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New Zealand has eye on the ball
NEW Zealand is starting to look ahead to the next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup which it will joint-host with Australia. Kiwi cricket legend Sir Richard
Hadlee – the first bowler to take more than 400 test wickets – was flown to London to help build awareness of the event and met some of Tourism New Zealand’s key trade partners at a workshop and party at New Zealand House. “New Zealand is passionate when it comes to sports and there will be a real buzz when the cricket gets underway. February is a great time to visit the country and the tournament’s
schedule
will provide the opportunity for visitors to explore our diverse and beautiful country
in-between
matches,” said Hadlee, pictured at Lord’s with Danielle Genty-Nott, Tourism New Zealand Regional Manager UK and Europe. The opening match will be in
Christchurch on February 14. New Zealand will host 23 of the 49 games in seven cities. Operators selling cricket World Cup packages include; Thomas Cook Sport and Thomson Sport.
newzealand.com
BY ALAN ORBELL THIS November MAIA Luxury Resort & Spa, in Mahé in the Seychelles, will be offering a new ‘Beyond All-Inclusive’ rate and will be simplifying booking by creating just two villa categories. The new rate includes all food, drink and premium alcohol, but also unlimited exploration scuba diving, yoga sessions, non-motorised watersports, free wi-fi and more. The company
hopes that by
streamlining to two villa categories – Ocean Panoramic and MAIA Signature –
it will be much easier for agents to make a booking. The resort stretches over 30 acres on a
private peninsula on the southwest cost of Mahé. Each of the 30 thatched villas is incredibly private and all have the latest facilities and uninterrupted ocean views, a spacious gazebo area, oversized day-bed, a 25-ft infinity pool and outdoor sunken bath tub. The resort’s five head chefs create bespoke menus featuring Creole, Indian, Asian, Mediterranean and French cuisines.
maia.com.scx
CROATIA has a new water park after Istraland
opened this
summer just north of Porec on the Adriatic Coast. Along with exceptional views of
the coast, the park has 20 slides and three pools suitable for all ages and levels of bravado, including the highest slide in Croatia (the ‘Free
NEWS TO USE IN BRIEF A night in the tower: Warwick Castle
now has accommodation in two historic suites in the 14th century Caesar’s Tower. Each suite features a hand- carved four-poster bed. The suites cost £600 for two adults, including breakfast, a private castle tour and a two-day priority pass to the castle attractions.
warwick-castle.com
Canaries boost: British Airways will this winter start operating flights to Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands for the first time in a decade. Starting on December 13, the service will operate twice-weekly, from Gatwick. The airline also flies to Lanzarote twice a week and Tenerife seven times a week.
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Uruguay’s newest: The Grand Hotel
Punta del Este will be opening this month in La Brava, one of Uruguay’s most popular beach resorts. The property features 107 luxury oceanview rooms and 12 oversized suites with garden views. It also has two pools, Roman baths and a kids’ club.
puntagrand.com
Popular Croatia opens new Adriatic water park Aquapark
MAIA more than inclusive
Falkland islands invasion
THE Falkland Islands is expecting another healthy year for tourism with arrivals set to grow by 18.7% in 2014 to over 5,600 visitors, according to the latest figures released by the British South Atlantic outpost’s tourism authority. Overall visitor arrivals (including inbound tourists, cruise passengers and domestic tourists) are expected to total almost 59,000, up 18.7% in 2014, says the Falkland Islands Tourist Board (FITB). They will spend over £9.1 million. The total number of UK visitors (land based) is expected to top 3,000, up 20% on 2013. Tony Mason, Managing Director
of the FITB said: “Visitors are attracted by
the outstanding
wildlife encounters and unspoilt beauty of the Falkland Islands. “Our successful accommodation
accreditation programme has raised the calibre of places to stay.” A new ‘How to Sell the Falklands’ trade brochure is available at
falklandstourism@keenecomms.com
Kuoni heads East
Fall’) and what is claimed as the largest whirlpool in the Mediterranean. Also in the park are a variety of
bars, restaurants, live entertainment, volleyball and badminton facilities. UK visitors to Croatia increased by 10% during the first six months of this year.
croatia.hr
PALAWAN in the Philippines, a suggestion for divers and kayakers, and the unspoilt island of Gili Meno located off the northwest coast of Lombok in Indonesia, are among the ‘new’
destinations featured in
Kuoni’s latest Far East brochure. The lead-in price of a programme valid from September 2014 to December 2015 is £1,600pp for five nights, with breakfast, at the five-star Bandara Villas Phuket, Thailand. Flights are with Eva Air from Heathrow. Among the new experiences on
offer are a street food tour in Hanoi, where clients will join a culinary expert to visit the markets used by locals that aren’t featured in any guidebooks, while newly- added cruise options include a Princess Cruises tour of Japan and an Azamara Quest Stay & Cruise holiday, discovering Indonesia.
agents.kuoni.co.uk
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