Cosmos and Avalon unveil tour and cruise-only rates


Lucy Huxley lucy.huxley@travelweekly.co.uk


Escorted touring specialist Cosmos and its river cruise sister brand Avalon have introduced tour and cruise-only fare options.


The lower fares will feature


in  brochures, with flight inclusive package prices available to agents on reuest. Sales director Janet Parton said the operator had made the move in response to customer and agent feedback. “We had a lot of feedback that people wanted more freedom, choice and fleibility to do their own thing  like add on pre and poststays,” she said. “ut we can still do it all for them, if they want.” Parton estimated there would


be a : split between agents wanting to sell the fully inclusive packages and those wanting the cruise and touronly fares. “Agents who dont have their own


Atol licences will still book the full package, but others will be able to take our tours and river cruises and


Shearings adds tour featuring November’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix


Shearings Holidays has expanded its motorsport offering with a new tour and a pledge to increase the range further for 2020. The operator has added a


seven-day tour featuring the  hai ran ri the finale to the F1 season in November. It includes tickets to practice and qualifying races, in addition


VIENNA: A Prague, Vienna and Budapest itinerary starts at £1,115 on a tour-only basis


NEWS IN BRIEF


Inspiring Travel Company touts discounts of £1,785


Inspiring Travel Company is offering savings of up to £1,785 per person for a seven-night stay at Raffles Seychelles. The £3,099 price includes a 30% discount on accommodation rates and a room upgrade, based on two adults sharing a Partial Ocean View Pool Villa, for travel in 2019 and 2020 for bookings made by May 31. inspiringtravelcompany.co.uk


Railbookers unveils Lake Bled and Croatia tour


“We had a lot of feedback that people wanted more freedom, choice and flexibility to do their own thing”


create uniue and differentiated packages to sell to their clients,” she added. “We are not precious which option they choose  whatever works for their business.” Touronly fares were due to be


loaded on to the osmos site by the end of April to coincide with


the launch of the operators  programme, while cruiseonly pricing was set to go live on the Avalon website last week. Tours include Heart of the Canadian Rockies, from £1,115 touronly, and rague, ienna  udapest, from  touronly. Parton said trade business was


outperforming direct sales, as a result of the agency sales team more than doubling in sie to nine people. “f things continue on this traectory, we will look to epand


the team even further,” she said. cosmos.co.uk


featuring memorabilia, entry to the after-race concerts and a one-day pass to Ferrari World Abu Dhabi. Prices start at £1,972 including


flights fro iringha for nights  at the ark Rotana Hotel, transfers and a three-day South Grandstand ticket. Jane Atkins, managing


ABU DHABI: New tour includes tickets to practice sessions


to the F1 race itself and entry to the pit lane walk. Clients will also receive an Etihad Race Pack


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director, said: “The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is the last one in the season, so we expect it will appeal to fans. We plan to add more grand prix tours when our full worldwide brochure comes out this summer for 2020.”


Railbookers has a new 12-day trip to Lake Bled and Croatia from £1,309, starting in Bavaria, Germany. The itinerary includes Munich, Lake Bled, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Split, a trip to Ljubljana Castle and Tivoli Park, the Triple Bridge in Zagreb, and a stroll around Dubrovnik’s baroque square and city walls. railbookers.co.uk


Newmarket offers £50 off festive markets tours


Newmarket Holidays is offering £50 per person discounts on 40 Christmas market getaways and new year escorted tours, as well as on a selection of festive river cruises on A-Rosa vessels when booked by June 14. The six-day Christmas in the Dolomites starts at £849 per person. newmarketholidays.co.uk


Haven and Butlin’s reveal half-term and term deals


Haven is offering three and four-night half-term breaks from £249, based on a family of four sharing a standard two-bedroom caravan at Allhallows, Kent, departing May 24. Fellow Bourne Leisure brand Butlin’s is offering four-night term-time breaks from £54 per person at its resorts in Minehead, Somerset; Skegness, Lincolnshire; and Bognor Regis, West Sussex. bourneleisuresales.co.uk


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