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march Orlando’s key themes for 2014
BY ALAN ORBELL ORLANDO’S ‘re-invention’
ongoing continues
into 2014 with a number of new theme park and accommodation openings.
Key theme park developments include DUPLO Valley LEGOLAND Florida bringing farm-themed pre-school building toys for children aged two to five; Diagon Alley and ‘London’ will be located
at within Universal
CAROL HAY UK Manager,
Caribbean Tourism Organisation
7
Studios
Florida – guests will be able to travel between
phase of ‘London’ and Homemade
aboard the Hogwarts Express; Walt Disney World Resort will complete the final
including the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. Orlando’s tallest and steepest free-fall
water slide – Ihu’s Breakway Falls – is coming to
Aquatica – SeaWorld’s
waterpark while I-Drive Indoor Kart Racing’s 805-metre track will open. Highlighting Orlando’s cultural side,
the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts will be the new home for Broadway productions and Orlando Ballet when it opens in the autumn. The recent campaign targeting UK adults without children highlighted the
fact that fewer than 50% of travel
parties to Orlando include children, according to Danielle Courtenay, Visit Orlando’s Chief Marketing Officer. “People come because they know Orlando is good value, is a known quality
with great hospitality and
service, and that they will have a good time. Orlando is open 365 days a year. “Around half of our visitors are repeat travellers and internationally some 60% of our visitors come via the travel trade.”
VisitOrlando.com
OCCIDENTAL ADDS TO CUBA PORTFOLIO
OCCIDENTAL Hotels & Resorts is
now managing the
renovated Hotel Allegro Club Cayo Guillermo,
in Cayo Guillermo on
Cuba’s northeast coast. The resort is surrounded by beautiful gardens and the warm ocean waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The resort offers 280 rooms, three restaurants, two snack bars and one bar. There are two swimming pools (one for children), a Kids’ Club, two tennis courts, a community sport fi eld, gym and sauna, sports programme, diving classes in the pool plus morning and evening entertainment and a specialized centre to practice kitesurfi ng for which the area is renowned. Currently,
Occidental also
manages the hotels Occidental Miramar and Occidental Montehabana, both in Havana and a resort in Varadero,
el Allegro Varadero.
Occidentalhotels.com
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
recently New Fantasyland
HERE’S TO A FABULOUS 2014! THE Caribbean Tourism Organisation would like to wish all Selling L
ong Haul readers the
very best for 2014! The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)
has exciting plans for this year and is currently in the process of planning a selection of Caribbean Agent Training Events – so watch this space for more details over the coming months. If you are already registered on the CTO’s online training programme – Caribbean Travel Guru, then you will gain priority access to the latest news regarding these planned training events and familiarisation trips. Keep up to date on the latest news and
upcoming events and activities online. Look out for new programmes in the near future and a reward scheme. For more information, please contact Ann- Marie Brooks on 020 8948 0057 or by email at
abrooks@caribtourism.com
www.sellinglonghaul.com
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