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Collette rebrands with new look, new logo and a bookable website
Juliet Dennis
Collette Worldwide Holidays has rebranded as Collette and unveiled a new logo and its first bookable website. The move brings the company’s three divisions in the UK, the US and Canada under the one brand Collette. Previously, the US and Canadian businesses both used the Collette Vacations brand. Collette had a second consecutive record-breaking year in 2013, with double-digit growth. Forward bookings for the UK business are 30% up compared with a year ago. The operator has launched a second-edition brochure specifically to showcase the new branding. The programme
for 2014-15 includes more than 50 worldwide tours and features updated pricing and early-booking offers. The company will unveil a new website,
Gocollette.com, on January 30.
Year-on-year growth in Collette’s UK forward bookings
30%
Its holidays can now be booked online by consumers and the trade for the first time. Travel agents need to register for a login and password to access the site. UK general
manager Peter Traynor said: “As we get
bigger and busier, some agents want a different experience with the site, and even if they don’t complete the transaction online, they can use it to check real-time availability and prices.” Traynor said he was hopeful
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justyou.co.uk/agents
Olympic Holidays offers more hotels for summer Olympic Holidays has added properties to its second-edition Summer Sun 2014 programme. The brochure focuses on its core destinations of Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt’s Red Sea, Malta,
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Majorca and Tenerife. More mid to upmarket hotels are featured on many of the Greek islands, as well as more self-catering accommodation on smaller islands.
olympicholidays.com
Grand UK commemorates First World War centenary Grand UK Holidays is marking the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War with new escorted tours to Belgium and France in its summer 2014 brochure. The two tours are In Flanders Fields, We Will Remember Them, and Remembrance on the Western Front. The over-55s specialist has also added a tour to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
grandukholidays.com
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