news to use CARIBBEAN Caribtours has rewards for agents
To celebrate the launch of its 2012 collection of ‘handpicked’ properties, Caribtours and The Private Travel Company are offering travel agents a £50 Capital Bonds voucher for all 2012 bookings made this month (October). And to tie in with featuring new boutique property, Hotel Chocolat (pictured) on Saint Lucia, the operator will send agents a box of chocolates from the hotel for all 2012 bookings made between September 1 and October 31 2001. Seven nights at Hotel Chocolat,
staying in a Cocoa Pod and including breakfast, start from £1,829pp. Trinidad makes its debut by combining
a four-night stay at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad with a seven-night stay at Coco Reef, Tobago. Priced from £1,899pp it includes breakfast. Seven nights at Jungle Bay, an eco- luxury resort on Dominica featuring 35
hand-crafted cottages set on wooden stilts beneath the island's lush jungle, is from £2,125pp, on an all-inclusive basis. Seven nights at Cotton Tree Villas, Grand Cayman, start from £1,445pp, based on four people sharing a two- bedroom cottage on a room-only basis. To claim their vouchers and box of
Saint Lucia has romance in mind The Saint Lucia Tourist Board’s
multi-platform marketing campaign to support the destination’s starring role in Channel 5’s reality TV series, The Bachelor, featuring Welsh rugby international Gavin Henson, continues until the end of October. The campaign, a mix of national TV,
press and online creatives, includes prime-time TV advertising during the two episodes of Bachelor in which Saint Lucia is featured. The campaign is designed to emphasise the island’s status as one of the world’s leading wedding and honeymoon destinations by using the tagline 'Made for Romance'. A new microsite, ‘Made for Romance’, allows island hoteliers to upload added-
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chocolate agents should e-mail
werewardagents@caribtours.co.uk with the booking reference by November 1 2011. All bookings must be for a minimum of seven nights for two adults and include flights. 020 7751 0660;
www.caribtours.co.uk
Historical twist
value coupons and discount vouchers. Once a client has booked a holiday to
Saint Lucia, agents and operators can send them to
www.saintlucianow.
co.uk to download the Made for Romance vouchers, which can be redeemed on island or at their hotel. The booking window runs from October 1 2011 to 31 January 31 2012.
for Tobago hotel Magdalena Grand Beach Resort
is set to open on Tobago next month (November) featuring 200 rooms, five dining options, an 18-hole golf course, several swimming pools and a spa. With a white-sand beachfront setting,
the resort will feature a watersports centre, a dive shop, tennis courts and a fitness facility. Tobago’s first new beach resort in 12
years is located 15 minutes from A.N.R Robinson International Airport. It has delved into the island’s history
for its name: Christopher Columbus called Tobago ‘La Magdalena’ when he sighted it on his third voyage to the New World in the 15th century.
CARIBBEAN IN BRIEF
Kuoni’s all-inclusive deals Kuoni has two all-inclusive deals for
.com
November. Seven nights at the four-star Almond Casuarina Beach Resort in Barbados is from £1059pp, while seven nights in Saint Lucia at Rendezvous Resort is priced from £1299pp. Flights for both holidays are with British Airways from London-Gatwick. www.
kuoni.co.uk
H&J heads to Aruba Hayes & Jarvis has a seven-night package at the four-star Amsterdam Manor Beach Resort, Aruba, from £1,322pp, based on two people sharing. The deal includes flights from London- Heathrow with KLM, transfers and breakfast, for departures on November 6 2011.
www.hayesandjarvis.co.uk
Maroma takes to the water Maroma Resort and Spa, on the
Mayan Riviera, Mexico, has a new short course for nervous snorkellers. The course begins in the hotel’s swimming pool before venturing to the largest barrier reef in the world, the MesoAmerican Barrier Reef. The prices is £70pp.
www.orient-express.com
Tourism Update
CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANISATION
Have you seen the new 2012 Guide to the Caribbean?
The guide is packed with information on all the region's fabulously diverse destinations. Read it online at
SellingLongHaul.com/magazines
The Caribbean Tourism Organisation would like to thank everyone who participated in Caribbean month in September by holding a Caribbean-themed activity or attending a Caribbean event. Thanks also to those who took
part in the CTO’s Courses in the Caribbean Familiarisation Trip to Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis during Caribbean Month. There are still many other Caribbean events and activities taking place throughout the year, so make sure you keep up to date by joining the CTO’s Caribbean Training Programme. Contact Ann- Marie Brooks on 020 8948 0057 or email
abrooks@caribtourism.com to find out more.
Have you seen
the new 2012 Guide to the Caribbean? Order a free copy or copies now by calling the CTO
Office or emailing ctolondon@
caribtourism.com. Visit the CTO and some of its
key partners at the Dive 2011 show, at the NEC, Birmingham (October 22-23). There will also be plenty for travel agents at World Travel Market (November 7-10) with activities taking place in the Caribbean section of the show. See this column next month or contact Ann-Marie Brooks on 020 8948 0057.
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