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Maritim plans to open Amsterdam hotel in 2018 Maritim has revealed plans for a 579-room hotel in Amsterdam, due to open in 2018. The 34-floor Maritim Hotel Amsterdam will be in the downtown district of Overhoeks, on the banks of the IJ.
maritim.com
Cosmos starts summer programme to Greece Cosmos Holidays and Avro has begun its summer holiday programme with flights from Gatwick operated by Small Planet Airlines. The operator is serving Corfu, Crete, Kos, Zante, Skiathos and Kefalonia from the Sussex airport, with flights departing once a week to each destination. Flight-only options are available through sister operator Avro.
cosmosagents.co.uk
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Hilton Bora Bora is on Excite’s books
Excite in talks with consortia as it plans major marketing campaign
Juliet Dennis
Global hotel wholesaler Excite Holidays is poised to increase its trade profile as it starts to sign up more UK agents. The group, launched in the UK
last November, has already struck a “couple” of trade distribution deals and is in discussions with other agency groups. Founder and managing director Nicholas Stavropoulos is confident that within six months the group will have “several” consortia on its books, and is planning a marketing campaign and event sponsorship
to increase brand awareness. “We have a sales team of three in the UK visiting agents – that’s where all our focus is,” he added. “Agents that have started to use us, visit religiously. We support agents every step of the way.” As well as offering 250,000
properties in 166 countries, Excite also sells activities, sightseeing tours and experiences. The group was set up 13 years ago in Australia, where it is a market-leading wholesaler. Excite offers nett rates and plans to offer XML feeds.
exciteholidays.com
SuperBreak launches Memphis packages
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SuperBreak has launched a package incorporating tickets for West End show Memphis the Musical, which will star X-Factor winner Matt Cardle. The performer, who won
the seventh series of the TV programme, will play the lead role of radio DJ Huey Calhoun from July 6, alongside Beverley Knight, who has extended her run as club singer Felicia Farrell until October. Based on the true story of Dewey Phillips, one of the
first white DJs to play African American music on the radio, Memphis played on Broadway for three years until 2012, winning four Tony awards in 2010. SuperBreak offers a range of
fully commissionable packages combining accommodation with tickets to the show. Prices start at £106, including
tickets to the show and a night’s B&B at the three-star President Hotel in Bloomsbury.
superbreak.com/agents
Beverley Knight and Matt Cardle
28 May 2015 —
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Gainsborough Bath Spa hotel springs forth in July YTL Hotels is poised to open its first UK hotel. The Gainsborough Bath Spa – the only hotel to use the city’s thermal springs in its spa – will have a soft opening on July 1. Rates start at £285 a night, with a 20% discount offered in July.
thegainsboroughbathspa.co.uk
Saint Lucia’s incentives campaign about to end Agents have until Sunday to keep taking advantage of Saint Lucia Tourist Board’s incentives to increase bookings in May. Prizes include up to £400 off return flights to the island, plus a five-night trip for specialists to the island who have completed a training programme. Bookings can be made through operators or via:
saintluciauk.org
Thomson Cruises to gain two ships from sister line Thomson Cruises’ fleet is to expand with the transfer of two ships from sister line Tui Cruises. Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 each have capacity for almost 2,000 passengers. Tui Cruises has ordered two new ships, for delivery in 2018 and 2019.
thomson.co.uk/cruise
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