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Kerala tours,
Slumdog style
KERALA TRAVEL CENTRE is launching a new twin-
centre holiday combining a Slumdog Millionaire-
themed trip to Mumbai with a beach stay in
Kerala.
The seven-night package aims to give holiday-
makers a taste of the real Mumbai with tours of
the slums featured in the Oscar-winning movie
as well as Bollywood elements. It will be the first
in a “signature tour series” around India.
Kerala Travel Centre is part of Essex-based
Globe Travel Centre, which also operates Indian
Travel Centre and Sri Lanka Travel Centre.
The package has been put together with the At the recent opening, from left: Doug Glenwright, customer experience manager, Tui UK; Jill Carter, divisional sales
Leela hotel group and combines four nights in manager, Midlands region; Kathryn Ward, retail director, Tui UK; Jenny Lyons, regional sales manager, Birmingham
Mumbai with three nights in Kerala.
Prices start at £1,199 excluding flights and the
operator pays 10% commission to agents. It is
available online through keralatravelcentre.co.uk
Tui’s superstore
and indiatravelcentre.com.
The operator launched a Kerala brochure in
February and will produce an India brochure in
the autumn. enjoys super sales
Rob Gill.
brands such as Thomson, Hayes & Jarvis and
Glenton expands
BUSINESS has been booming during the first few Crystal.
weeks of trading at the revamped First Choice “We are trying to get across the message of
solo travel range
Holiday Superstore in Coventry. range – it’s not just First Choice, it’s all the big
The shop has become the first of Tui Travel’s brands in travel under one roof,” said Ward.
40 out-of-town First Choice Holiday Hypermar- “This refit has bought the store into the 21st
GLENTON HOLIDAYS, the Scottish and north of kets to be refitted and rebranded as Superstores. century. The cruise lounge is new for Coventry
England coach touring operator, has expanded It was officially opened on February 24 while we also wanted to provide a better experi-
its range of packages for solo travellers under its but has been operating since just before ence for families with a special zone for them.”
Good Companions brand. Christmas. While most of the 40 out-of-town Superstores
A new five-day itinerary, Stately England, Tui UK retail director Kathryn Ward said: “The will retain the First Choice name, some will be
includes a visit during July to Althorp, ancestral customer reaction has been very positive and changed to Thomson in locations where that
home of Princess Diana and the Spencer family. January sales were phenomenal – better than name has more resonance with consumers.
This leads in at £249. the national average for us and also significantly Tui plans to refit seven or eight stores during
New themed breaks include Disco Fever or better than this time last year.” the rest of this year. Work will start on its
Murder Mystery in the Black Country, with four The main changes Walsall, Cheshire Oaks
days from £219, and a Bewitching Bronte Country to the store have been and Northampton shops
tour in Yorkshire from £269 for five days. the creation of a wel- in the next few weeks.
Good Companions also has a range of eight- come desk for cus- It is planned that
day overseas tours, including Majorca, where an tomers as well as another seven to eight
all-inclusive package starts at £599, and Malta, separate dedicated stores will also be refit-
where 15 days is £799. areas for the cruise ted in 2011.
Overall, Glenton carried 40,000 passengers and family markets. All of the shops will
last year, a rise of 10,000, and saw turnover jump A major reason for stay open during the
36% from £5.5 million to £7.5 million. the changes is to pro- refitting process, which
mote all of Tui’s The superstore promotes all of Tui’s brands will take eight weeks.
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