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Win tickets to see the Lion King with Star Clippers
Tall ship specialist Star Clippers is giving away 12 tickets to see The Lion King. The winners will also go to an afternoon tea in London. Two tickets are being given away each week until March 6. To be automatically entered into the draw, make a booking.
starclippers.co.uk
Book by April for £100 discount off Viking Cruises
Viking Cruises is encouraging guests to book early by offering £100 off select 2017 cruises booked by the end of April.
vikingcruises.co.uk
Early-bird bookers can get £1,400 off Bordeaux cruise
River cruise line APT is offering up to £1,400 off its eight-day Grand Bordeaux cruise if booked before February 29. The cruise departs July 29 and costs £1,895.
aptouring.co.uk
Band Aid’s Midge Ure to join Cunard cruise to NY
Musician Midge Ure will join a transatlantic sailing with Queen Mary 2. He will perform an acoustic session on the ship, which departs Southampton on September 20.
cunard.com/M619
SeaDream and TCS offer £75k Sea Sky Safari tour
Hollie-Rae Merrick
hollie@travelweekly.co.uk
Luxury line SeaDream Yacht Club is teaming up with private jet tour operator TCS World Travel to offer a £74,900 land, sea and safari itinerary.
The 20-day ‘Sea. Sky. Safari’
programme will visit eight countries: Spain, France, Italy, Monaco, Rwanda, Botswana, South Africa and Morocco. The trip, which departs on May 5, 2017, is entirely commissionable. Tui-owned TCS World Travel said
the level of commission varies but declined to give a base figure. The itinerary combines a sailing
in the Mediterranean, flights on a custom-configured 52-flatbed Boeing 757 jet and an African safari. It is the first itinerary of its kind
organised by the two companies. If successful, they are likely to plan further departures. The launch comes months after
Crystal Cruises revealed it was to launch its own private jet service, offering round-the-world itineraries. SeaDream’s cruise element, on
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www.scenic.co.uk
Cunard adds two new departure airports for Queen Victoria cruise
Cunard has added new regional departures for guests booking fly-cruises for a Queen Victoria sailing in the Mediterranean. Flights from Birmingham and Bournemouth are available with no regional supplement on select seven-night Mediterranean sailings this summer. For example, guests can now fly from Birmingham to
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SEADREAM: The cruise part of the itinerary is in the Mediterranean 52
Number of flatbeds on TCS’s reconfigured 787
board SeaDream II, includes visits to Barcelona, Portofino, Cannes and Monte Carlo. Bespoke itineraries are also
available for customers wanting pre and post add-ons. SeaDream UK boss Mark Schmitt
described the partnership as “a natural fit”.
TCS World Travel president
Shelley Cline said: “Over the past 25 years, TCS World Travel has partnered with some of the most renowned organisations in the world including Four Seasons and National Geographic Expeditions. “We are thrilled to partner with
SeaDream Yacht Club to offer our first sea, sky and land expedition to the Mediterranean and Africa.” To make a booking, email TCS World Travel at info@
tcsworldtravel.co.uk.
tcsworldtravel.com
Passengers who book by February 29 will get a free stateroom upgrade. Cunard director Angus Struthers
QUEEN VICTORIA: Bournemouth and Birmingham flights added
join the ship in Athens on July 16 for a seven-night sailing. The cruise leads in at £949.
said: “We are pleased to be able to offer our guests this additional choice of UK departure airports for selected Mediterranean voyages on Queen Victoria this summer. “Being able to fly from either Birmingham or Bournemouth will allow many of our guests to start enjoying their Cunard experience sooner, as well as providing them with a more convenient way of
starting their holiday.”
cunard.co.uk
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