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Premier expands its USA brochure range Premier Holidays has added a range of new hotels, tours and itineraries to its 2015 USA brochure. Dedicated pages have been added to highlight the selection of day excursions and suggest multi-centre tours by rail, self-drive or air holidays. Also new is the introduction of Tauck Tours’ luxury escorted tours.
premierholidays.co.uk
Just You features active holidays in Croatia Singles specialist Just You has launched its 2015-16 brochure with 38 new trips and a new active holidays programme. The eight- day Active Croatia tour includes a hike up Biokovo Mountain, a cycle ride along the Dalmatian Coast, a tour of the Krka National Park, and a canoe safari along the Vrljika River, starting from £1,049.
justyou.co.uk
Corsican Places adds new hotels and upgrades Corsican Places is offering four new hotels for 2015 and has added BA Club Europe upgrades on Heathrow-Figari flights. The main brochure, featuring 160 accommodation choices, will be available at the end of the month, while walking and cycling brochures are also being launched.
corsica.co.uk/trade
Titan offers savings of up to £500 on Worldwide trips Titan has released its Worldwide Compendium 2015 brochure featuring 175 escorted tours in more than 70 countries. The brochure includes savings of between £50 and £500 on selected itineraries and special offers for solo travellers.
titanagents.co.uk
SWEET SUCCESS: Bourne Leisure gave away more than £7,000 worth of Love2shop vouchers during its Sweet Summer Giveaway and saw sales in July-September increase by 16% year on year. Agents who booked with one of Bourne’s three brands – Butlins, Haven or Warner Leisure Hotels – earned a £5 Love2shop voucher for every booking and entry into a weekly draw with 10 additional £100 Love2shop vouchers and 10 retro sweet hampers up for grabs. National sales manager Louise Tansey said: “A retro sweet hamper giveaway along with the Love2shop vouchers was the perfect way to help agents promote our great British summer.”
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travelweekly.co.uk — 16 October 2014
The Gambia is ‘open for business and safe for winter-sun holidays’
Juliet Dennis
The Gambia is “open for business” and safe to travel to, according to The Gambia Experience. That’s the operator’s message to the trade after a dip in sales following high-profile media reporting of the Ebola outbreak in other parts of West Africa. Its trade team is visiting
agents to boost awareness of the destination and answer any questions, and it currently has 16 agents on a fam trip. Weekly webinars are also being
held for agents to promote the destination as an affordable winter-sun holiday, with uncrowded beaches, six-hour flying time, with no jet lag, and a wide range of accommodation. It is also famed for its
There have been no cases of Ebola in The Gambia and there are no flights allowed into The Gambia from affected areas
birdwatching and wildlife. Product manager Karen Durham blamed “negative media coverage” and ignorance for fewer agents suggesting The Gambia and admitted competitive price offers were likely to be used more this winter to boost bookings. “There has been some negative coverage of West Africa and
there is a lot of ignorance. What we’re finding is agents are not considering the destination and are looking at other options. There have been no cases of Ebola in The Gambia and there are no flights allowed into The Gambia from affected areas,” she said. The Foreign & Commonwealth Office advice for the destination
Explore adds 14 walking and trekking tours to portfolio
Explore has added 14 walking and trekking tours to its 2015-16 portfolio.
New destinations include
Guatemala, and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The operator is offering 5% off all new tours booked before November 5. Explore’s eight-day Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania On Foot easy-graded walking tour starts at £987 and includes the national parks, cities Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius and 15th-century Trakai Castle.
Sales director Carl Burrows said: “Walking holidays have been steadily increasing in popularity over the last few years – this year alone we’ve seen a 21% rise in bookings.”
explore.co.uk
Mandina Lodges, Makasutu. Inset: Karen Durham
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