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HOTEL NEWS.
Iberostar opens a property in Belek, Turkey, this month.
The five-star hotel has five restaurants, four pools and three
tennis courts. The company is also adding a whirlpool bath
and solarium at the Iberostar Cavtat in Croatia, and a juice
Short-haul
bar at the Iberostar Sunny Beach Resort in Bulgaria.
■ iberostar.com
The Grand Resort Bad Ragaz in Switzerland has added 56
spa suites in a separate tower. Each suite has butler service,
a “wellness” bathroom and balcony. The Penthouse Suite
features a separate dining room with Roberto Cavalli
furniture, a kitchen, living room and fitness room.
■ resortragaz.ch
The Arlberg Hospiz Hotel (below) has opened in Arlberg
in Austria’s Tirol region. The five-star property, which is
opposite the St Christoph ski lift, has 20 rooms and 76 suites.
The spa includes a swimming pool, fitness area and
aerobic/yoga room. The property also has a 600-year-old
wine cellar that houses 18,000 bottles.
■ hospiz.com
CONTENTS.
OPERATOR NEWS.
Rail-life stories How to cash in on the growing
Balkan Holidays has launched golf holidays in Bulgaria and
Slovenia, as well as city breaks in Sofia, Plovdiv and Veliko
popularity of rail travel in Europe, p45; Balkan
Tarnovo in Bulgaria; Zagreb in Croatia; and Belgrade in Serbia.
bonanza How Croatia, Bulgaria and Montenegro
The operator’s new product training manual is now online.
are set to soar this summer, p48■ balkanholidays.co.uk
First Choice has released it Lakes & Mountains 2009
brochure, featuring 11 European countries and 83
WIN
Aito specialist agents will descend upon the
destinations. Some free child places are available. Polish town of Gdansk for their annual overseas
■ firstchoice.co.uk conference in June. The Polish National Tourist
Office has launched a dedicated conference
Keith Prowse Attraction Tickets now features Poland, website with useful information and links about
with a full city tour of Warsaw starting at £138 and a visit Poland. Agents will have the chance to explore
to the 800-year-old Wieliczka Salt Mine priced from £39. the town on pre or post-conference tours.
■ keithprowse.com/agents ■ aitogdansk2009.org
Superbreak has added a 14th property in Bulgaria, the
four-star Bella Vista Beach Club Hotel in Sinemoretz.
Prices start at £23.75 per person per night.
■ superbreak.com/agents
Iberostar is offering one lucky TTG reader a seven-night stay for two at
Citalia’s latest brochure features nine luxury properties, the upgraded four-star Iberostar Pinos Park Hotel in Majorca, which
as well as 10 that have recently opened. The brochure also reopens next month. Go online to win!
offers further honeymoon and special-occasion options. For more on this, and other fabulous
■ citalia.com competitions, see ttglive.com/competitions
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