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talking shop OUT & ABOUT WIN a fabulous shopping spree with Fancourt! I


f our On Location report on South Africa’s Garden Route has you inspired – here’s an even bigger reason to get booking – Fancourt Resort, right on the Garden Route, will give £10 of Love2shop vouchers for each paid and confirmed room night at Fancourt booked between January 1 and March 15 2013.


The offer, although applicable only to room nights booked during this window, can be booked for guests travelling at any time during 2013 (subject to availability). Remember – the longer your clients stay and play at Fancourt, the more you get to shop! Added to this, if it’s a family booking with young children we will send them a fun activity book ahead of their visit so they can plan all their activities they want to do once they arrive.


Give them a reason


South Africa is an amazing option for families and those who base themselves at Fancourt will have access to safaris and wildlife encounters without the risk of malaria.


There are endless other tourist attractions within an hour's drive including amazing beaches, ostrich farms, Cango caves, Monkeyland, Elephant interaction, Knysna lagoon and lots of adventure activities. Fancourt’s brand new sports and leisure centre opened in October and its fully supervised Fancourt Kidz Club is free to all guests – something that really makes Fancourt stand out from


Celebrating 50 years of PATA T


he Pacific Asia Travel Association’s UK Chapter held its annual Christmas


lunch in London to celebrate the organisation’s 50th anniversary, along with the festive season. Held at the grand London venue


One Whitehall Place and sponsored by the Macau Government Tourist Office, the event was attended by 170 guests. Members were treated to a reception, three-course lunch and festive carol singing led by the Salvation Army.


the competition. There’s also a teens’ club, state-of-the-art gym, indoor and outdoor pools and even a cinema. If that’s not enough to keep families


occupied, mention the resort’s scenic mountain bike trails, the Golf Kidz club, tennis, three championship golf courses and a relaxing Roman bath spa. Long flight putting clients off? Tell them that two kids can share their parents’ one-bedroom suite at Fancourt


free and dining and activities are well priced. There’s also no jetlag – South Africa is only two hours ahead!


How to enter


To claim, tweet @ethos_marketing with the hashtag #FancourtFans or email Info@ethosmarketing.co.uk before March 15. Only one claim can be made per room, per night.


Each table was hosted by key members of PATA UK, such as the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Macau Government Tourist Office, Hong Kong Tourism Board and Tourism Australia. After lunch, 181 travel agents and tour operator sales staff joined the group for the PATA UK Party at the Sports Café. PATA UK Chairman Chris Lee opened the dinner with a speech about the PATA UK Chapter and its 50 years of achievements: “2012 could be described in just two words," he said. "Celebration and teamwork. This year PATA UK has delivered its largest number of events for many years and for the first time taken both the PATA Exchange and Taste events outside of London to Manchester and Glasgow


Main picture: Chris May, PATA Academy, Sue Whitehead, MGTO, Chris Lee. Left: Lisa Eyre, Destination New South Wales; Lucy Havercroft, Tourism Australia; Sandra Etter, Tourism NZ.


respectively. The PATA Academy on-line training scheme now has 18 country members, plus new modules for hotel and airline members and an incentive scheme.” Chapter member David Carlaw from


Premier Holidays commented: “It was a great lunch and good to catch up with friends. We work closely with the TAT, Hong Kong Tourist Board, Tourism Australia and Macau Tourism so it was great to see them all. We look forward to working closely


with PATA UK in 2013, especially now Chris Lee is involved as he has always been really proactive.” For Nandita Patel, Product


Executive from Funway Holidays, it was her first visit to PATA's Christmas dinner. "It was a great event," she said. "I was able to catch up with a number of key suppliers during the pre-lunch drinks and I also met new connections within the industry. All in a relaxed and festive setting!" www.pata.org.uk


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