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A&K 50th special To tie in with the company's 50th
anniversary Abercrombie and Kent founder and chairman Geoggrey Kent will join an Antarctic voyage later this year and share his half-century of 'memories and experiences' with guests. Le Boreal will depart November 27 until December 10 for a tour of the Southern Ocean. The voyage will take in the whale-rich waters of the Drake Passage – as featured in David Attenborough's popular series Frozen Planet – a behind- the-scenes visit to the environmental research station and shore excursions to see seals and penguins.
www.abercrombiekent.co.uk
Christchurch plan Christchurch, New Zealand's
earthquake-hit southern city, has unveiled plans for a re-developement concentrating on green spaces. The blueprint envisages a smaller central city area, with an eight-storey limit on new buildings, framed by parks and natural spaces. The plan includes major new infrastructure such as a covered 35,000-seat sports stadium, 2000-capacity convention centre overlooking the Avon and a huge aquatic and indoor sports facility. The Avon riverbanks will become a ribbon of parks, with natural grassed areas and planting on one side and shops, restaurants, bars and cafes expected to line the river's other edge, and be integrated into the sports venues. The development will make the revitalised city "very much like Melbourne", New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key said when announcing the blueprint unveiling. The city's famous Cathedral Square will be closed to through traffic and “greened’’ with more grass and plantings, making it a picnic and meeting venue. There will also be a Maori cultural centre in Victoria Square and the city will honour victims of the February 22, 2011 earthquake through a new memorial.
www.newzealand.com/uk
06 September 2012 •
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A Korea in art The Korea Tourism
The Virgin apprentice
BY LAURA GELDER Virgin Holidays is to mark its 100th
store opening, in Maidenhead, by creating 100 apprenticeships for 16-24 year olds. After completing a three-stage
recruitment assessment, succcessful candidates will follow a one-year programme, spending four days a week working at a Virgin Holidays retail outlet, and one day studying for a City and Guild NVQ Level 2 Certificate in Customer Service. Those on the Virgin programme will be salaried, included in the company’s overall benefits package once their probation is completed and given a performance- related incentive rather than the
IN BRIEF
Transform your shopping Universal Studios Hollywood, home of
the new thrill ride, ‘Transformers: The Ride-3D’ and Attraction World is offering £100 of shopping vouchers to any agent making a booking for Universal Studios Hollywood during September. Email your booking reference to USH@
attractionworld.com for a chance to win.
www.attractionworld.com
Be in it to win it online! Congratulations to Christine Fletcher
from Travel 2, winner of SLH's May competition. Courtesy of Hawaii Tourism, she and a friend will be jetting off to Hawaii with United this September for a seven-night stay at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach. Catch her report in our October edition.
www.sellinglonghaul.com
Celebrate Africa with SATOA To celebrate its 30th birthday
SATOA will host a ceremony on September 12 at the Zimbabwe Embassy, London. The event will recognise airlines, tour operators, hotels and individuals (including the outstanding retail agent) who promote Africa and the Indian Ocean. Votes can be cast on the website:
www.satoa.com
minimum wage that is a government requirement for businesses. Announcing the programme at the 2012 ITT Conference in Barbados, Virgin Holidays Managing Director, Amanda Wills commented: “People are right at the heart of our business and this programme is a fantastic way for us to realise the potential of the brightest and most enthusiastic young people, trying to enter the workforce, the next generation of customer service champions." Those interested in joining the scheme
can register their interest by emailing their contact details to apprenticeships@
virginholidays.com.
www.virginholidays.co.uk
Organisation is showcasing its art and culture through a new exhibition at London's Saatchi Gallery (until September 23). Speaking on the eve of the London 2012 Olympic Games and at the opening of the Korean Eye exhibition, CEO Mr Charm Lee said: "This exhibition is the first of its kind in Europe and this summer is the time to push Korea. Many people know about Japanese or Chinese art but we hope this will spark interest in the roots of Korean art. Korea has an accessible 5,000 year-old culture as well as an expanding luxury market." Korea has also recently revamped its agent training programme with Travel Uni and will focus on social media to incease awareness of the destination. Mr Lee commented: "The trade is important to us and we want to keep our training programme fresh and simple, with less questions and more focus on the basics."
www.english.visitkorea.or.kr
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