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With increasing numbers convinced about the advantages of holidaying in the UK the new Essentially Prestige programme can help you sell the islands where there’s a lot more sunshine certainty than on the mainland


here are a surprising number of pretty islands just south of the UK and six of them have once again been brought


together in the expanded Essentially Prestige ‘Closer to Home’ brochure. Properties featured in the new edition include guest houses and two, three, four and fi ve star accommodation as well as self-catering options. Perfectly timed to benefi t from the expected


surge in UK holiday bookings, the operator has added Jersey to the 2012 UK collection, which also features Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm in the Channel Islands and St Mary’s, Bryher, Tresco and St Martin’s in the Isles of Scilly. Breaks start from £265 for a three-night stay in Essentially Prestige’s new Guernsey property Cobo Bay Hotel. This family-run boutique hotel is located on the west coast near St Peter Port. The package includes return Flybe fl ights from Southampton, airport transfers and B&B accommodation. Accommodation in Jersey includes the St


Brelade’s Bay hotel on one of the island’s best beaches. The 74-room hotel off ers an indoor and outdoor pool, fi tness centre, bar and restaurant.


Also in Jersey’s capital, St Helier, Essentially


Prestige is featuring the historic Pomme d’Or Hotel, the luxurious Club Hotel & Spa with Michelin star restaurant and fabulous spa plus the Merton Hotel off ering excellent leisure facilities. Prices in Jersey start at £320 for a three-night


break at the Merton Hotel on B&B with fl ights from Southampton and airport transfers.


“Properties featured in the new edition include guest houses and two, three, four and fi ve star accommodation as well as self- catering options.”


New in Guernsey is the Duke of Normandie


hotel providing stylish and contemporary rooms, a brasserie restaurant and a traditional pub-style bar. Essentially Prestige is off ering seven nights for the price of six at this hotel. On the stunning car-free island of Sark, the operator has added two boutique hotels, Aval du Creux and La Moinerie. Aval du Creux is just up the hill from the harbour with an excellent fi ne dining restaurant and an outdoor pool. La Moinerie is a luxurious 14-room hotel located on the north west coast of the island and set in stunning gardens with a newly planted Rondellerie vineyard. The hotel is just a short walk from a rocky beach. In addition to fl ights to Guernsey from


Southampton, Essentially Prestige is off ering packages from Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, East Midlands, Exeter, Gatwick, Manchester, Norwich and Stansted airports. Flights are available to Alderney from Norwich and Southampton.


Jersey departures are from Birmingham,


Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff , East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds Bradford, Gatwick, Newcastle, Manchester, Southampton and Stansted. New in the Isles of Scilly programme are the


Crebenick and Westford Houses in St Mary’s Hugh Town. Crebenick is a traditional guest house located just minutes from Hugh Town’s restaurants and shops and close to the quay where boats depart for the Sciliies’ ‘off islands’. The Westford is a three-storey Georgian town house on Church Street in Hugh Town. Close to both Porthcressa and Town beaches. Packages in the Isles of Scilly start from £310 per person for a three-night break at the Belmont guest house on St Mary’s with fl ights from Lands End and transfers. The operator is also off ering helicopter fl ights


from Penzance to St Mary’s or Tresco, ferry from Penzance to St Mary’s and direct fl ights to St Mary’s from Lands End, Newquay, Exeter, Bristol and Southampton.


Bookings with Prestige Holidays on 01425 480600 or visit www.ukprestigeholidays.co.uk


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