56 the review TOURISM UPDATE Sri Lanka trail is brewing
CAROL HAY UK Manager,
Caribbean Tourism Organisation
WE invite Selling T ravel readers to join the
Caribbean Tourism Organization and its members in celebrating Caribbean Month in September, and in promoting travel to the Caribbean region. So,
Hop to it in Greece
IT is now easier to plan an island- hopping trip to Greece after Visit Greece started featuring the Greek ferry schedule on its website. All Greek islands are linked to the mainland by a
variety of
vessels including high-speed ferries, hydrofoils and catamarans, which have recently
been
refurbished, and the search engine searches 85 ferry companies on over 13,000 routes. Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio are the
if you are planning to host any
Caribbean events or activities this month, let us know and we’ll help to promote and share these details with our partners!
CARIBBEAN MONTH PRIZE DRAW Agents who sign up at caribbeantravelguru. com – and complete all three modules of the Caribbean Travel Guru Training Programme during Caribbean Month – have the chance to win chocolates or some Caribbean rum. TEN prizes of a chocolate selection by
Hotel Chocolat or a bottle of Caribbean rum are up for grabs in our incentive which is running from September 1-30. The winners will be announced on the Caribbean
Travel Guru website
(
caribbeantravelguru.com), and contacted via email, on October 6 2014.
REWARDS & INCENTIVES If you are already registered on the Caribbean Travel Guru Training Programme, look out for the updated stylish features and
rewards programme linked with
MyBookings Rewards. This rewards section has some great incentives for those making Caribbean bookings and will be available from September.
GUIDE TO THE CARIBBEAN 2015 Don’t miss out on the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s new Guide to the Caribbean 2015 publication distributed with this edition of Selling T
ravel. Order extra copies now by calling 020 8948 0057.
BY STEVE HARTRIDGE ONE of Sri Lanka’s best-known tea producers is creating a ‘trail’ of upmarket properties that will eventually stretch across the country. Resplendent Ceylon, the leisure arm of Dilmah Tea, has already opened Ceylon Sea Trails, Sri Lanka’s first Relais and Chateaux property. Located a two-hour drive from Nuwara Eliya in ‘tea country’, Ceylon Sea Trails currently comprises four Colonial-era planters’ bungalows, with several rooms in each, connected by walking trails through tea gardens. A fifth bungalow is under construction and will open in October with five bedrooms. Once built, Ceylon Sea Trails will be able to offer 26 rooms and suites in five bungalows located between five
and 15 kilometres apart. Opening in October on the south coast is a beach resort, Cape Weligama. Set on a cliff-top a half-hour drive from Galle, it will feature 40 villas and suites, ocean-facing terraces, private pools and a butler service. Two other properties underway are Wild Coast Lodge, opening in November 2015 on a secluded beach in Yala National Park (known for its high density of leopards), and Red Rocks Beach Camp, which should start welcoming guests in March 2016. The camp will be set on a white-sand beach in Kuchavelli, near the seaport of Trincomalee in the northeast of the country. All Resplendent Ceylon properties
offer all-inclusive rates.
dilmatea.com
AIR TRANSAT HAS CANADA COVERED
AIR Transat’s summer 2015 fl ight schedule to Canada includes services from four UK airports to seven Canadian destinations. The airline operates year-round fl ights from Gatwick, Manchester and Glasgow
to part of Toronto
(pictured) and from Gatwick to Calgary and Vancouver and as
its summer 2015
schedule will also offer services from Gatwick
Ottawa, Halifax and Edmonton; Manchester and Glasgow to Vancouver
and Caribbean Tourism Organization
22 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1BP Tel: 020 8948 0057 Fax: 020 8948 0067
caribbean.co.uk
Calgary; and
Birmingham to Toronto. Return fl ights start from £378pp
airtransat.co.uk (Gatwick-Toronto). to Montréal,
three Athens ports and best for destinations in eastern Greece, Crete, the Cyclades, the Dodecanese, and much of the northern and eastern Aegean Sea; Patras and Kyllini on the Peloponnese and Igoumenitsa on the west coast of mainland Greece are the ports for sea travel between the mainland and the Ionian islands. The service includes
all the
main Greek ferry companies and search results will provide details of all available options to the major destinations, what kind of vessel is available, how many stops there are, whether booking is recommended, maps of the routes and links to the ferry companies.
visitgreece.gr/en/travelling_in_greece/ by_sea
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