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Sunvil adds Milan to new Italy and Sicily brochure


Amie Keeley amie.keeley@travelweekly.co.uk


Sunvil’s new 2016 Italy & Sicily programme features Milan for the first time.


New itineraries in the brochure include a luxury three-night break in Rome staying at the five-star Hotel Indigo Rome – St George, and Delicious Sicily, which includes a stay at a family-run winery and traditional Sicilian cooking classes. Other new itineraries include Milan & Lake Como, and On the Trail of the Normans – Palermo and Cefalu. Seven nights at the Ortea Palace


Hotel in Syracuse, Sicily, has also been added. Formerly the post office headquarters, the art nouveau property is situated in the historic centre. The regions covered in the


new brochure include Veneto, Lombardy and the Lakes, Tuscany, Lazio (Rome), Campania, Basilicata and Puglia in Italy, plus Messina, Catania, Syracuse, Ragusa, Enna, Palermo, Trapani


Earn 12.5% from Best Served Scandinavia’s first summer brochure


Tailor-made operator Best Served Scandinavia has released a summer brochure for the first time and is offering an increased commission rate of 12.5%. The new brochure features


whale watching, kayaking, white-water rafting, mountain biking and cruising the fjords across Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark and the Faroe Islands,


REYKJAVIK: Highlights of Iceland includes three nights in the city


Greenland, Finland and Canada. New itineraries include Under the Midnight Sun in Swedish Lapland, which includes kayaking


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Win a trip on a Western Australia fam with Travel 2


Travel 2 is giving agents the chance to win a place on a Western Australia fam trip. To be entered into the draw, make a booking to Western Australia that includes flights and three nights’ ground arrangements before February 29. travel2.com


Freedom Trek offers four new electric bike tours


LAKE COMO: The lake is paired with Milan, featured for the first time


“We’ve fine-tuned our offering to include the very best experiences Italy and Sicily have to offer”


and Agrigento in Sicily, and Lipari and Vulcano in the Aeolian Islands. Sunvil Italy and Sicily manager


Rosanna Melaragni said: “Our Italy and Sicily programme is designed to be as flexible as possible


and draws on our first-hand knowledge of these unique and beautiful destinations. “Through the years we’ve


fine-tuned our offering to include the very best experiences Italy and Sicily have to offer, with value for money, special experiences and flexibility remaining at the heart of what we do.” Prices start from £547. To


request the new brochure, call 020 8758 4747. To speak to a


representative, call 020 8758 4722. sunvil.co.uk


around the Lulea archipelago; Highlights of Iceland, with three nights in Reykjavik and seven nights combining the coastline and inland scenery; and a North Iceland Odyssey Tour – a six-day tour taking in fishing villages and fjords to see whales and puffins. Also new for 2016 is an eight-


day Gothenburg & The West self- drive tour starting in Gothenburg with an optional ‘seafood safari’. Make a new booking from the summer brochure by the end of February to receive a cuddly husky


toy and £10 Love2shop vouchers. best-served.co.uk


Cycling holiday specialist Freedom Treks has introduced four electric bike tours to its 2016 programme. A five-night Experience Catalonia tour starts from £492, staying in four-star B&B and pensions; a seven-night Danube from Passau to Vienna tour starts at £653 and includes wine tasting; and a seven-night Family Special – Tales & Castles trip, with a stay on board a barge, starts from £381. freedomtreks.co.uk


Women can take the leap with Funway Holidays


Funway Holidays has put together Live Love Leap breaks for women planning to take advantage of Leap Year traditions by proposing on February 29. A three-night trip in New York staying at the four-star Ink 48 Hotel starts from £649 including return flights from Heathrow. funway4agents.co.uk


Director John Fair leaves Cosmos Tours & Cruises


Cosmos Tours & Cruises product and commercial director John Fair has left the business. Fair had been with the company for more than six years. Michael Vinales, who joined the firm last November as new business development director, becomes product, commercial and sales director. cosmostoursandcruises.co.uk


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