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Agent Offers Indy to sail ex-UK all year
Funway Holidays has teamed up with Arizona
Lee Hayhurst.
Tourism to offer agents the chance to win one of ROYAL CARIBBEAN has intensified competition in
eight places on a five-night fam trip to the US the ex-UK cruise market by opting to base one of
state of Arizona, departing on June 11. Agents the world’s three largest ships year-round in the
who book any Funway holiday to Arizona UK for the first time.
between March 1 and May 10 this year will be The 4,000-berth Independence of the Seas
entered into a prize draw. Online bookings will (pictured), which in 2007 was the first new ship
earn two entries into the draw. To register for the line dedicated to the UK, will sail its first
the draw, call 0844 557 0649 or email ex-UK winter season out of Southampton in 2010.
agencysales@funway.co.uk The line said the decision was based purely Independence, so this is an extension of
on its confidence in the UK market. But it also something we already do,” he said.
Somak Holidays is offering agent rates at two represents a further challenge to the dominance “This reflects our confidence in the underlying
new properties in Kenya. Rates can be up to 20% of P&O Cruises in its Southampton home port. strength of the UK market, which I’m convinced
reduced, depending on the agent’s sales. Ashnil The repositioning of Independence will be could double or treble in the near future.”
Aruba Lodge opened in May last year and is more than made up for in the Caribbean winter Independence’s winter 2010-11 programme
located near several watering holes. It is a couple season with Royal’s new bigger 5,400-passenger will add 15 cruises to the UK market and go on
of hours’ drive from the Mombasa coast. The ships, in 2010 and 2011, according to Robin Shaw, sale on June 1. It will offer two itineraries – 11-
lodge has 40 rooms, a pool, bar and ice-cream Royal Caribbean’s managing director. night Canaries cruises and 18-night trips to the
parlour. Ashnil Samburu Camp opened in Decem- He said he was “confident” there was Mediterranean – with prices leading in at £799.
ber close to Ewaso Nyiro river, in Buffalo Springs pent-up demand for an ex-UK winter programme.
Game Reserve. It is made up of 24 luxury tents, “The shoulder periods in late April and ■ Win a cruise as a TTG Roving Reader, p12
with a pool and massage tent. Visit
somak.co.uk November have proved very, very successful with ■ Southampton airport marks 100 years, p24
Kuoni is giving agents a £15 shopping voucher
for every five-night booking at YTL Hotels and
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Resorts, in Malaysia and Bali, made between
March 1 and October 31 this year for travel
before March 31, 2010. The five-night booking
can include a combination of any of the properties.
Bookings are cumulative so agents will also
receive an extra £15 for every extra five nights
booked, with no limit on the number of vouchers
that can be redeemed. For more information
call 01306 744296 or visit
agents.kuoni.co.uk.
To claim their vouchers, agents should email
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agency@kuoni.co.uk
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concession per passenger, on every booking,
to be put towards the cost of their own holiday
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