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Superbreak encourages London sales from agents
SUPERBREAK has introduced a range of new packages and tours in its latest London Breaks brochure. New shows, concerts, exhibitions, events, tours and sightseeing options have been added to ensure that agents have the latest products to sell such as the
New summer service from Brittany Ferries
BRITTANY Ferries is to launch high speed ferry
services between
Portsmouth and Le Havre on May 17. The three hour 45 minute service, operating from Thursdays to Sundays, will run until September 16. Mike Bevens,
Group Passenger
Commercial Director, said: “Bookings have bounced back this year and we saw an opportunity to increase our range of destinations and provide even greater choice for customers, heading for eastern France, Paris and the Alps. “This new Portsmouth/Le Havre route
brings the total number provided by Brittany Ferries between the UK and France to six – more than any other ferry company.”
brittany-ferries.co.uk
new family musical Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory, the Coronation
Festival at Buckingham Palace and the Park in Progress tours of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. In total 138 hotels are offered from £31pppn. Graham Balmforth, National Sales
Manager at Superbreak, comments: “Post Olympics we are confident the extensive media showcasing the city will drive demand for 2013. Agents need to work hard at capturing this, there is something for everyone including some amazing new packages.”
superbreak.com/agents
Crystal Ski heads back to Norway
CRYSTAL Ski is reintroducing the ski resorts of Geilo,
Hemsedal and
Beitostølen in Norway to next winter’s programme with a £375 lead-in price. Special launch offers include free and
reduced kids’ places, priced from £1669 for a family of six in Beitostølen; and 2-for-1 lift passes for all January and February departures. The weekly
Gatwick flights to
Fagernes will operate on Sundays, December 22-March 16 2014.
crystalski.co.uk
60 April 2013 IN BRIEF Rotana goes beyond the Middle East:
Rotana is broadening its reach beyond the Middle East region to manage two new Istanbul hotels. The 188-room Tango Arjaan by Rotana and the 222- room Burgu Arjaan by Rotana are on Turkey’s longest coastal area running from Fener to Tuzla.
Rotana.com
A new Blue Planet for Copenhagen:
Northern Europe’s ‘largest and most modern aquarium’ opened on March 21 in Copenhagen. The Blue Planet is now housed in a new, spiral-shaped centre by Kastrup Harbour. It has water on all sides and is intended to give visitors a feeling of being under water.
Visitcopenhagen.com
Waldorf Astoria for Berlin: The Waldorf
Astoria Berlin has opened with 232 luxury guestrooms and suites within the spectacular new 118 metre/32-floor Zoofenster skyscraper. It offers the city’s highest suite. Amenities include Les Solistes by Pierre Gagnaire restaurant, the Romanisches Café and a Guerlain spa.
waldorfastoriaberlin.com
Slovenia trade incentive from Inghams
BY ALAN ORBELL INGHAMS is launching an expanded holiday range to Slovenia with a new flight from Gatwick to Slovenia. The programme is based on Adria departures
Airways operating on
Saturdays from May to September with free in-flight service and leather seating. Six resorts and 21 hotels, together with a city-break option in Ljubljana are on offer. There’s also a special trade incentive which pays £15 per booking online at
inghams.co.uk/agents or £10 per booking
over the phone: 01783 791 114. Seven nights’ flight and accommodation are from £499pp, saving £40pp, including return flights, transfers and seven nights at the three-star Pension Gasperin in Lake Bohinj. Inghams offers a number of added- value benefits including free packed lunches, free entrance to a water park, free drinks, free discount cards, free hiking tour and more. Excursions include a full day in Venice (£58), a day in the Julian Alps (£26), or a half day in Ljubljana (£34).
inghams.co.uk/agents
P&O in concert MUSICIANS in
Amsterdam will
celebrate the 125th anniversary of the city’s concert hall
– the
Concertgebouw – this year with a programme of jubilee events. The programme will include international stars of the classics, jazz and pop, and performances for children. P&O Ferries is offering two for one mini cruise fares on its overnight Hull to Rotterdam service from £75pp with the option to book an additional night from £10 extra per person. The fare includes a standard cabin
and coach transfers into Amsterdam city centre.
concertgebouw.nl POferries.com
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