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Saint Lucia campaign offers £100 vouchers The Saint Lucia Tourist Board is giving away five £100 Love2shop vouchers. Agents need to make two bookings to be entered into the prize draw.
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IHG signs deals to open Aberdeen airport hotels InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has signed deals to open two hotels at Aberdeen International airport. The new- build properties – a Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn Express – will be operated as franchises by Dominvs Group. The Holiday Inn Express is due to open by the end of this year and the Crowne Plaza in 2016.
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Cosmos Tours & Cruises plans to expand cruise sales through indies
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Cosmos Tours & Cruises is looking to put more focus on its cruise programme this year. Product director John Fair said the cruise side of the business had been overshadowed by the tours, but the operator now planned to drive its cruise business and give it as much emphasis as the tours. “A lot of agents aren’t aware of our cruise packages because cruising has lived in the shadow of touring,” said Fair. “We do a great deal of river cruise packages with CroisiEurope and Luftner.”
The operator has had its own
sales team since the Monarch group, owner of Cosmos, was sold to Greybull Capital in October. Fair said Cosmos Tours & Cruises had good business from Thomson and Thomas Cook agents but he was keen to develop more ties with cruise specialists and independent agents. He also revealed plans to expand Cosmos Tours & Cruises’ two-strong on-the-road sales team this year. Currently, one sales agent covers the north of the country, the other the south.
cosmostoursandcruises.co.uk
Aegean to fly direct to Larnaca and Heraklion
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Aegean Airlines is launching direct routes from London to Larnaca, Cyprus, and Heraklion, Crete. The Larnaca flights will depart
daily from Heathrow from March 29 at 20.45. Heraklion will be served from Gatwick, with flights departing on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 12.15 from June 21 to October 23. Daily flights on Thursdays and
Saturdays will be added between July 11 and September 19.
Aegean will also renew its summer flights schedule to Athens from Birmingham airport, while its previously seasonal service to Athens from Manchester airport will become year-round. The airline will deploy its new Airbus A320s on the routes, and passengers will receive complimentary on-board food and drink.
The carrier claims to have one of the youngest fleets in Europe.
aegeanair.com
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Vietnam Airlines to switch services to Heathrow Vietnam Airlines will operate its non-stop UK services to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from Heathrow as of March 31. The switch from Gatwick will see an increase from four to five flights a week, with a further rise planned for 2016. In July, Vietnam Airlines will deploy new Boeing 787-9s on the routes.
vietnamairlines.com
Ski Total lops £280 off a week’s skiing in France Ski Total has slashed £280 off the price of a week’s ski holiday at Chalet Marmot in Flaine, the gateway to Grand Massif, for a February 1 departure. The break now costs £499, based on two adults sharing and includes flights from Gatwick and transfers.
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Attraction World’s agent prize is out of this world Attraction World is offering a space-tacular prize. The branch with the most Kennedy Space Center bookings this month will win a visit from an astronaut at their store in February. Email all of your agency’s January booking references to this address:
ksc@attractionworld.com
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