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Palma pass for new city break option
THE Fundación de Turismo Palma de Mallorca 365 has launched the city’s first ever tourism card, the Palma Pass.
city
The pass gives visitors to the free access to over 36
different museums, monuments and
cultural sights, including
Palma’s iconic gothic Santa Maria Cathedral (pictured), the Bellver Castle, the Joan Miró Foundation and the Es Baluard contemporary art museum.
The card also includes up to 30%
off in many shops and restaurants, as well as tourist services such as guided tours and the city sightseeing bus. Also included are 10 free trips on city centre public buses and one return journey to and from the airport. The Palma Pass is available for 48 hours (€34) and 72 hours (€41).
palmapass.com or
neoexperience.es
Victoria Falls has take off
Responsible tourism picks its winners
THE 2014 World Responsible Tourism Awards – sponsored by the Oman Ministry of Tourism – were presented at this year’s World Travel Market – and Selling T
ravel was
pleased to be a media sponsor. Among the winners were UK charity World Animal Protection and South
African Animal
A new US $150 million international airport at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, is set to open next summer. The airport, which will have a new
four-kilometre runway capable of taking an A380, is expected to revolutionise travel in and around Southern and Central Africa. Victoria Falls is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World and is surrounded by wildlife parks. Accommodation in the area includes
Victoria Falls River Lodge, which boasts a selection of standard suites and
family suites and its new superior suites. All of the 12 spacious luxury tents are open plan with thatched roof, canvas walls, decking area and indoor & outdoor showers. The family suites have an adjoining
section complete with bunk beds plus an additional ¾ sized single bed, for up to three sharing children under the age of 17. The superior suites are spread out next to the river, complete with a large decking area and a private plunge pool.
victoriafallsriverlodge.com
PARADISE IN NEVIS JUST FEET FROM THE OCEAN The
Paradise Rotana heading west
ROTANA Hotels is to open its first two hotels in Turkey in 2015. The properties are among the 12 openings planned for next year and part of a strategy that sees 55 new hotels at varying stages of development. Although Rotana’s development has thus far been solely
in the Middle East, Omer
Kaddouri, President & CEO, says that the main focus now is to move outside the region. “We are looking for hotels in Europe,
particularly in Beach Resort (formerly
Sanctuary Alliance (SAASA) which both received a Gold award for ‘Best Animal Welfare Initiative’. Thomson Airways won the Gold award for Best Aviation Programme for Carbon Reduction while Chole Mjini Island south of Zanzibar won Gold for Best for Beach Tourism. The People’s Choice for
Responsible Tourism was awarded to Nam Nern Night Safari in north- eastern Laos (in the Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area).
responsibletravel.com
Villa known as
Villa Paradisio) will re-open on Nevis
in January 2015 as the
only private villa resort on the island. It sits just feet from the white sands of the Caribbean and offers views of St Kitts. Its seven villa properties offer a choice of three- and four- bedroom suites in a ‘luxurious Asian-Caribbean design’
with
Indonesian thatched roofs, exposed
beams and 30-foot London,
together with Paris, Frankfurt and Munich and we also hope to announce our first property India next year.”
Rotana.com
vaulted ceilings. The resort and adjacent Beach Club offer fi ve-star services and amenities, with a team of island professionals including personal on-call butler, concierge and individual chef.
ParadiseBeachNevis.com
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