news to use TOP STORIES Aircalin upgrade A Brave offer from Funway New Caledonian airline Aircalin has
transformed its image in 2012 with a number of new developments including new cabins, new uniforms, modernization of the logo and a new corporate identity. Economy class seats now provide a better foundation and give passengers more personal space while the Hibiscus class (business) seat is almost horizontal. Both classes now enjoy new passenger entertainment systems on board with a large library of movies, games and music on demand. Aircalin’s A330-200s and A320-200s operate from Noumea to Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, Vanuatu and Wallis-Futuna. From the UK and Europe, Aircalin enables passengers to reach Noumea with the fastest connection via Japan and Korea through its partnership with the Air France / KLM group and Finnair. New Caledonia can also be reached
by Singapore Airlines’ and Emirates’ A380s via Sydney or Brisbane.
www.airclain.com
Rail around the world
Escorted rail holiday specialist, Great
Rail Journeys, has launched its new ‘Worldwide Holidays By Rail 2012/ 2013’ brochure featuring three tours to new destinations for the operator – Kerala & Exotic Southern India, Ecuador and Sri Lanka. Great Rail Journeys says that the new destinations have been introduced due to demand for the operator’s special brand of ‘safe’ tours to more adventurous locations and the brochure is a collection of worldwide holidays by rail exploring six continents. The operator has also expanded the
range of unescorted extensions which can be added to its holidays at the end of the tour. They include a nine-day extension to the Ecuador: The Avenue of Volcanoes tour which is a seven-night cruise around the Galapagos. Great Rail Journeys’ new Worldwide 2012-2013 brochure features 40 trips between August 2012 and December 2013 with a lead-in of £1,338 pp for the seven-day Fjords of Norway tour.
www.GreatRail.com/UK
10 July/August 2012 •
www.sellinglonghaul.com Funway Holidays is celebrating the
new Disney Pixar 3D animated movie, Brave, with the launch of a new package ‘fit for any princess’ together with an agent incentive. In preparation for the film’s UK
release on August 17, Funway has launched a new seven-night package at the five-star Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa (Deluxe Resort) in Orlando. (pictured). Prices are from £4099 per family of four including flights with United Airlines, based on a September 10 departure. The Grand Floridian offers its own
Disney Princess Tea Party where wannabe princesses aged three-11 will receive the royal treatment as they don their tiaras, sip tea, eat princess cake and enjoy a special visit from Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty. Each guest ‘princess’ also receives an 18” My Disney Girl doll plus accessories. Prices
are from £145 (one adult and one child). Funway is also offering agents the chance to win family cinema tickets (maximum of four). Agents simply need to make a Disney
Strictly Puerto Rico with Brucie
BY CHRISTOPHER AH-YOON Western & Oriental and Puerto
Rico Tourism have teamed up with Sir Bruce Forsyth and his Puerto-Rican wife, Lady Wilnelia Merced Forsyth, to launch a ‘learn to salsa’ holiday package which provides the opportunity to meet the celebrity couple and hone some dance moves of their own in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. As well as dance lessons, the package
will include a cocktail reception and gala dinner with the Forsyths, a half-day excursion to El Yunque National Forest and a bioluminescent kayak tour. The eight-day Western & Oriental
package booking with Funway Holidays (including flights) by July 31, 2012 and email
win@funway.co.uk to claim their free Brave tickets.
www.funway4agents.co.uk
Frasers launches
Capri brand Long-established apartment operator, Frasers Hospitality is introducing a new hotel residence brand in the Far East called Capri by Fraser. The first properties to open this year
package, which runs from February 1-8 2013, is priced from £2499pp including British Airways flights to San Juan from Gatwick, four nights’ accommodation at the El Conquistador Resort and three nights at the Hilton Caribe San Juan.
www.wandotravel.com/salsa
Serenity’s new Africa options
New adventure activities in Serenity Holidays’ November 2012/October 2013 brochure include tall ship sailing in Cape Verde, with a 14-night itinerary visiting at least six of the islands. Also featured are Chimp Camp at Baboon Island in the River Gambia National Park, which provides an opportunity to observe chimps and other wildlife in their natural habitat, and Big Game trips to Senegal’s Fathala Reserve, departing from The Gambia’s
Sitanunku Lodge, the first tourist lodge to be situated on the North Bank of the River Gambia. Selected agents will receive file copies together with a newsletter. Other agents interested in selling The Cape Verde Experience, The Gambia Experience and The Senegal Experience and receiving bulk supplies can contact Serenity’s trade support team Jason or Gill on 0845 330 2066 or email
trade@serenity.co.uk.
www.capeverde.co.uk
will be in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Singapore, with Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam following later. The hotel residences – commissionable
to agents – are designed ‘to meet the lifestyle needs of the digital generation’ by offering residents an extensive range of facilities and customised services with the comfort and convenience of a full serviced residence. The ‘always on’ e-efficiency experience
will include iPad activated check-ins, interactive e-concierge, AirPrint and WiFi e-Print facilities. A selection of leisure experiences such as Harley motorbike rides and Formula 1 Ferrari drives, salsa and Pilates is also available.
www.wandotravel.com/salsa
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