44 the review TOURISM UPDATE Muriya expands facilities ALISA TAVARES
Committee Member SATOA
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN 2015! IT is hard to believe that 2015 is already upon us. Whilst the months last year just whizzed by, SATOA enjoyed a hugely successful year. We welcomed a record number or new members and hosted very
successful
training and networking events right across the UK. This year will be no different and we
will continue to offer our members the perfect platform from which to promote themselves to the trade. Our tour operator and travel agent focus on new regions for Belfast,
dinners will
SATOA, including Jersey,
Gloucestershire, Guernsey,
Yorkshire, Surrey,
Dublin, Cork, Newcastle, Edinburgh,
London, Norwich, and others. The exact dates and details will be released mid-January but if any of these areas are of interest to you, please contact
info@satoa.com to register interest or keep an eye on our website
satoa.com which will list the dates and venues. In addition to our dinners, we will also be hosting our first ever ‘northern social summer networking’
forward to sharing a fun evening with our trade partners in Manchester. Meanwhile, SATOA is very proud to be
supporting Space for Giants and we look forward to raising awareness and funds for this amazing organisation this year. For deatils see
spaceforgiants.org. Also, don’t forget to follow us on
Facebook for product updates, event updates and information on our charity. Thank you to all of our trade partners
for supporting our events. We look forward to meeting Selling
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ravel readers in 2015 and sharing with them our passion for all things Africa and Indian Ocean.
Intrepid group sees the value of agents
THE Intrepid Travel Group plans to move closer to agents after trade sales increased by almost 30% for the year ending September 30. Brands in the Intrepid Travel Group portfolio include Intrepid, The Family Adventure Company (renamed this autumn from ‘The Adventure Company’ and offering much the same product as Intrepid), Gecko Adventures (which now focuses on the 18-39 age group), Explorer and Peregrine. Intrepid Group UK and Europe
regional director Michael Edwards says the trade, which has become “increasingly
significant to our
BY JULIE BAXTER OMANI tourism development company, Muriya, has opened a new dive centre at Jebel Sifah. Located close to Sifawy Boutique
Hotel, Extra Divers offers visitors access to dive sites nearby including the Munassir wreck and Fahal Islands as well as the reefs at Ras Abu Daoud. Jebel Sifah is a fully-integrated
contemporary resort town 45 minutes from Muscat. Set along a 5km coastal strip it is framed by
event and look the Hajjar
Mountains and includes a marina, 18-hole golf course, a range of luxury
resorts and watersports, opportunities for mountain biking,
birdwatching and game fishing. Day trips to the islands of Ras Abu Dawud, Bandar Khayran and Bandar Jissah are also available. The resort’s
sister-site at Salalah
Beach is also expanding with an additional
Al Fanar Hotel and
Residence due to open in 2016 offering 220 boutique hotel-style rooms. Among those operators featuring both
resorts are Audley Travel, Oman Travel, Best at Travel and Sunset Holidays.
muriya.om
strategy”, currently accounts for around 40% of sales but Edwards has ambitions to grow this to around 50% by 2016. More trade events and fam trips are on the agenda, he added. The Family Adventure Company programme features more than 50 family-focused holidays that range from wildlife to astronomy to sailing and experiences including an elephant ride in Thailand, a teenage safari in South Africa and cycling, walking or rafting in the Pyrenees. The child discount age range has
risen to 15.
intrepidtravel.com
PRESTIGE BRINGS JERSEY EVEN CLOSER
Prestige Holidays has added four new hotels in Jersey along with a self-catering option in St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, for 2015. Also featured in the operator’s
‘Closer to Home’
UK brochure are stays on the islands of Tresco and Bryher in the Isles of Scilly and holidays to Guernsey, Herm and Sark in the Channel Islands. Breaks start from £309pp for a three-night stay at the Revere Hotel in Jersey, with return fl ights from Southampton, B&B accommodation and transfers. The family-run hotel has a medieval-themed restaurant.
prestigeholidays.co.uk
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