short haul news APRIL 2014 THE NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Savings and vouchers from Best Served
BEST Served Scandinavia – a division of WEXAS Travel – has some special offers including an eight-day escorted tour of the classic Baltic cities, from £695pp (usually £795pp), a Reykjavik adventure with four nights for the price of three and a southern Iceland fly- drive trip with accommodation at the four-star Hotel Grimsborgir, near the Golden Circle. For agents, Best Served Scandinavia
is offering Love2Shop vouchers for any booking including flights and at least three nights’ accommodation before the end of April.
For a first booking agents receive £10; for the second £20, third £50, fourth £80 and the fifth £100 of Love2Shop vouchers which can be spent at more than 20,000 high street stores
as well as well-known
restaurants and attractions.
best-served.co.uk/offers
UIA flies on to Ukraine
IN spite of the upheavals in Ukraine, national airline Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) is continuing to operate as scheduled, apart from minor alterations on selected routes, and all UIA flights are flying
from/to Kiev
Boryspil International Airport. UIA
operates daily services
between Gatwick and Kiev with extra flights
starting on April 6. UIA’s
network stretches from the UK to Eastern Europe, Asia and the Middle East with good connections from Gatwick throughout Ukraine and to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, UAE, and Thailand via Kiev. European citizens don’t need a visa
River cruising success for CMV new Signature programme
CRUISE and Maritime Voyages (CMV) is reporting strong sales through the trade for
its new Signature River Cruises
programme launched earlier this year. Newly on offer is Vienna 1, a contemporary premium-plus river ship that carries 164 guests (previously operated by Avalon and Viking) in cabins that all have river views, mostly from French balconies. CMV’s Head of Marketing, Mike Hall,
HILTON
Doubletree rises in Edinburgh’s Bread St WORLDWIDE,
said: “We are delighted to be offering this distinctive product to our cruise portfolio. Vienna 1 has sold well thanks to the
in
partnership with RedefineBDL Hotels, has opened DoubleTree by Hilton Edinburgh City Centre, its newest DoubleTree hotel in Scotland. Located on Bread Street, the former St Cuthbert’s Co-operative building has seen a $4.2 million renovation. The now 138-room property
features a
domed roof and top-floor penthouse with views of Edinburgh Castle. The new hotel
joins 21 DoubleTree by
Hilton properties currently trading in the UK.
doubletree.com
travel trade’s backing of our new venture. Being a ‘twin cruiser’ the engine is located at the rear of the ship, separated from the main passenger areas, so she is
IN BRIEF Turkish addition: CV Villas, which
currently offers over 800 villas, cottages, apartments and houses across Europe, the Caribbean, Thailand, Africa and the Indian Ocean, has added Turkey to its collection. The new Turkey launch includes nine villas on the southern coast of Turkey in the Antalya Province and on the Golkova Gulf and Bozburun Peninsula.
cvvillas.com
British remain loyal: The British market
continues to be the biggest source of visitors to Tenerife, accounting for 31.8% of the total. 1,580, 907 British holidaymakers visited in 2013, an increase of 0.8% compared with 2012, according to the Tenerife Tourism Corporation. New patterns also show an increase in visitors staying in Santa Cruz and La Laguna.
webtenerife.co.uk
New service to Bucharest: Romania’s capital Bucharest has become the latest city to be added to the growing list of destinations from Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield. Wizz Air flights will start from the Yorkshire airport on June 13 with flights every Monday and Friday, the only direct service outside of London.
wizzair.com
beautifully quiet when underway. “Following our announcement of the takeover of the German tour operation TransOcean Kreuzfahrten earlier this year, we plan to increase our river
cruise
programme and we hope to make some of these cruises available for the international market including the UK.”
CMV’s first departure, the seven-night Magical Rhine from Nuremberg through to Amsterdam,
departing
May 19, is now available as part of a ‘Buy one get one half price’ promotion. The first adult pays £1199 with the second adult sharing paying just £599 including flights from London and transfers.
cruiseandmaritime.com
for a short break in Ukraine and can enjoy Dnieper River cruises and the picturesque sights of historic Kiev, a thriving cafe culture with world-class shopping and dining experiences. UIA’s partner airline network offerss
UK regional flights to Kiev and within Ukraine from a number of airports. UIA operates a modern Boeing fleet.
flyUIA.com
www.sellinglonghaul.com
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