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Saga Sapphire will operate 15 new cruises next year, as will Saga Pearl II
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Norwegian Epic to call at Southampton in 2015 Norwegian Cruise Line will sail to and from Southampton in 2015 on Norwegian Epic. The vessel will set sail from Barcelona to Southampton on September 20. It will then undergo routine drydock maintenance before departing from the UK port for Barcelona on October 11.
ncl.co.uk
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Annabel Croft opens facility at Pine Cliffs resort The Annabel Croft Tennis Academy arrives at Pine Cliffs in the Algarve this month. Annabel Croft coaches offer private and group lesson for adults and children on a five-court facility, as well as tournaments and events.
pinecliffs.com
Mandarin Barcelona adds 22 suites and rooms Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona, has added 17 suites and five rooms, bringing the total room count to 120. The flagship Barcelona suite has a large terrace with an outdoor Jacuzzi.
mandarinoriental.com
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Titan adds 30 new one-off sailings in Saga Cruise brochure for 2015
Hollie-Rae Merrick
Titan has unveiled 30 new itineraries in its Saga Cruise Collection 2015 brochure, each of which it will operate just once. In total, the programme
features 43 itineraries, all of which are ex-UK sailings. Cruises include a 33-day
Canada in the Fall sailing from Southampton on September 21, 2015. The voyage on Saga Sapphire leads in at £7,059 and includes two days in Quebec City and visits the 60-mile
Saguenay Fjord and St John’s in Newfoundland. Saga Pearl II will operate a 16-
day Baltic cruise from Dover. The Gulf of Bothnia sailing departs on June 23 and leads in at £2,491. A 26-day Grecian Odyssey cruise
is also featured. The itinerary includes calls at Kefalonia, Lisbon, Cartagena, Sardinia and Sicily. All prices include Titan’s VIP home departure service, meals, 24-hour room service, Wi-Fi and gratuities. Four of the itineraries are all-inclusive.
titanagents.co.uk
Wendy Wu offers China tours for garden lovers
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Wendy Wu Tours is offering garden tours in China in collaboration with RHS Garden Holidays. The new itineraries aim to provide green-fingered holidaymakers with the chance to see some of China’s oriental and botanical gardens, and follow in the footsteps of original plant seekers. A 15-day Plant Seekers tour, led by RHS horticulture director Jim
Gardiner, follows the route taken by the original plant hunters. Priced from £4,990 and departing on October 16, it looks at the flora of Mount Emeishan and the Nine Villages Valley, home to more than 2,500 plant species, visits the Ganhaizi Wetland, World Horticultural Expo Garden, Unesco site Lijiang, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Chengdu. Other tours include a 15-day Gardens of China and 15-day China’s
Mountain Gardens itineraries led by an RHS specialist.
wendywutours.co.uk
Carnival Freedom is third ship to be based in Texas Carnival Cruise Line is to base a third ship in Galveston, Texas, next year. Carnival Freedom will sail six and seven-night itineraries to Mexico, the Caribbean and Florida. Its first sailing from Galveston will be a six-day Caribbean voyage to Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico, and Belize, departing February 15.
carnival.co.uk
Book with Travel 2 to earn vouchers up to £100 Travel 2 is offering agents an incentive to mark the launch of its Simply Luxury by Travel 2 short-haul brochure. Agents can earn shopping vouchers from £10 to £100 on qualifying short-haul bookings before May 31.
travel2.com
Nine Villages Valley: home to 2,500 plant species
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