park passes, free car upgrades with Alamo and value airfares with Virgin Atlantic and British Airways. Other itineraries featured are a seven- night Caribbean cruise from Miami
New-look Nyma hotel in New York Apple Core Hotels will unveil a
multi-million dollar upgrade to the New York Manhatten Hotel this month. Located on 32nd Street, between
Broadway and Fifth Avenue, the 171- room budget NYMA will open a new lobby with eco-friendly designs. Other facilities include a fitness suite
(open 24 hours), a complimentary business centre and a mezzanine area offering free cappuccino, tea and newspapers. Guest rooms have memory foam mattresses, a flat-screen television and iPhone docking station and guests get a complimentary continental
NORTH AMERICA IN BRIEF
New shops for Salt Lake Salt Lake City’s new shopping mall,
City Creek Center, will open on March 22 2012. Located opposite Historic Temple Square and adjacent to Salt Palace Convention Center, shops will include Nordstrom and Macy’s, with an additional 80 stores, restaurants and other attractions.
www.ShopCityCreekCenter.com
New York hotel’s 24-hour guarantee New York’s Mark Hotel has
introduced a guaranteed 24-hour check- in which ‘ensures guests don’t have to worry about their room being ready when they arrive’. The hotel is in a 1927 ‘landmark building’ on the corner of 77th Street and Madison Avenue. The hotel has a courtesy car for guests' use.
www.themarkhotel.com
Look out for Québec Quick Facts! The team at Destination Québec
UK has put together a two-page guide of what to see and do in the Canadian Province, distributed with this issue of Selling Long Haul! Covering all seasons and including a
map and other useful guides like an events calendar, the pull-out guide is designed as an agents' reference tool.
Less than seven hours from the UK, Québec's popularity as a multi-holiday destination is rising. To request extra copies for your office, please contact :
dquk@destinationquebec.co.uk. And don't forget to look out for the brand-new Selling Canada for features, news and competitions and much more. Issue one was also distributed with this issue of Selling Long Haul.
www.sellinglonghaul.com • May 2011 11
breakfast, wi-fi and free USA-wide phone calls. Room rates will start from $214.99 per night in June 2011 (around £67pp, based on two sharing).
www.applecorehotels.com
onboard Norwegian Epic and the Nickelodeon Suites, offering kids under 18 stay free with two adults, free breakfast for up to four guests and one free night every sixth nights. Holiday prices start at £775 per adult. Agents bookings clients to Greater Fort Lauderdale can benefit from ‘fun-
filled two-for-one specials’ until September 30. There are 30 activities to choose from, ranging from bass fishing, to banana boat rides, snorkeling trips and two-for-one admissions to Butterfly World. See
www.sunny. org/supersummer for more details.
www.funway.co.uk
Independents can book Dollar Attraction World now offers
US-wide car hire, through Dollar, to independent agents who receive commission when they 'dynamically package' car rental. Attraction World's contract with Dollar will assist independent agents who until now have been able to book Dollar only through tour operators. Agents can go online and select the
pick up/drop off point, date and time for collection and return, choose a car type and add extras like 'sat nav'. Tony Seaman, sales and marketing director at Attraction World, said:
“Independent agents can do their own bundling, which will help them compete with the multiples who have their own systems for offering this.”
www.attractioworld.com
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