news to use TOP STORIES Sandals designs more wedding style
BY ALAN ORBELL Sandals Resorts is to re-introduce
its WeddingMoons® concept on June 14 and travel agents, according to Sandals chairman, Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, will play an enormous role in its success. “Destination weddings are big and becoming bigger business,” says Stewart and agents need to be prepared to take advantage of a growing trend that generates millions annually. However, the fact is today’s key bridal audience may not always realise the expertise and convenience a travel agent brings to planning a destination wedding and we aim to fix that.” To help brides plan a custom destination wedding experience Sandals Resorts WeddingMoons® is launching ‘Your Wedding. Your Style’, a wedding concept that allows couples to
personally style their dream wedding at one of the14 Sandals’ luxurious Caribbean resorts. And to help reach brides where they
live today – online – Sandals Resorts has created an exclusive Online Destination Wedding Designer. Couples begin by building their profile and selecting their wedding location in Jamaica, The Bahamas, Antigua or Saint Lucia. Using the interactive tool, they then choose their colour palette from ten distinct shades and can then browse almost 1,000 wedding ideas for flowers, décor, wedding cakes, entertainment etc. Sandals is also offering brides $500
towards the custom wedding when couples stay for six nights. Call Agency Sales on 020 7590 0210 or visit
www.sellingsandals.co.uk.
Indochina in private with Emirates Emirates Tours has introduced a
range of luxury private tours and beach holidays to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia for the first time. The operator’s new Indochina
programme, introduced to support Emirates Airline’s new daily flight to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam on June 4 includes private touring itineraries and twin-centre city and beach escapes. The private tours, which offer 10-,
13- or 16-night itineraries, cover the highlights of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Prices start from £1,855 pp for the 10-night ‘Classic Vietnam’ tour, which begins in Saigon before heading to Hoi An, Hue, Hanoi and ending with a stay onboard a deluxe junk ship in Halong Bay. Longer itineraries also include the temple complex at Angkor
IN BRIEF
Happy 150th birthday West Virginia West Virginia is celebrating its
150th statehood anniversary; it became the 35th State in the Union on June 20, 1863, the only state born out of the armed conflict of the Civil War. The Civil War is being remembered in West Virginia during several sesquicentennial events including new Division of Tourism videos.
www.wvtourism.com
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Travel Indochina seeks partners Travel Indochina and trade partner
Travel 2, is encouraging agencies to partner with them on consumer events to help increase Asia sales. Agencies keen to hold a client event should contact Richard Swain, (north) at
richards@travelindochina.co.uk or Raj Mistry (south) at rajm@travelindochina.
co.uk.
www.travel2.com
Virgin to stop Kenya flights Virgin Atlantic will stop its service
between London and Kenya from September 24, cutting a five-year-old service because of falling passenger numbers and rising fuel costs. Clients who have already booked flights will be able to get a full refund, or move to a different carrier after September.
www.virginatlantic.com
Gatwick/Beijing link underway Air China’s new four times weekly
service between London Gatwick and the Chinese capital Beijing began on May 2. The Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday Airbus A330-200 service departs at 13.15. The new flights are in addition to the daily non-stop flights from London Heathrow to Beijing.
www.airchina.co.uk
Wat in Cambodia and the ancient Buddhist city of Luang Prabang, Laos. Emirates Tours is also offering twin-
centre holiday options from £1,459 pp that combine a two-night city break in Saigon including a half-day city tour and a stay at beachfront resorts in Indochina, including Nha Trang, Con Dao and Hoi An. Call 020 7590 1450 or visit
www.emiratestours.co.uk
Cinnamon’s seven for five The boutique Mount Cinnamon
Beach Club & Resort in Grenada, is offering seven nights for the price of five, or a total of four nights will be extended free of charge, when clients book 14 nights until August 31. Designed for both couples and families,
children 16 years and under stay free and children two years and under dine free. Furthermore, two free hours of babysitting on a daily basis (children under 12) will be extended and children under 12 years eat free two days in the week's stay. Prices after discount start from $315 (£193) plus taxes per night in a one- bedroom suite, including breakfast for a family of four with two children under 16 on a seven-night visit, or $290 (£178) plus taxes on a three-week stay. Airport transfers are included.
The 21-suite/villa Mount Cinnamon
sits on over two miles of white sandy beach and activities range from hiking through rainforests, rafting mountain rivers and snorkelling the calm waters off the beach cabana before a BBQ of freshly caught seafood. Water sports, tennis, gym, yoga centre and a spa are also available. www.
mountcinnamongrenadahotel.com
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