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march Seychelles adds accommodation options
BY ALAN ORBELL THE 163-room/suite Savoy Resort & Spa was due to open on Mahé’s Beau Vallon beach on February 18 with discounts of up to 35% until the resort’s early summer grand opening. During the pre-sale, a stay in a double
room, including breakfast, starts at £278 pp and then rises to £428 pp. Features include a spa and wellness
area, 700 sq m pool – the largest on the Seychelles. There is also a 24-hour fitness centre, two restaurants and a bar. Water sport and diving centres are nearby.
savoy.sc Meanwhile, Desroches Island in the
Seychelles – recently voted the 25th Best Hotel in Africa in the Trip Advisor Travellers’ Choice awards – has added two new five-bedroom Beach Villas with two of the bedrooms independent from the main building. They offer an open living area leading on to a verandah and behind the bedroom is a large open- plan bathroom leading out to a private pool. Along with the two private pools, there is a sizeable family
pool
surrounded by a decking area. The main area is made up of a large
fully-equipped kitchen, relaxation area and entertainment room.
prepared gourmet meals can be Freshly
RUPERT PETERS Vice President International, Canadian Tourism Commission
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CTC’S NEW TRAVEL TRADE MANAGER! The Canadian Tourism Commission is delighted to welcome a new colleague to the team here in London. Adam Hanmer joined the London office as
our new Travel Trade Manager last month and will be managing our Canada Specialists Programme, working on fams and continuing to evolve our joint partnerships with the travel industry at large. We’re excited at sharing ‘our Canada’ with
prepared by a private chef. The five-bedroomed Beach Villas enable the island to cater for large families and groups says Ailsa Tavares, Brand Manager for Desroches Island, UK. “We have seen an increase of multi-
generational families holidaying on the island and this is a trend that we want to encourage. The new villas will enable Desroches Island to capitalise on this market as well as cater for larger groups.”
desroches-island.com
PRIDE OF AFRICA TOUR SHOWS OFF HIGHLIGHTS
AFRICAN Pride has a new South Africa itinerary for 2014 designed to introduce clients to some of the country’s classic highlights. Developed in association with Ethos Marketing, experiences include a stay in Pretoria at the fi ve-star Castello di Monte Guest House, a 27- hour journey to Cape Town aboard the Blue Train, and fi ve nights at Steenberg in the leafy Constantia Valley, Cape Town. The trip fi nishes with a safari element at Motswari Private Game Lodge in the Timbavati Game Reserve close to Kruger National Park, where guests spend two nights. The nine-night package starts
from £2,639pp. with fl ights to Johannesburg with Virgin Atlantic. Board is on a B&B basis, except on The Blue Train which is all inclusive (excluding champagne & caviar) and at Motswari which is full board plus game activities.
african-pride.co.uk
him! With the current exchange rate offering up to 10% more spending power for Brits in Canada than this time last year, it’s a great time to be telling your customers that now is a good time to book Canada for ski trips. Canada has enjoyed great snow this year
and conditions look set to last well into early May! But if skiing or boarding is not your thing, on February 27 we saw 52 suppliers of unique, new and top Canadian experiences congregate at the London Film Museum to share ‘their Canada’ with British, French and German tour operators, travel agents as well as journalists. Hearing the buzz in the room that afternoon
and evening, and talking with many of our Canadian and European guests, I was struck yet again, by just what an amazing country Canada is. There were lodges to watch Northern Lights and wildlife from, incredible Arctic and Great Lake cruises, sea kayaking with icebergs, glamping amidst boreal forests….the list went on; one goose bump moment after another. We hope you’ll start to see some of these
experiences in brochures over the next few years but to get ahead why not check out the list for yourself :
www.keepexploring.ca/CSE . And keep an eye out for the April edition of Selling Canada too, when we’ll reveal more about the event.
canada.travel
Contact: Canadian Tourism Commission Roger Harris, Trade Helpline: Tel: 0870 161 5151
visitcanada@dial.pipex.com www.canadaspecialist.co.uk www.canada.travel
www.sellinglonghaul.com
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