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Leger Shearings targets card players with First for Bridge
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Leger Shearings Group has reintroduced its specialist First for Bridge brand following an overhaul and website redesign. It follows the group’s revival of the crafting holidays
brand, Stitchtopia, earlier this year. First For Bridge was acquired when the group
bought the brand and assets of Arena Travel in 2022. Fully commissionable to agents, it offers fully
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escorted tours in the UK, Europe and worldwide for different levels of bridge players. The range also features trips to attend English Bridge
Union (EBU) Congress events in the UK and abroad. The brand has assembled a team of EBU-qualified
directors, hosts and teachers to lead its holidays and provide a supportive bridge-playing environment. The team includes Premier Life Master and EBU-qualified tournament director Mark Hooper,
professional bridge player and coach Dom Rayner and EBU panel director Colin Simcox. The operator also caters for solo travellers and holds
a singles meeting at the start of the holiday to introduce prospective partners. The Play Bridge & Explore the French Château &
Alps holiday features seven nights’ half-board accommodation at the 15th-century Château des Comtes de Challes with hosts John and Sarah Barker. It includes excursions to Chambery and Annecy,
plus flights from Gatwick to Geneva, departing September 1. The holiday costs from £1,395. Bridge & the Charming Cotswolds is a four-night
half-board break at Charlecote Pheasant Hotel. It includes a day out in the Cotswolds, visiting
Sudeley Castle, and a ride on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. It costs from £525, departing August 12.
firstforbridge.co.uk Bridge hand
First Class Holidays offers prizes with new NZ brochure
First Class Holidays features 27 new tours in its latest New Zealand brochure, including rail itineraries and self-drive options. The 180-page brochure also
displays 115 new properties including five luxury lodges. To mark the launch of the
brochure – featuring a front-cover image by wildlife artist Joe Galindo
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– along with recently released brochures for Australia and Canada, the operator is running a Golden Ticket competition for agents. Hundreds of prizes are up for grabs, including canvas prints of the brochure covers and vouchers. To enter, agents need to
request a physical brochure or download a copy.
The new Wine and Wildlife
self-drive tour features Auckland, Rotorua, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill and an overnight cruise on Doubtful Sound. The tour, including flights on November 1, 22 nights’ accommodation, car hire and ferry travel, costs £7,589.
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