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news to use TOP STORIES Attraction World is the ‘The ONE’


BY ALAN ORBELL For a limited period Attraction


World's 'The ONE' theme park pass in Florida is even bigger with 14 days’ unlimited admission to LEGOLAND® Florida – at no additional cost. This is for any bookings made now for travel in 2012 and 2013. Described as the 'World's biggest toy


box', LEGOLAND® Florida is a 150- acre theme park ideal for families with children 2-12 years old. It also recently opened a 40-acre LEGO themed water park. Fully commissionable, 'The ONE' pass includes unlimited admission to all the key parks for just one price. Tony Seaman, Group Sales and


Marketing Director at Attraction World comments: "This new promotion offers agents excellent savings to promote to customers. A one-day ticket to LEGOLAND currently costs £51 per adult and £44 per child! So even if customers were considering a visit to LEGOLAND for one day only then they still make substantial savings by purchasing our 'The ONE' ticket."


BVIs have new UK focus


The British Virgin Islands is


renewing its focus on the UK as a primary market by appointing a full- time BVI Tourist Board Manager in the UK, Ginny Hawksley, to work with the UK trade. BVIs Premier and Minister of


Tourism, D Orlando Smith, announced the move at BVI House in London, along with a raft of other initiatives to stimulate tourism. These include improving air access from neighbouring Antigua and growing its super-yachts and cruise sectors. Premier Smith also revealed good


'The ONE' pass includes 14 days’ unlimited admission to Walt Disney World Resort Florida, Universal Orlando Resort, SeaWorld Orlando,


Wet ‘n’ Wild, Aquatica, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and for a limited period, LEGOLAND Florida. www.attractionworld.com


Compact guide from Deep South Stay free in Mount Cinnamon


Deep South USA has launched a


new compact-size travel guide containing information on places to visit and things to do in the five Southern US states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. The expanded and updated guide contains suggested driving itineraries combining the different states as well as a dedicated golf section to help plan the perfect golfing holiday. When it comes to American music, all


roads lead to the Deep South, the true birthplace of the Blues. There's no better way to understand the life of Deep


IN BRIEF


Peter Island’s seven for four Peter Island, a privately-owned


resort in the British Virgin Islands, has a seven-nights-for-the-price-of four offer for its Ocean View Rooms between September 30 and December 19 2012, on a room-only two-person sharing basis. Prices begin at £1,615pp and include flights. www.peterisland.com


08 July/August 2012 • www.sellinglonghaul.com


Miami spice Visitors to Miami between August 1


and September 30 can enjoy the new Miami Spice Programme which allows them to take their pick of a number of luxury restaurants offering three-course prix-fixe lunches for $23pp and dinners for $39 pp. ‘Fine dining’ restaurants charge $19pp and $33pp respectively. www.iLoveMiamiSpice.com


SAA axes UK-Cape Town route South African Airways is dropping


its Heathrow to Cape Town route on August 15 ‘due to a lack of demand’. The airline, which currently operates twice- daily on the route, said that it would be more profitable to fly passengers via its hub at Johannesburg. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic continue to offer a direct UK/Cape Town service. www.saa.com


Qatar Airways flies to Mombasa Qatar Airways will launch flights to


the Kenyan city of Mombasa on August 15, adding more airlift to a city that is a gateway to beaches and game-rich safari parks. Return flights to Mombasa from London Heathrow in September 2012 start from £643. Flights from Manchester Airport start from £674. www.qatarairways.com


Travel agents booking five holidays at


South USA than to take a tour through its musical landscape. The guide features live music venues and festivals providing authentic Southern music. There are also sections on history


and heritage, Civil Rights, family fun ideas, culture and cuisine. www.deep-south-usa.com


the hilltop Mount Cinnamon Beach Club and Resort in Grenada will receive a week’s complimentary stay for two people on a B&B basis. The resort, with 21 spacious villas and


apartments, is located just next to Grand Anse beach and many island amenities and attractions, like plantation tours, hiking and river tubing. Mount Cinnamon is also giving agents


Capital Bonds of £25 per booking. www.mountcinnamongrenada.com


news for the weddings and honeymoons market – an amendment to the Territory’s Marriage Act now means couples only have to wait one day, rather than the previous three days, in the islands for processing prior to their marriage ceremony. Hawksley started her role in June


and her main role is to drive trade initiatives to ‘put the British back into the British Virgin Islands’. Ginny, who has worked and lived in


the BVIs for the last 14 years, will be working with the trade on joint marketing and promotions, dedicated training and a series of fam trips to well-known luxury properties and lesser-known villas. An agents' incentive programme


will be unveiled later in the year. www.bvitourism.co.uk


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