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In brief
Demand drive for
■ Gap invites you to create your dream itinerary
Gap Adventures is marking 20 years in business
by inviting agents to enter a competition to
create their dream itinerary. Agents must provide
Northern Cyprus
a name and duration for the tour, to cover up to
three countries, and a selection of highlights and
Gary Noakes.
activities. The winning tour will be featured in TURKEY specialist Wings Abroad has added Rival operator Mosaic Holidays has added
Gap’s worldwide 2011 brochure and its creator Northern Cyprus to this summer’s programme in extra flights to Northern Cyprus this Easter after
will also get to experience the trip along with two response to rising demand for destinations the launch of its first dedicated brochure this
friends. Five other people who will also go on the outside the eurozone. summer. “We have featured the destination for
trip will be chosen from a prize draw. All entries In Famagusta, the five-star Kaya Artemis and several years and are now reaping the rewards,”
must be in by March 31, with winners announced five-star Salamis Bay Conti Hotels are featured, said managing director Sabina Shaida.
on May 25. See createyourownadventure.com while in Kyrenia 12 hotels including the four-star Unusually, Mosaic’s programme includes an
Dome and the five-star Vuni Palace are offered. escorted tour.
■ Wendy Wu adds interactive China map The summer 2010 programme features free “We received comments that suggested there
China specialist Wendy Wu Tours has added an child accommodation at selected hotels and a was enough to see on the island, and enough
interactive map to its website detailing the main discount of 10% for all bookings made before the interest to learn about it in an organised fashion,”
attractions of the country for agents. All China’s end of March 2010. said Shaida. “This is something that travel
main landmarks are featured, with click-throughs UK sales manager Chris Mansell said adding agents seem to be slow to pick up on.”
to detailed information, images and tours. North Cyprus was “a logical move”. Meanwhile North Cyprus specialist Anatolian
See http://tinyurl.com/TTGChina “Our ability to offer such a wide range of Sky has appointed Roger Cross as business
all-inclusive deals, particularly in the current development manager for the north and
■ Abta rebrands to include sustainability economic climate, is a good recipe for a positive Midlands. Cross latterly worked as a consultant,
Abta has rebranded a key department to year given the overall challenges in the market,” but was previously head of sales for Triton.
reflect concern with environmental issues. he said.
The association’s Destination Strategy and Wings Abroad pays agents 13% commission on ■ Are your sales to the region also picking up?
Services department is now known as Destinations packages. Let us know at ttgletters@ttglive.com
and Sustainability. It handles crisis management
and health and safety as well as environmental
concerns.
■ Cook joins the Travel Foundation in Turkey
A conservation programme by Thomas Cook
involving 10 hotels in Marmaris has saved enough
energy in six months to power the equivalent
of 23 UK homes for a year and enough water
to fill four Olympic-size swimming pools. The
programme, in conjunction with the Travel
Foundation, saw the hotels reduce energy
usage by an average of nearly 5% and water
consumption by nearly 14%.
■ Keith Prowse extends WOW! packages
Keith Prowse Attraction Tickets has extended
its WOW! packages for city break clients to
include Belfast, Dublin and Paris. The Belfast
package costs £59 and the Dublin package
£89. All prices are valid until May 31 for use
throughout 2010. BEAR NECESSITIES: Victoria Culling, sales manager for the north at Premier Holidays,
and colleagues are sending commemorative Guernsey teddy bears to agents in Belfast,
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