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INDUSTRY COMMENT


RAFAEL VILLANUEVA Director, International Sales, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority


“We feel confident the UK market will continue to grow. We have a city that is very competitive on hotel rates; we have a city that has many great attractions and our customers have got used to knowing that when they come to Las Vegas they will find something that is different and something that is new. ‘Renew’. ‘Refresh’. ‘Remodel’. ‘Renovate’. Those will be key words for Las Vegas over the next year.” See Las Vegas feature, page 32


LOUISE MUMFORD Product Manager – Americas, Abercrombie & Kent “Northern Argentina is a


wonderful emerging destination. Here you can find a more relaxed pace of life, stunning boutique wineries, and outstanding desert landscapes. The mighty Iguazu Falls are on most itineraries but the provinces of Missiones and Corrientes below it offer some great wildlife.” See Argentina and Chile feature, page 60


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ore than half of all Brits would like to escape the UK this year, according to a HolidayExtras.com poll, which once again underlines the vast world of potential out


there for agents selling long haul holidays. While, for a variety of factors, some countries are busy


rebuilding their tourism industries – Japan, New Zealand and Kenya spring to mind – others find themselves in the position of being accidental beneficiaries. Take Gambia, for example,


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where according to one tour operator bookings are up more than 100% as it emerges as a popular alternative to Egypt. Read about Gambia and its West African neighbour, the Cape Verde islands, on page 30. Some passengers on board the Costa Allegra unexpectedly found themselves looking forward to 14 days in the Seychelles last month – not the most tardy of ‘compensations’ for a ruined cruise. Our own Alan Orbell was in the Seychelles at the same time the Allegra’s passengers gratefully came ashore – read all about his visit in a future issue of Selling Long Haul. But for now, discover another fabulous Indian Ocean


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destination with plenty of selling potential, The Maldives, in our extensive feature beginning on page 16.


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