news to use TOP STORIES Grayston joins Sun International
BY STEVE HARTRIDGE Sun International will unveil its latest South African hotel, The Grayston in Sandton, this December. The four-star deluxe hotel, an iconic
Johannesburg landmark previously managed by Southern Sun, will enjoy a ‘soft opening’ followed by a full opening in January next year after a full £20-million refurbishment. The 276-room hotel, which is set in large landscaped gardens which surround the hotel, will provide a convenient stop- over option for both leisure and business inbound visitors arriving from abroad, said newly appointed General Manager, Johan Scheppers. “We will theme the property as a modern, sophisticated hotel that offers a cool and relaxed urban escape that is
geared to meet the needs of our international guests,” he said. Key facilities will include a 24-hour ‘urban bistro’ and an Africology spa specialising in African treatments. The hotel will also feature a ‘transit lounge’, with drinks and snacks, for early arrivals – most direct UK flights to South
Africa arrive in the early morning – or those with an evening departure from South Africa. The Grayston will offer a free shuttle
service to the Sandton Gautrain, which links to OR Tambo International Airport in just 12 minutes.
www.suninternational.com
Caribbean Month Join the Caribbean Tourism
Organisation and its members in celebrating Caribbean Month in September and promoting the Caribbean region, with the aim to increase winter sales and generate early bookings for 2013. For more information on Caribbean Month, please email: ablack@caribtourism. com or call 020 8948 0057.
Crèche for kids at Jebel Ali Award-winning family beach resort, the
five-star Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa in Dubai, has linked up with the Worldwide Kids Company and is adding
a crèche for its youngest guests from October. The resort enhanced its childcare offering in spring this year through refurbishing the already existing CoolZone,for children aged 4-12 years as well as adding ChillZone, a brand new hangout for teenagers. The crèche will cater for children from
four months to four years and will be operated by childcare specialists who have been trained by the Worldwide Kids Company. In 2011 the five-star beach resort also
added a series of family-friendly additions to its refurbished Palm Tree Court & Spa hotel, presently being expanded with four luxury beachfront villas that will add 74 additional junior suites and one- and two-bedroom family suites in October.
www.jebelali-international.com
IN BRIEF
Kenya’s underwater museum Africa’s first underwater museum, will open on Kenya's Indian Ocean coastline in 2014. The museum, in Malindi Marine National Park, will feature local marine life including coral reefs, sea turtles, manta ray, reef sharks and dolphins and will also document the various shipwrecks off the Kenyan coast.
www.magicalkenya.com
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www.sellinglonghaul.com
BA has St Lucia deals British Airways has seven nights at
the four-star Smugglers Cove Resort and Spa, St Lucia, from £1,399pp for departures this month (September). The deal includes return British Airways flights in World Traveller Plus from London-Gatwick and accommodation on an all-inclusive basis.
www.visitba.com
Great Southern Rail deal Australia’s Great Southern Rail
has a ‘two for one’ fare on board The Ghan - from Darwin through the Red Centre to Adelaide – and the Indian Pacific – from Perth across the Nullarbor Plain to Sydney – until October 31 for travellers booking a Red Sleeper journey, a saving of up to AUD$1,500.
www.greatsouthernrail.com.au
Far East Travel Trade Guide
Win some Caribbean Goodies Just answer the following question and make two new bookings to the Caribbean during September to win a selection of Caribbean goodies, including a bottle of Premium Rum and Caribbean Rum Cake: Question: In what month does the Caribbean Tourism Organisation celebrate Caribbean Month? Send your answer and proof of bookings in an email, with the subject ‘Caribbean Month Competition’ to Ann-Marie Brooks at abrooks@
caribtourism.com. All correct entries with two new bookings made to the Caribbean will be entered into a draw to win. Competition closes on September 30 2012.
Page 14 of the Far East Travel Guide
2012 contained some errors. Please note that the capital of Hong Kong is Hong Kong (not Victoria). Plus, three languages are widely spoken in the country: English, Cantonese and Mandarin. Finally, Hong Kong’s reversion to Chinese sovereignty was in 1997 not 1999. Apologies for the mistakes.
Grenada & Saint Lucia trips The CTO is to host a ‘Courses in the Caribbean’ Familiarisation Trip (November 25-December 2) to the islands of Grenada and Saint Lucia. If you have not been to either of these destinations in the last three years then please send an email to Ann- Marie Brooks at abrooks@
caribtourism.com.
CTO 2013 Guides Don’t miss the CTO’s new Guide to
the Caribbean 2013, packed with lots of news and information on the Caribbean region. Also look out for the CTO’s new
Wedding & Honeymoon Guide 2013, designed to help you and your clients with all the planning for that special day and wonderful honeymoon.
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