44 the review TOURISM UPDATE Ski Independence loves agents
ALISA TAVARES Committee Member SATOA
AND THE WINNERS ARE... LAST month we held our much-anticipated third annual SATOA Travel Awards, at BBar, Victoria, London. A non-profit independent organization,
SATOA brings sub-Saharan African and Indian Ocean industry movers and shakers together throughout the year, via training dinners and networking social events, which culminates with our annual awards. Presentation of the awards, by Tesna Simonsen-George, Chairperson of SATOA was followed by a fun evening of relaxed networking and hospitality. SATOA members, the committee and
contributing partners would like to thank sponsors One & Only for its support. The winners and runners-up were: Best UK/Ireland Tour Operator, Trade Winners: Africa Collection Runners-up: Real Africa Best UK / Ireland Tour Operator, Direct Sell Winners: Real Africa Runners-up: Travel Butlers Best Retail Agent Winners: Embarque Travel Runners-up: The Travel Architect Best Hotel 20 rooms or less Winners: Grand Dédale Country House Runners-up: Leopard Hills Game Reserve Best Hotel 20 rooms or more Winners: Taj Cape Town Runners-up: Sossusvlei Lodge Best Safari
Winners: Garonga Safari Camp Runners-up: Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve Best Tourist Board Winners: South African Tourism Runners-up: Namibia Tourist Board Best CSR programme: Winners: Your Africa Runners-up: Marine Dynamics Most Outstanding Member Winners: One & Only Hotels
For information on membership of SATOA please contact Sue on
info@satoa.com
Garuda takes flight from Gatwick
GARUDA Indonesia launched its Gatwick-Jakarta route last month, with London the destination
for the airline
second in
Europe following the Amsterdam service which began on May 30. The service operates five times a
week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday) and
BY STEVE HARTRIDGE TAILOR-MADE ski tour operator Ski Independence has added four ski hotels to its programme for winter 2014/15: the five-star Le Yule Hotel, Val d’Isère, France; the four-star Raffl’s Tyrol Hotel, St Anton, Austria; the five-star St Antoner Hof, St Anton, and the five-star Hotel Chedi, Andermatt, Switzerland. In Val d’Isère, the Scandinavian- inspired Hotel Le Yule occupies a prime position at the foot of the slopes, right by the ski lifts and at the heart of the resort’s village centre. A seven-night deal is available from £1440pp and includes flights from Heathrow to Geneva, private transfers
and is based on two sharing a Standard Village/West View Room on a B&B basis. Departure is on December 13 2014. Seven nights B&B at Raffl’s Tyrol St Anton,
Hotel,
Included are flights from Gatwick to Innsbruck and, shared transfers. The package is also based on two sharing a double room, with the departure on January 17 2015. The operator currently has an agent
incentive for Switzerland bookings that includes Swiss Rail transfers. Agents receive a £25 Love to Shop voucher for bookings until December 19, 2014 (or until stocks last).
ski@ski-i.com
FAMILY WINTER WONDERS FROM EXPLORE
FOR families in search of winter landscapes,
Explore’s
new eight-day Winter Iceland Family Adventure might be the perfect suggestion.
Families
will explore the snow-covered glaciers, relax in thermal waters of The Blue Lagoon (pictured) and visit the Gullfoss waterfall and steaming geysers of Iceland. They will also experience a
Richter six earthquake in an earthquake simulator, join a husky safari and search for humpback whales. Suitable for children aged eight and above, the tour costs from £1,739 per adult and £1,485 per child.
explore.co.uk
start at £1766pp.
incorporates the non-stop Amsterdam to Jakarta service on the same B777-300ER aircraft. Passengers checking-in for the inaugural flight were welcomed by Liverpool FC ex-players Ian Rush and Robbie Fowler, with a keepie- uppie competition judged by the players. Garuda Indonesia is the official sponsor of the training kit worn by the Liverpool squad. Prices start from £528 return with onward connections in Jakarta to 33 domestic destinations in Indonesia.
garuda-indonesia.com
sellingtravel.co.uk
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