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CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANISATION
CAROL HAY UK Manager CTO
See you at World Travel Market The Caribbean Tourism Organisation is looking forward to meeting you on stand CA265 in the Caribbean Village at World Travel Market at Excel Exhibition Centre (November 4-7). At the show we will be launching our new online training programme – Caribbean Travel Guru.
Travel Agents Training Day You are invited to the Caribbean Tourism Organisation’s (CTO) Travel Agents Training Day sponsored by Saint Lucia Tourist Board and a Caribbean Travel Guru launch event at World Travel Market on Wednesday 6 November 2013, from 10.00–17.00, where you will have the opportunity to network with Caribbean
industry
national tourist offices, airlines, hoteliers and ground handlers.
Caribbean treasure hunt We have planned an educational, informative and fun day
which will start with
presentations on the Caribbean from a selection of key industry partners, followed by a hosted canapé lunch and a Caribbean treasure hunt in the Caribbean Village area. You will be able to win some great prizes and to round it off you will be entertained at our popular Caribbean Street Party, until 20.00. To join this promotion, please contact Ann- Marie Brooks on 020 8948 0057 or abrooks@
caribtourism.com for a registration form.
Be a Caribbean Travel Guru If you are unable to join us at WTM, you can still sign up for Caribbean Travel Guru, the new online training programme, created by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation, in conjunction with Travel Uni. Agents can sign up at
www.caribbeantravelguru.com after its launch on Wednesday November 6.
Please contact Ann-Marie Brooks on 020 8948 0057 or email
abrooks@caribtourism.com.
IN BRIEF Win a place on a Las Vegas MEGAfam:
Contact: Caribbean Tourism Organisation 22 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1BP Tel: 020 8948 0057 Fax: 020 8948 0067
caribbean.co.uk or
onecaribbean.org
Agents can win a place on Las Vegas’ pre- Christmas MEGAfam taking place December 8-12 2013. To be in with a chance of scooping one of these MEGAFam spots, simply book customers onto a Vegas trip with Virgin Atlantic. Every booking logged counts as one entry into the draw.
vsflyinghub.com/vegas
Rotana opens first Oman property: The Salalah Rotana Resort is set to open on Christmas Day, 2013. Located on Oman’s stunning coastline with
Strolling through Macau: The Macau views
overlooking the Arabian Ocean, Salalah Rotana Resort is a luxurious five-star resort boasting 399 rooms and suites and 45 exclusive villas.
rotana.com
Government Tourist Office (MGTO) has unveiled four new walking tours that take visitors off the tourist trail. Available free from MGTO tourist information centres and available for download from MGTO’s website, the tours are titled ‘Step Out, Experience Macau’s Communities’.
macautourism.gov.mo
A pair of Sandals for Barbados
SANDALS Resorts International (SRI) is to open the former Couples Resort in St Lawrence, Barbados, as a Sandals Resort as well as managing a new Beaches Resort set to be built on the site of the former Almond Beach Resort in St Peter. According to Sandals Resorts’ Chairman, Gordon ‘Butch’
Stewart, the 10-acre
former Couples property will open as Sandals Barbados on November 6 2013 with 280 luxury accommodation options and will honour all existing commitments with guests who had booked to stay at the Couples Resort. Stewart commented, “We are delighted
partners including
to announce the opening of not one but two of our first-ever resorts in this wonderful country of Barbados. “Barbados and its people are so rich in culture, charm and personality and it has been one of the leaders in Caribbean tourism for decades.”
sandals.co.uk
MOZAMBIQUE, Kyrgyzstan
are
More classic ‘best-of’ trips from G Adventures South
among
Rwanda and the
Africa, new
destinations featured in G Adventures’ 2014 ‘best-of’ compilation of Classic trips which features 28 new trips from a total of 278 trips around the world. The operator
says it has seen
increased demand for more trips in Indonesia, China, South Africa and Ecuador and these countries feature heavily in the new line-up. The Silk Road of China tour of
northwest China takes travellers deep into the China few ever see. The 17-day trip from Beijing to Kashgar is priced from £2,199pp for departures from April to October 2014. The Ecuador Quest tour features an
Amazon homestay, plenty of Andean scenery and the hot springs of Baños. Priced from £649pp for an eight-day return trip from Quito, the tour can be added to a Galapagos experience. It departs year-round from January 2014.
Swaziland and
Mozambique are featured on a 14-day trip across all three countries, with time devoted to the region’s national parks and beaches. Starting and ending in Johannesburg and featuring Bazaruto National Park,
Kruger
National Park and the Panorama, it is priced from £1,549pp (not including flights).
gadventures.co.uk
TASTE BUD FOCUS FOR TOURISM AUSTRALIA
TOURISM Australia (TA) is to increase its focus on marketing food and wine experiences to potential holidaymakers. The new approach stems from research that shows great food, wine and local cuisine is now a major factor in holiday decision making, ahead of world-class beauty and natural environments. Australia is ranked the number one destination for food and wine by UK visitors and while coastal and nature experiences are the key holiday motivators for Brits travelling to Oz, excellent food and wine is an important element.
australia.com
www.sellinglonghaul.com
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