news to use ASIA Peak commission from Nepal
BY ALAN ORBELL Walks Worldwide is offering a new
11-day Royal Trek in Nepal this Easter which, with bank holidays, means only four days off work! In the 1980s Prince Charles visited
Nepal and undertook a short trek in the hills above the lakeside resort of Pokhara and since then this has been known as ‘The Royal Trek’. The trip is perfect for people not used
to trekking as it is about as easy as hiking in the Himalaya gets – but the views are most definitely not compromised with three behemoth peaks over 8000 metres to see; Annapurna 1, mighty Dhaulagiri visible to the west and the massif of Manaslu to the east. From a base at laid-back, lakeside
Pokhara there are also additional walks including the opportunity to witness the sunrise panorama from Sarangkot hill.
W wows region Asia is the latest growth region for the
luxury W Hotel design-led brand. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide opened a W in Taiwan in February and will unveil a new Bali property this month (March) The W Taipei rises 31 floors above the
Taiwanese capital’s central business district. Its 405 guestrooms and suites feature signature W beds with 350-thread-count linens, the W brand’s usual array of state-of-the-art in-room technology and rainforest showers. The hotel offers an eclectic assortment
of signature restaurants and lounges, an outdoor poll, fitness centre and Spa. Meanwhile, the uber-chic W Retreat &
Spa Bali – Seminyak is due to open this month (March).
www.whotels.com
ASIA IN BRIEF
Wendy Wu's educational tool Wendy Wu Tours has a new training
DVD for agents. Designed as an educational sales tool, the content covers China's diversity, highlights the key sights and locations and displays various aspects of Chinese culture. Customer testimonials help agents understand the key selling points. 0844 499 3899;
www.wendywutours.co.uk
China opening for first Kerry hotel Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has
opened the first property in its new five- star Kerry Hotel brand. Kerry Hotel Pudong has 574 guestrooms and suites, with views of Century Park or the city. All rooms havw 40-inch flat-screen TVs, iPod docking stations and complimentary broadband and wireless Internet.
www.shangri-la.com
Koh Lanta rain guarantee Layana Resort & Spa, an ‘adults-only’
property on Koh Lanta, Thailand, is offering a refund for each full day of rain that blights a May 1 to October 31 2011 visit. The resort will pay THB 1,000 per room on any day where it rains continuously between 10.00 and 17.00. The credit must be spent in the resort.
wwwlayanalanta.com
ANITA SACH PATA UK CHAPTER EDITOR
UKCHAPTERNEWS@PATA.ORG.UK WWW.PATA.ORG.UK Next month (April) sees the fifth anniversary of the creation of the Asia Pacific Travel Partners, the retail travel agents group that is affiliated to the UK Chapter of the Pacific Asia Travel Association. Travel agents and homeworkers
The trip departs on Friday April 22
and costs from £845pp (land only or £1595pp including flights) based on two sharing a room. This includes six nights in hotels and
two camping, domestic flights, porters, all transportation, most meals, camping equipment and a guide. Call 0845 301 4737 or visit
www.walksworldwide.com
Gourmet Japan cooking up a storm Japan Journeys has put together a
tour designed to showcase the country’s rising reputation as a top gourmet destination. Departing May 9 and returning May
18, the tour will include six top-nosh lunches and dinners as well as a cooking class in Tokyo. Also included are tours of Kyoto and
Nara – home of the world’s largest wooden building and the Great Buddha Statue – and there's also a trip on the famous Bullet Train and the chance to see a Sumo Tournament. Three days will be spent in Tokyo with
a trip to the world’s largest fish market and a meal of what is arguably the world’s freshest sushi. Numbers on the tour are limited to just
16 and prices start at £2,445pp, which covers the airfare, the lunches and six dinners, eight nights’ accommodation, entrance fees, cookery class and a multi-lingual guide. Tokyo has now overtaken Paris when
it comes to having the most Michelin- starred restaurants
www.japanjourneys.co.uk
enjoy free membership and have access to all the benefits enjoyed by paying members. This innovative idea came about as a way to ensure that paying PATA UK members, the tour operators, hotels, tourist offices, cruise lines and airlines, had an ever-growing audience for their products. By the beginning of 2011 there were more than 2000 Asia Pacific Travel Partners. To support travel agents/ homeworkers the PATA Academy was also created in 2006. It is an online learning tool, conceived and developed by PATA UK member, Equator Learning. The website was recently upgraded and now features a total of 18 Pacific Asia destinations, with more in the pipeline. The new site has 10 pages per
destination, course progress indicators, video clips, slideshows and downloadable PDFs for additional reference and learning. Flexibility is now the key and content providers can submit new copy and images regularly to keep the site vibrant and relevant. The PATA Academy is open to
both PATA UK members and Asia Pacific Travel Partners. Don't miss out on one of the many reasons to join PATA UK. Check
www.pata.
org.uk/pata-membership for further information and fees for principals and details on how retail travel agents can become an Asia Pacific Travel Partner.
10 March 2011 •
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