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Charmed: Actress Vicky Binns, who plays
Mollie in Coronation Street, went to
Gambia recently with Cosmos
HOTEL NEWS.
The Royal Decameron Baobab Resort has just opened in
Senegal. It is a four-star all-inclusive property close to Saly,
south of Dakar, and offers beach-front bungalows set in baobab
trees, plus a spa and several bars and restaurants. The
Senegal Experience has a week from £969 including flights
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senegal.co.uk
Pezula Resort Hotel and Spa in South Africa, where it’s
rumoured the English team will stay during the 2010 World
Cup, has added a medi-spa which offers high-tech treatments
such as Intense Pulse Light treatment and micro-needling.
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pezularesorthotel.com
CONTENTS.
One&Only Cape Town Resort opened last week, on the
Safari on sale How suppliers are making
city’s Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. It has 40 guestrooms on
one island, with a spa on a separate island. Dining options Africa as affordable as possible to appeal to
include both a Gordon Ramsay Maze restaurant and a Nobu.
cash-strapped clients, p49; Exploring Gambia
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oneandonlyresorts.com
Visiting a local village in the West-African
Azura in Mozambique has refurbished and expanded follow-
ing a bush fire last year. When it reopens this summer, there country, p52
will be a new presidential villa with three bedrooms, an infin-
ity pool, wine bar, and private kitchen with dedicated chef.
AGENT NEWS.
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azura-retreats.com
Intrepid Travel is offering 150 agents a free trip to Africa. Any agent who
Love the African experience?
made an Africa booking with the operator since January 1 is eligible. Trips
to Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa are up for grabs.
Attraction World currently offers
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intrepidtravel.com/africaforfree
20 experiences in three South
African destinations: Cape Town,
Somak Holidays is offering great agent rates at two new properties in
Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth.
Africa: Ashnil Aruba Lodge, which opened last May, and Ashnil Sam-
A guided tour of the Apartheid
buru Camp which opened in December. Rates can be up to 50% reduced,
Museum is a must-do in Joburg,
depending on the agent’s sales.
while wine-loving clients will make the most of a
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somak.co.uk
full-day tour of the Winelands from Cape Town (£47).
Your braver clients might enjoy diving with Great White
The Kenya Tourist Board is holding roadshows in London, Manchester, Free visas: Kenya is even more affordable
Sharks which costs from £99 – including the cage!
Edinburgh, Dublin and Cork between April 20-24. now the government has made visas free for
attractionworld.com
■ Email Gwendoline on
gwendolinemeyrick@hillsbalfoursynergy.com under-16s, and halved adult visas from $50
if you would like to attend to $25. For a family of four, the saving is $150.
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