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Slovenia Incoming
The Slovenian Tourist Board is upping its commitment to the trade with a dedicated event for operators and agents from the UK. The Slovenia Incoming Workshop will be held from May 17-19 in Kranjska Gora, amidst the Julian Alps in the North West of Slovenia. This area is particularly popular for adventure and nature tourism so the workshop will also give delegates the chance to experience the product too. More than 260 companies (all major
tourism providers for Slovenia) will gather at the event to network with trade partners and update them on their
products in face-to-face meetings. After the event, agents and tour operators have the chance to join one-
Win yourself a fab fi lled fridge with JoD
Luxury travel company Journeys of Distinction, has launched an ‘Are you being served?’ incentive for agents. Travel agents making a booking with the operator are being offered the chance to win a luxury wine fridge and have it filled with a selection of drinks of their choice.
The incentive is valid for any bookings made before June 30. One booking will be randomly selected every fortnight
New AITO member
CBT Travel is the latest member of AITO Specialist Travel Agents. Based in Rossendale In Lancashire,
CBT Travel in an independent, family-run travel agency that offers evrything from short UK breaks to tailor-made worldwide holidays. Lisa Mousley of CBT Travel said: "Joining AITO gives us much more scope for using smaller, independent operators rather than competing with big tour operators' online and direct prices. Independent tour operators have the same philosophy as us and offer the same quality of service."
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throughout May and June, so there are several opportunities to win - the more bookings you make the more chances you have. Journeys of Distinction offers a wide
range of tours including escourted tours of the UK and holidays in Italy, Spain, Russia and Croatia. For more information on all operators' range of worldwide tours see:
www.jod.uk.com/travelagents
day fams to discover destinations like Ljubljana and Lake Bled.
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Purely Switzerland
Need a hand selling Switzerland? Curdin can help! Switzerland’s largest and most popular holiday region, Graubünden, has launched an ‘Exclusively Pure’ campaign headed up online by Curdin, the region's ‘virtual’ guide. The ever helpful and impressively knowledgeable Curdin can help you create perfect holidays based on customer preferences. See him at:
pure.graubunden.com
Get social to win a Holiday Extras iPad
Some opportunities seem just too good to refuse! Check out the latest incentive from Holiday Extras. The holiday add-ons specialist is giving away a brand new Apple iPad - and all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is log onto Facebook. Simply click the ‘like’ button on the Holiday Extras’ new partnerships’ Facebook page and you will be entered into a draw to win the fab new iPad. The winner will be selected at random on September 28 2012. Holiday Extras is currently leading the way for pre-booked airport hotels and airport parking. It is using Facebook as
staycations By Laura Gelder
Visit Scotland has had some emotive adverts on television lately, showing epic sweeping glens, white-sand beaches and vibrant nightlife. I hoped to include some of this on my own
trip up north this Easter, fl ying into Inverness and out of Edinburgh. The week before the bank holiday Scotland received a huge dump of snow – not the news you want to hear when you’ve just booked a static caravan in Scotland’s most popular ski resort Glencoe. Luckily, on arrival at tiny Inverness Airport the air was fresh but the snow was fast melting. Our fi rst night was spent in a tiny B&B next to the Falls of Foyers, a crashing waterfall which winds its way down to Loch Ness, where snow- capped mountains capped the panorama. The next day was on to Glencoe, taking in many lochs and abandoned castles in-between. As we neared the weather turned. But no one should worry about rain in Scotland. Here, the brown, barren landscape soars from sloping valleys and melts into the back clouds, releasing rivers and waterfalls that just add to the drama. On to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
National Park, further south and an entirely different feel. There’s still twisting roads ending in dramatic views, but it’s greener, more wooded and we got glimpses of huge period houses with leafy lawns and fi elds with shaggy red highland cattle. I hadn't expected butternut squash wellington and Sauvignon Blanc in the middle of nowhere, but that’s what we got at the Inversnaid, a 19th century church, converted into quality budget accommodation. Lastly, just an hour away, are the cobbled
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streets of Edinburgh, with music, art and entertainment on every corner, cosy pubs and the looming castle. I learnt that Scotland is about the journey as
well as the destination. So book a fl y-drive and send your clients into the wilderness!
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