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types of guest at Butlins, Haven and Warner. “We have breaks that are ‘just for
grown-ups’ at Warner Leisure Hotels, and target families at Butlins and Haven.”
What’s new Accommodation: Haven Holidays (haven.
com) is introducing football academies at all but three of its 35 self-catering parks, allowing youngsters to gain new skills in a fun setting, part of a £40 million
investment in the parks for 2015. Attractions: ‘Last Night of the Warner Proms with the National Symphony Orchestra’ is coming to Warner Leisure Hotels (
warnerleisurehotels.co.uk) in 2015, conducted and presented by Anthony Inglis and featuring opera singer Annette Wardell. Performances will feature on eight breaks at seven hotels including two that will be festively themed and named ‘The National Symphony Orchestra
Presents a Warner Winter Festival’. Promotions: Grand UK Holidays (
grandukholidays.com) has introduced ‘inclusive’
holidays which feature drinks vouchers for the evenings and extras such as packed lunches or afternoon cream teas.
Where to book it SUPERBREAK – 01904 436000
A Murder Mystery Night at the Brook Marston Farm Hotel, Warwickshire, costs from £85pp, including breakfast and full evening entertainment over a three-course meal. It departs on February 21.
superbreak.com/agents SHEARINGS – 0844 824 6359 A trip to the Chelsea Flower Show departing on May 18 also includes RHS Wisley Gardens in Surrey. The fi ve-day break costs from £399 and includes four nights’ half-board accommodation at the St Giles Hotel, and two excursions.
Shearings.com GRAND UK HOLIDAYS – 01603 919933 Wedding anniversary holidays are based at Grand UK’s County Hotel in Kendal and include a wedding blessing, wedding breakfast, commemorative photograph and an excursion, from £299 for fi ve days.
grandukholidays.com PREMIER HOLIDAYS – 08444 937 532 A three-night gourmet stay at the Grand Hotel, St Helier, Jersey, costs from £245 by sea from Poole or £269 by air from Gatwick. It includes either lunch in the Michelin-starred Tassili Restaurant or dinner in the hotel’s Brasserie.
trade.premierholidays.co.uk BUTLINS - 0845 070 4742 A four-night Just For Tots Christmas Wonderland break at Skegness costs from £60pp, arriving on December 15. The deal is based on two adults and two children sharing a Silver self-catering apartment.
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ALL AROUND MY HAT BY DAVE RICHARDSON
“What am I doing on the windy North Sea coast in December? I’m enjoying the Great British Folk Festival at Butlins’ Skegness resort, an annual event and one of many music-themed Big Weekends held at the three Butlins resorts. Over 4,000 people are here to see enduring ‘big names’ such as Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Strawbs, with afternoon and evening sessions in the two main venues plus many fringe acts. Agents are well advised to book
a half-board package, as the quality and choice of food in the main restaurants is excellent. And as Big Weekends are adults-only, you get to enjoy the pool and other leisure facilities without the screaming kids!”
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