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visit usa now! ISSUE 120 | NOVEMBER 2013 WOO-HOO! Springfield opens at Universal


THE world’s first Simpsons-themed park is now open at Universal Orlando Resort. 'Springfield' invites guests to step inside the home town of America’s best-known animated family: The Simpsons. Visitors


can enter 'Shelbyville by the Sea.'


Anchored by a major attraction, The Simpsons Ride, the newly-themed area includes eateries and knick-knack nooks from the animated series and an all-new outdoor attraction based on the show’s 'evil' alien duo, Kang & Kodos. Guests may even run into Chief Wiggum.


Visitors to Springfield will also be able


to enjoy a ‘Genuine Clown-Endorsed Meal’ and Buzz Cola at Krusty Burger, grab a


‘downtown


Springfield’ and visit the places that helped the


town stake its claim as


Homer-sized helping of donuts at Lard Lad, Enjoy a ‘Taco Fresho’ at Bumblebee Man’s Taco Truck, go for an intergalactic spin on the area’s new attraction, Kang & Kodos’ Twirl ‘n’ Hurl, and Meet Krusty the Clown and Sideshow Bob – Universal’s two newest walkaround characters. Universal Orlando Resort features two theme parks, Universal Studios Florida and Universal’s Islands of Adventure, three themed on-site hotels and a night- time entertainment complex. Visitors can soar above Hogwarts with


Harry Potter, swing above the streets with Spider-Man,


battle aliens alongside


Agent J, help Shrek save Princess Fiona in Shrek 4-D and take the new Despicable Me Minion Mayhem ride. universalorlando.co.uk


Hayes & Jarvis heads to Utah for first time


HAYES & Jarvis' latest USA and Canada brochure features Utah for the first time plus six new self-drive tours and seven new escorted


tour routes. The 236-page


brochure – which is bookable for travel until March 2015 – also features 44 new properties in some of the USA’s most popular cities. Tour options include a Gone with the Wind escorted tour which visits Atlanta, Charleston, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Memphis and Nashville, and a Lighthouse & Lobsters self-drive tour with Boston, Acadia National Park and Cape Cod. Hotel highlights include the four-star W Downtown in New York and the chic Hotel Angeleno on the outskirts of Bel Air, Los Angeles. Prices start from £689pp for a three-night room-only stay at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. It includes flights from Heathrow with British Airways and is based on selected dates in December 2013. hayesandjarvis.com/ agents


30 November 2013


VIRGIN’S THREE DAYS OF PHILLY


VIRGIN HOLIDAYS has a three-night city break to Philadelphia. Priced from £719pp, accommodation is at the historic Loews Philadelphia hotel. The hotel was the country’s fi rst modern skyscraper and the HQ of America’s fi rst savings bank. First commissioned in 1929 the 36-storey, 491-foot skyscraper cost approximately $8 million – big money during the Great Depression. The hotel has loft-high ceilings, over-


sized guest rooms and panoramic views over the city. The £719 deal includes fl ights from Heathrow with United Airlines to Philadelphia and departs January 17 2014. virginholidays.co.uk


IN BRIEF Starwood goes Aloft in Durham:


Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide says its fast-growing Aloft brand will open in Durham, North Carolina in May 2015. The hotel, with 134 spacious, loft- like rooms, will be situated in the heart of the revitalised Tobacco Historic District just five miles from Raleigh-Durham International Airport. alofthotels.com


Kimpton eyes US expansion: Kimpton


Hotels & Restaurants has plans for two new US hotels. Late next year it will move into Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with the conversion of an historic, Beaux Arts-style building into a new Hotel Monaco. In early 2015 it will take over management of a new four-star boutique hotel in Austin’s Rainey Street District. kimptonhotels.com


Simon Shopping ready for the madness


SIMON Shopping Destinations centres in the US are gearing up for the annual Midnight Madness, Thanksgiving Day sales which will be on offer from Friday November 29 to Sunday December 1 at all SIMON Shopping Destinations centres. For the first time, many stores will


open before midnight on the 28th. Savvy


UK shoppers can enjoy


significant savings on brands such as Michael Kors, Kate Spade, Tom Ford, Jimmy Choo and Mulberry. Desert Hills Premium Outlets,


California, has just launched the USA’s first ever Mulberry Outlet Store, while the Houston Galleria is set to become home to a Saks Fifth Avenue brand new flagship store in 2015. The flagship store will become part of Texas’ largest shopping domain. Simon Shopping operates numerous malls and outlets across the country, including


King of Prussia Mall,


Pennsylvania; Chicago Premium Outlets in Aurora, near Chicago and Woodbury Common Premium Outlets, New York. simon.com


www.sellinglonghaul.com


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