theround-up EDFDS is offering a three-night break


Hurtiguten’s new expedition options


to the Floriade Horticultural Expo which will include two nights in an ensuite cabin, six hours at the Floriade Expo and one night at a three-star hotel in Holland from £203pp, departing from Newcastle. www.dfds.co.uk/floriade


ESmall Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH)


has summer offers available at more than 100 hotels, with savings of up to 33% off the best available rate until the August 31 2012. www.slh.com


EThe The second ACE River Cruise Expo will take place in Amsterdam on Sunday


and Monday November 18/19 following the overwhelming success of the first ACE Expo. ACE Director Andy Harmer said “More travel agents than ever before are showing interest in river cruising,” – over 250 delegates attended the first Expo in 2011, and ACE is hoping that more delegates will attend this year to visit ships operated by eWaterways, The River Cruise Line and Uniworld. www.cruiseexperts.org


EWizz Air has launched a new Monday


and Friday service from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. The new destination is Wizz Air’s fourth route served from Liverpool complementing the airline’s flights operating to Warsaw, Gdansk and Katowice in Poland. www.wizzair.com


EVisitors are returning to Tunisia following the country's well-documented


Jasmine Revolution. In May, 31,095 British visitors arrived in Tunisia, a boost of 34% compared to the same period last year and just 14% below the record-breaking number of arrivals seen in May 2010. Visitor figures for 2012 currently stand at 56.5% higher than the same period in 2011 and Irish visitors are up a remarkable 83% compared with last year. www.cometotunisia.co.uk


EVueling has expanded its UK services with three new routes, to Barcelona's El Prat


airport from Southampton (with fares from £32) and to Alicante and Palma de Mallorca from Cardiff. The airline has also reintroduced its three-times-weekly Edinburgh to Barcelona schedule with fares from £75. www.vueling.com


A new rooftop perspective


AEG, owner and operators of London's O2, has opened a brand new attraction – Up at The O2 – which combines an exhilarating outdoor challenge with a completely unique perspective on the capital city.


The 90-minute experience will take visitors on an uplifting guided expedition across the roof of The O2 via a tensile fabric walkway suspended 53m above ground level. An observation platform at the summit enables climbers to take in spectacular 360˚ views of the capital and its many landmarks, including the Olympic Park, Thames Barrier, The Shard,


The Hungary treatment


Hungary Tourism targeted a burgeoning market for the UK in June with the Hungarian Medical Tourism Symposium and Workshop in London. Hungary Tourism’s UK Director, Ildiko Mezo, summed up the significance of the event: “This is our first UK event, despite the fact that medical tourism is not new to Hungary – we have a heritage in health. In the last 30 years there has been lots of progression in dentistry, our core medical treatment, as well as other treatments.” Mezo also pointed out that a new Wizz Air route to Debrecen will help to open up Hungary beyond Budapest for medical and leisure tourists. The city is a gateway to the northern plains, Hortobagy National Park and some of the country’s best spas and springs. www.gotohungary.co.uk


Historic Royal Greenwich and Canary Wharf, before descending back to base. Open year round, tickets for the new


experience cost £22 while O2 customers will be able to get 15% off the price with Priority Moments. Full pricing and opening times can be found at www. UpatTheO2.co.uk. Packages to include Thames Clippers, the Up at The O2 challenge and the British Music Experience are also to be launched to the trade. To register your interest in marketing and promoting Up at The O2 email upattheo2@b2me.net www.theo2.co.uk/UpatTheO2


Encounters of the 30% kind


Encounters Travel has launched a deal with a massive 30% commission to all UK travel agents who make a booking on the operator’s eight-day group adventure tour of Morocco, Moroccan Mosaics.


The offer is for seven departures beginning on September 8 with the last on December 8. The first tour costs £599 with the other seven costing £659 and the tours are aimed at young professionals aged 18-45. The tour starts and ends in Marrakech and includes visits to Ourazazate, Zagora, Erfoud, Merzouga, Tinghir, Boulmane and Ait Benhaddou as well as a 4WD desert trip.


www.encounterstravel.com


By Christopher Ah-Yoon Hurtiguten will launch new cruise routes to Greenland, Spitsbergen and Antarctica next year with prices starting from £1724pp, as the cruise line unveils its range of expedition cruises: The Great Antarctic Expedition; South Georgia Anniversary Voyage; Norwegian Fjords and Scotland; Easter Voyage; Greenland and Spitsbergen. These unusual destinations are proving to be a hit, according to Kathryn Beadle, the Managing Director of Hurtiguten UK: “Expedition cruises are becoming more and more popular as customers are not only seeking the more unusual and exciting destinations but they are also wanting to be educated about the areas that they are visiting.” The ex-London British Isles Explorer


cruise is priced from £2498pp. www.hurtiguten.com/agents


The Zenith of commissionable cycling


Zenith Holidays has introduced an enhanced cycling programme for this summer including a new bike & boat tour around the islands of Croatia as well as some new tours in Italy and Austria. Prices start from £361pp. Other holidays include the


Farmhouse Tour which follows the Danube taking in cities, villages and riverside views and Cycling in the Channel Islands including Jersey’s ‘Green routes’.


Zenith also offers rafting, canyoning, surfing and spa holidays. www.zenithholidays.co.uk


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