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ANAND Collection hosted a tour On a mission in Vietnam! SEVEN UK tour operators joined a mega-international fam trip organised by Vietnam Airlines to
promote Central Coast Vietnam. The company has a new collaboration with Cambodia Angkor Air and is encouraging the trade to develop sales of two-centre holidays which combine Da Nang, perfect for a beach break and UNESCO-rated Hoi An, and Cambodia’s star attraction: Siem Reap for Angkor. Pictured here with their Vietnam Airlines crew ready to make the connection are (left to right) John Kalia, Crystal Travel; Luke Staplytonsmith, Bamboo Travel; Susan Pryde, Chic Locations; Jess Jenkins, Travel Nation; Nicholas Errington, Exodus; Luke Burge, Vietnam Airlines; Gemma Wray, Premier Holidays and Ellie Kania, Cox & Kings. VN offers four flights a week from London to Hanoi or Hoi Chi Minh City and has a network of 21 domestic destinations including four or five flights per day to/from Hanoi, five flights per day to/from Ho Chi Minh City and a new daily flight from/to Da Nang. See p45 for more.
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operator fam trip to Thailand this autumn, staying at its properties: Pathuwman Princess Bangkok, Vijitt Resort Phuket, and Layana Resort Koh Lanta. Those on the trip – from Hayes & Jarvis, Bridge the World, Kuoni, Limelight Access and Touchdown Hotels – enjoyed an itinerary which included a Thai dessert cooking lesson, Thai boxing lesson and a sundowner cruise.
MINNESOTA showed it was game last month, with a UK sales mission that tied in with the NFL International Series at
Wembley Stadium. Representatives from Bloomington CVB, Explore Minnesota Tourism, Mall of
America, Meet Minneapolis CVA and Visit St Paul met with the trade to discuss Minnesota's wide variety of attractions. The Minnesota Vikings' grid iron payers
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claimed a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers
– 34-27.
C A: Funway Holidays took nine agents to Jamaica this
October; they stayed at the Sandals Grand Riviera Beach and Villa Resort.
B: Agents pose with DreamWorks
character King Julian from Madagascar onboard Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas. The three-night Miami stay and ship visit was courtesy of British Airways. Wendy Wu's new Business Development team on 'Abbey
C:
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Road': Diogo Castanheira, Mark Harris and Sue Beech, with Bambu Panda.
D: STA Travel opens its 50th store
in October, in Chelmsford's High Chelmer Shopping Centre.
E: Debbie Walker, Destination Representation,
with the Destinology Wedding team: Ally Schofield, Jac Cresswell and Nikkie Price on a wedding training evening in Bolton, introducing wedding destinations
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including Fiji, the Seychelles and the Dominican Republic. Bristol and Exeter are the next stops in February 2014.
F: Travel 2's Hollie Smith promoting holidays to Australia and New Zealand with Off Broadway Travel's OB bear at the Luxury Travel Fayre, Knebworth House.
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Cruising Koh Lanta
Minnesota scores!
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