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Hayes & Jarvis
Latin America & Caribbean 2010-11
After 57 years in travel Hayes &
Jarvis has created its first dedicated
Latin America brochure, which also features
the Caribbean. The new brochure also features
a wide range of tours including a trip across
Argentina and Brazil called Tango and Samba
which costs from £1,999 per person for a nine
day trip.
■ 0871 664 0246
At the 2008 launch: Hilary Modeste, Antigua and Barbuda Tourist Board; Helen Doyle, PWA; Tracy Denman-Hughes, Jolly
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hayesandjarvis.com
Beach Resort; Danny Waine, PWA
superbreak
Beaches Nov 2009 – Oct 2010
This new style brochure has a Cyprus success is
reversible flip cover with Overseas
Cities on one side and Overseas Beach Resorts
on the other. The brochure covers over 1,100
properties in 200 locations, with 2,800 proper- icing on the cake
ties available online. New destinations include
Houston, Philadelphia, Penang and Auckland
Rupert Murray.
“Although cancellations have increased
where prices start at £37 per person per night. TTG BIG IDEA 2008 winner Perfect Weddings during the recession, this has been more to do
■ 0871 221 2828 Abroad found Cyprus is the most popular with brides becoming pregnant than either of
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superbreak.com/agents summer spot to get hitched, after surveying the couple losing their job.”
1,000 couples. The cancellation rate leaped from 10% to
Sunvil Despite the recession, the weddings abroad 20%, but has been more than offset by the in-
Real Cyprus 2009-10 market is one of the few within the industry crease in couples who have decided to marry
This brochure has a new layout and which has continued to hold up during 2009. abroad instead of in the UK, in order to cut costs.
accommodation has been grouped It is now estimated that around 51,000 UK According to the research the average Perfect
by region rather than by type. Several early couples a year marry overseas – a record Weddings Abroad couple is aged 31 for the groom
booking offers, including a saving of £50 per number and one that is continuing to grow. and 30 for the bride and 50% have children.
booking on villas booked before December 31, Marketing director Danny Waine said: “The The research also showed the weak pound is
have also been introduced. Prices start from weddings abroad industry is fascinating and driving couples to Turkey, Cyprus and all-inclu-
£585 per person for a week at the Axiothea ever-changing. We’ve seen massive growth in sive hotels with free wedding packages. The
Hotel, Paphos on a B&B basis, including flights. our direct business for 2010, as well as increases delayed release of summer 2010 brochures was
■ 020 8758 4759 in the average booking value. also considered a frustration.
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sunvil.co.uk
Insight Vacations
Europe & Britain 2010
Belleair holds conference in Malta
Insight Vacations has introduced a
new style of touring holiday. Tours BELLEAIR HOLIDAYS played host to a conference Federation of Travel Agents (Swifta) group in
include European destinations London, Paris, for members of the South West Independent Malta earlier this month. The group stayed at the
Rome, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Russia, Radisson BLU St. Julians, and were accompanied
smaller group sizes, flexible journey durations, by Emma Yorke, Belleair’s National Sales
first-class and superior-class hotels. Itineraries Manager.
range from 6-16 days. The 9-day Select Imperial Swifta chairman, Roger Hawke, said the event
Capitals tour starts from £1,025 per person, would help members sell the island in a more
beginning in Budapest and ending in Prague. positive light as some had the wrong perception
■ 020 7468 4335 of the destination.
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insightselect.com The group consisted of 14 members from
Swifta (pictured).
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