INDIAN OCEAN
Virgin Holidays has launched its
new 2014/15 Middle East, Indian Ocean and India programme, bringing the destinations together in one brochure for the fi rst time. The new brochure refl ects the
growing popularity of combining a Middle East break as a stopover destination with the Indian Ocean as a twin-centre holiday. There are a number of early-booking offers, free nights and kids offers. Hotels: The three-star boutique Mauritian hotel Veranda Palmar Beach (
Veranda-resorts.com) on the east coast and popular with families, reopened on August 1. Also on the east coast, Centara
Hotels & Resorts (centarahotelsresorts. com) opened its fi rst Mauritius property early this year with the 100-room Centara Poste Lafayette Resort & Spa Mauritius. New this year is The St. Regis Mauritius Resort (Stregismauritius. com), marking the brand’s fi rst hotel in Africa and Indian Ocean, offering 172 guestrooms and suites, all with terraces and views of the Indian Ocean. Beachcomber’s Sainte Anne Resort & Spa (
beachcomber-hotels.com), located on a private island in the heart of the Seychelles, has now made its smaller villa categories available to families of four (two adults and two children aged under 18) allowing families to enjoy a luxurious holiday for less.
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Clockwise from left: Sea kayaking off Gili Lankanfushi in the Maldives; Maia in the Seychelles; the C Beach Club, Mauritius; a Water Pool Villa at the Residence Maldives
“No one can deny it has one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, but one mustn’t forget its sugar cane fields, lush forest and volcanic peaks – it’s what separates us from the rest”
RHYS POWELL, SENIOR SALES & MARKETING MANAGER, MAURITIUS TOURISM PROMOTION AUTHORITY
Enchanted Island Resort JA Resorts (
jaresortshotels.com), a private 10-villa luxury beach retreat in the Seychelles, opened on August 1. The fi ve-acre Enchanted Island is situated on Round Island, in the National Marine Park and only 15 minutes by boat from Mahe. The Residence Maldives has
become one of the fi rst fi ve-star properties in the archipelago to offer an all-inclusive package in its 94 villas. Elegant Resorts (
elegantresorts.co.uk) has seven- night stay from £2,765pp, including fl ights and transfers. Kuramathi Island Resort’s ‘Aqua Sports & Fun’ has become the fi rst
and only water sports centre in the Maldives to be licensed under the a Royal Yachting Association (RYA). The four-star Olhuveli Beach &
Spa Resort and Vilu Reef Beach & Spa Resort (
olhuvelimaldives.com;
vilureefmaldives.com) in the Maldives have new websites which include a new agent booking engine. The newly-opened Centara
Passikudah Resort & Spa Sri Lanka (
centarahotelsresorts.com/Meet-Sri-Lanka) has launched a Meet Sri Lanka summer package, valid until October 31, 2013. It includes half-board accommodation, return fl ights from Colombo’s Rathmalana Airport to Trincomalee or Batticaloa airports,
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