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Contiki teams up with Alexa


to send packing lists to clients Contiki is the first tour operator to team up with Alexa to help clients create personalised packing lists. Amazon has created ‘Alexa skill’ Contiki: Pack My Bags in response to increasing use of voice-enabled technology by the younger market. It makes suggestions depending on the season and destination and emails a packing list to the Amazon account holder. contiki.com


Costa Rica and, right, Collette’s brochure


Explore includes community


start-up winners in its programme Explore will include two new community start-up projects in its portfolio after they won the operator’s 2019 Start-up Fund programme. The Guest House Museum in Pellumbas, Albania, won £1,000 to buy a wind-powered generator and solar power system for its cultural centre. Runner-up Guangxi Sanjiang Dong Village, China, received £500 to help a weaving project in which women make and sell head cloths. explore.co.uk


Go Provence offers accessible


ski trip with support team Go Provence’s Supported Holidays divison is offering a ski package in the French Alps for holidaymakers with accessible needs from February 15-22 next year. The package includes a support team who accompany holidaymakers, flights, transfers, full-board accommodation at the Pra Loup ski resort, ski equipment and passes. It costs from £2,520. goprovence.co.uk


Fred showcases Collette’s escorted tours Benjamin Coren


Fred Holidays has produced a new brochure featuring a collection of escorted tours by Collete. The brochure features tailor-


made, escorted tours to all seven continents. Tickets for sporting events, theme parks, beer festivals, concerts, battlefield tours, Christmas markets and train journeys, as well as travel passes,


can be added to the itineraries. James Howlett, head of sales


at Fred Holidays, which was appointed general sales agent for the operator in September, said: “With the new brochure we have made a big decision to expand it not just to showcase to the trade how much we are able to offer, but showcase our most popular products and that what we do isn’t just limited to the brochure. “This, in line with our increased


A&K offers £120k round-the-world wildlife trip by private jet in 2021


Abercrombie & Kent has chartered a private jet to take 48 guests on a round-the-world trip to see wildlife in Asia, India and Africa. Animals that clients are likely to see include snow


monkeys in Japan, whale sharks in the Philippines, orangutans in Malaysia, Bengal tigers in India, lemurs


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trade presence and team, will enable us to get the full message out to the UK trade so they have something that little bit different to offer their customers. “Every customer is different and


wants a different experience from their holidays.” A Costa Rica World of Nature


tour costs from £3,009 and includes accommodation, flights from London, and entrance to Tortuguero National Park,


Arenal Volcano and Manuel Antonio National Park. It departs on October 4 and returns on October 15, 2020. The package includes transfers


for the duration of the trip, a Collette tour manager, local guides and 24 meals including 11 breakfasts, five lunches and eight dinners. The price is based on two sharing. A land-only option is available from £2,149. fredholidays.co.uk


in Madagascar, gorillas in Rwanda and the big five in Kenya. The 24-day Wildlife Safari: Around the World by Private Jet, will take place from January 10 to February 2, 2021. The 2020 trip has sold out. It costs from £120,000 based on twin-share,


with accommodation in hotels such as The Oberoi Vanyavilas in India, and luxury lodges in Rwanda. Experiences can be added to the holiday, such as a visit to Dian Fossey’s research centre in Rwanda. abercrombiekent.co.uk


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See Bengal tigers in India


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