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Caribtours serves up tennis weeks with Annabel Croft
Juliet Dennis
juliet.dennis@
travelweekly.co.uk
Caribtours has joined forces with former British number-one Annabel Croft to offer tennis holidays in Spain and Portugal.
The Caribbean specialist began
offering holidays in Europe last September and was approached by Annabel Croft Tennis Holidays a few months ago to fufil, package and sell its tennis breaks. The holidays offer individual
and group tennis coaching classes using Croft’s signature philosophy of ‘movement and repetition’. Packages include private
one-to-one coaching, three-day weekend retreats and five-day group coaching programmes for adults as well as junior courses. All bookings made via the Annabel Croft Tennis Holidays website are fufilled by Caribtours, which is promoting the holidays to agents through its latest magazine. The operator has also revealed it hopes to launch Annabel Croft
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Dubai’s new Dubai Pass offers reduced entry to 33 attractions
Dubai Tourism has introduced a prepaid card giving access to 33 venues and events at reduced rates. The Dubai Pass will be available to redeem from
May 16 and can be bought now from
dubaipass.ae. There are two types of pass. The Dubai Select pass
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SMASHING: Annabel Croft (left) has teamed up with Caribtours
“This partnership felt right for us and there is an opportunity for us to bring this to the Caribbean”
Tennis Holidays in the Caribbean. It is planning an initial tennis week in Antigua from November 24 with Croft in resort to trial the concept. Managing director Paul Cleary said: “This partnership felt right for
us and there is an opportunity for us to bring this to the Caribbean.” For this summer, holidays are being offered in Tenerife at the Ritz-Carlton Abama, which has seven floodlit tennis courts, and Pine Cliffs Resort in the Algarve, Portugal, which has five floodlit courts set in landscaped gardens. Seven nights at Pine Cliffs costs
£1,499 per person, based on two sharing a deluxe room and including breakfast and a five-day
tennis package.
caribtours.co.uk
costs about £81 and offers entry to three attactions within a seven-day period, while the Dubai Unlimited pass, priced about £184, offers entry to 33 attractions and is valid for three days from first use. The list of attractions which can be accessed using
the pass include Burj Khalifa, Dubai Parks and Resorts, IMG Worlds of Adventure, Wild Wadi Waterpark, Ski Dubai and Desert Safari Tours. The pass also offers 50% off tickets for live entertainment show La Perle. Agents can earn commission on the pass. Details at:
iventurecard.com/uk/dubaipass/dubaipassagents 3 May 2018
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Did you know…? You can add even more luxury to your client’s next holiday with a cabin upgrade to Premium with Virgin Atlantic in our 2 for 1 Sale. Offer ends: 22 May ’18.
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Tucan Travel unveils walking tours in Italy, Corsica and beyond
Adventure operator Tucan Travel has introduced seven walking and hiking tours in Europe. The expanded collection includes popular highlights such as the Cinque Terre port villages in Italy and the Elaphiti Islands in Croatia, as well as challenging itineraries such as the GR20 Southern Route in Corsica. The operator is offering 5% off
tours booked by May 31. The seven-day Walking the
Cinque Terre trip costs from £911, with the launch discount, and offers walks between the five villages with accommodation in the village of Riomaggiore. Most
meals are included.
tucantravel.com
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