the review 45 TOURISM UPDATE New ship sees Magellan sail again
BY JOHN GORE TWO days after the Queen named Britannia in Southampton, a no less important naming ceremony took place in Tilbury, when the ship’s ‘godmother’ Gloria Hunniford introduced Cruise and Maritime Voyages’ new ship, Magellan. Speaking to an audience of over 1,000 invited guests CMV’s Chief Executive, Christian Verhounig, said that CMV’s growth wouldn’t have been possible without support from loyal customers and the trade. “Magellan is larger than our other ships but she also has the intimate feel that has become a trademark of our brand. This is a new exciting chapter of the CMV success story,” he said. Some 75% of Magellan’s debut 2015 season has already been sold. Continuing the company’s ‘adult only’
policy Magellan has a capacity of 1400 passengers
accommodated in 726
cabins to 15 different standards. Dining is in either of the two restaurants or the more relaxed Raffles Bistro, which also offers indoor or outdoor facilities.
Egypt’s Nile discounts
DISCOVER Egypt is offering £200 off Nile cruises onboard the five- star deluxe Royal Viking. Prices start from £899 for the week-long cruise from Luxor including return flights from Heathrow, transfers in resort, full-board cruise and 10 guided excursions, for departures April 20 and 27 and weekly throughout May 2015, plus no single room supplement. A cruise on the Nile can be combined with a week’s stay in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada.
discoveregypt.co.uk
NEWS TO USE IN BRIEF
Extraordinary Zambia: Until May 31 Extraordinary Africa is offering a ‘pay for one night, get another free’ in its Chongwe River Camp and Kasaka Lodge in the Lower Zambezi, Zambia. Head north to the South Luangwa National Park and clients can combine with Kapani Lodge at a 30% discount.
extraordinary-africa.com
Leonardo designs new hotel for
LHR: Leonardo Hotels has opened its first UK hotel in the former Holiday Inn on Bath Road, Heathrow. The 230- room hotel has been re-branded as the Leonardo Hotel London Heathrow Airport and reopened following a substantial refurbishment.
Leonardo-hotels.com
New route into Slovenia: Slovenia’s national airline, Adria Airways, is to launch three weekly flights (Monday, Tuesday
and Thursday evenings)
between Southend Airport and Maribor, Slovenia’s second city (June - Oct 2015). Maribor is a 1.5 hour drive from capital Ljubljana and 2.5 hours to the coast.
adria.si/en
Based mainly at Tilbury she will be serving the round-Britain and northern Europe routes before setting off to
explore the West Indies in the autumn and the Amazon; West Indies and Azores in the New Year.
cruiseandmaritime.com
Saga’s Grand Caribbean Adventure
SAGA is offering a new 2016 42-night all-inclusive cruise from Southampton ‘to thrill adventure junkies’ with overnight stays in Cuba and Barbados. A wide choice of shore excursions includes exploring Gibbs Cay reef, Turks & Caicos, and swimming with stingrays, whizzing over St Lucia’s rainforest on an aerial tram, a catamaran turtle encounter in Barbados, a boat trip through Margarita’s mangroves in Venezuela, flying over Montserrat in a helicopter, partying at Havana’s Tropicana Club,
visiting The Baths on Virgin Gorda in the BVIs and rafting on Rio Grande. Saga Pearl II’s new Grand Caribbean
Adventure features maiden ports Port Antonio in Jamaica and Virgin Gorda and other ports of call include Scarborough, Tobago, Margarita in Venezuela, and Willemstad, Curaçao. Departing
November 8,
Southampton the
on 42-night all-
inclusive cruise is priced from £6022 including shared chauffeur service from anywhere in mainland UK.
travel.saga.co.uk/cruises
ALISA TAVARES Committee Member SATOA
OUR REGION IS A WINNER….. WITH BAFTA and the Academy Awards now a distant memory,
attention turns to
another battle for first place: the General Election. This made me think of the many awards won by the SATOA regions, its member products and services. We offer more ‘trip’ planning advice than Madonna’s Minotaur and are only too keen to share our knowledge. For travellers wanting to combine multiple aspects in a single voyage, check out these top travel awards won in recent months: Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Extraordinary
Places to Stay included Botswana and South Africa; its Top 10 Countries to Visit 2015 named Namibia and the Republic of Congo; while Namibia and Ethiopia were tipped for Adventure Travel 2015. The Seychelles,
ranked as a Top
Destination for Sustainable Tourism, and for Restaurant with a Breathtaking View, Zanzibar pocketed a statue. Beautiful Cape Town was voted Best City
in the World by over 60,000 Telegraph readers, with South Africa in the Top Three Best
Countries. Botswana, Zimbabwe,
Tanzania and Zambia were the Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep of
Safaris:
always nominated, never..... But it’s not just luxury beds, fine dining and wildlife our region scores for – Zimbabwe/Zambia and South Africa, ranked as two of the Best Places to Bungy Jump; Camps Bay is a top 20 Best Beach Worldwide and in Conde Nast Traveller SATOA members were recognised for Not so Secret Gardens, Teatime, Breathtaking Hotel Views and At Home in the World. Above all else, the diverse landscape,
affordability and high standards of the SATOA countries and its products always shine through. SATOA members, you can now take a bow. Congratulations to all!
sellingtravel.co.uk
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