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CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANISATION
CAROL HAY UK Manager CTO
Cinnamon Air connects Sri Lanka’s hot spots
S-now's the time to sell Caribbean Well, the snow arrived in some force across much of the UK last month, which got everyone looking for an escape route! So now is the perfect time to suggest the warmer climates of the Caribbean region.
Training programme Keep up-to-date with the latest news and what’s on offer in the Caribbean, so you can confidently assist your clients. Enrol on the Caribbean Training Programme today! To join, please contact Ann-Marie Brooks on 020 8948 0057 or email abrooks@
caribtourism.com
TravelFax packed with selling points The programme incorporates a comprehensive training manual, the TravelFax; a filofax-style guide which focuses on the key selling points for over 30 Caribbean destinations. Owning the manual is just one advantage of being on the CTP Programme. All CTP Agents will also receive a CTP newsletter, with updates on all that’s new in the Caribbean region; including new hotel openings, agent incentives and activity/event updates, as well as advance notices of forthcoming educational trips and training opportunities.
Keep up-to-date with our activities The CTO and its members have some very exciting activities planned for agents in the coming months, so be sure to join the CTP programme to ensure that you are kept fully up to date. Again, contact Ann-Marie Brooks to find out more information about the programme and the various planned activities for 2013.
Contact: Caribbean Tourism Organisation 22 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1BP Tel: 020 8948 0057 Fax: 020 8948 0067 Website:
www.caribbean.co.uk;
www.onecaribbean.org
TRAVELLING around Sri Lanka becomes easier from next month (March) with the launch of the country’s first scheduled domestic carrier. Cinnamon Air, operated by Saffron
Aviation (Pvt) Ltd, will start a timetable of scheduled daily
flights linking Secrets aplenty in Mexico
BY ALAN ORBELL AMRESORTS has opened two new hotels in Mexico. The 168-room adults- only Secrets Aura Cozumel has combined what was previously the Sabor Cozumel Exclusive Resort & Spa
and Aura
Cozumel Grand. Renovations included the addition of nine rooms at corner Ocean Front and Ocean
View locations, redecorated
rooms, restaurant modifications and a new shopping area. The Secrets Aura Cozumel offers its guests the benefits of Secrets Resorts & Spas'
Kids and Core Zone Teens Club and non- motorized water-sports.
sunscaperesorts.com Three other AMResorts properties
have also undergone recent renovations: Dreams Palm Beach Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic; Mexico’s Zoëtry Casa del Mar Los Cabos; and, also in Mexico, Dreams Cancun Resort & Spa.
Amresorts.com
Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) with key holiday locations on the south-west coast, the east (in the summer season), Kandy, the Cultural Triangle and Hambantota/Yala. With no destination taking longer than 60 minutes to reach, flights to and from BIA will largely connect with arrival and departure flight timings of international airlines serving Colombo. The start-up fleet will consist of two
Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian aircraft. The flights are being sold through UK tour operators and travel agents and directly via
cinnamonairs.com
signature Unlimited-Luxury®
vacation concept which offers limitless access to gourmet à la carte dining and more. The resort also features three main swimming pools, a full-service spa, fitness centre, non-motorised water- sports and suites with private lap pools, solariums and swim-up options. All suites feature a terrace or private balcony with ocean or pool views.
secretsresorts.com Also new is the Sunscape Curaçao
Resort, Spa & Casino, AMResorts’ 30th property, and previously the Princess Beach Resort and Casino – Curaçao. Sitting on 1,500 feet of white sand,
renovations included guest rooms, new decor in the five restaurants and spa, as well as enhancements to the theatre, ballroom, wedding chapel and fitness centre.
The five-storey, 341-room
Sunscape Curaçao Resort, Spa & Casino offers its signature Unlimited-Fun® vacation concept which includes rooms and suites with private terraces or balconies and limitless access to gourmet à la carte dining. The resort offers three swimming pools and a kiddie pool, a full-service spa, fitness centre, an Explorer’s Club for
08 February 2013 •
www.sellinglonghaul.com
North America Travel Service was delighted to win the Travel Agents Choice Award for Best Operator of the Year to the USA and Canada. Pictured are Jane Riddington (Field Sales Exec South West), Yvonne Spencer (Director - Travel Industry Sales), Keith Worrall (Field Sales Exec North of England) & Sarah Mason (Field Sales Exec South East).
IN BRIEF
Wilderness plans new Namibia camp Wilderness Safaris will open Hoanib Skeleton Coast in June. Located on a private concession straddling the Skeleton Coast National Park, the camp will have just eight units. For the first time clients will be able to make forays into the Hoanib floodplains (previously restricted inside the Skeleton Coast National Park).
wilderness-safaris.com
Visas for India double to £82: The cost
of tourist visas for UK travellers to India has doubled. The fee has risen to £82 plus a service charge of £10.20 for visas valid for up to six months. Visas carrying a duration of up to two years, which allow a maximum stay of 180 days per visit, will cost £287.20, including the service charge.
incredibleindia.org
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