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Scenic unveils new cruise and stay itinerary for 2020-21


Scenic has added a multi-country itinerary in its new 2020-21 Te Exotic Wonders of Southeast Asia brochure. Te 27-day Luxury Mekong &


Japan in Focus cruise and tour itinerary takes guests from Siem Reap to Osaka via Saigon, Angkor Wat, Phnom Penh and Tokyo. It costs from £13,795, with departures from September 2020 through to May 2021. Te programme also includes


cruises on board all-balcony ships Scenic Aura and Scenic Spirit, which carry no more than 44 and 68 guests respectively. Scenic’s 14-day Luxury


Mekong and Temple Discovery, from Ho Chi Minh City to Siem Reap is priced from £4,495. Business-class upgrades and


private door-to-door transfers are


available across all departures. scenic.co.uk


Costsaver features Singapore and Malaysia for first time


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Escorted touring specialist Costsaver has added three trips, two destinations and a new travel style to its latest Asia brochure. Its 2020 programme offers 10 trips across eight


countries, including a new Mini Breaks category of short holidays to a single destination that can be sold separately or as an add-on to an existing itinerary. Mini Breaks were introduced in response to the


popularity of Costsaver’s four-day Hong Kong Highlights trip. Te new breaks include the four-day Amazing Singapore. Priced from £325, it is the first time Costsaver has featured Singapore, and includes accommodation, transfers and some sightseeing experiences. Costsaver has also introduced Malaysia for the first


time as part of its 15-day Tai and Malaysian Odyssey, which includes Krabi and Bang Saphan Noi in Tailand and the Cameron Highlands tea station and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Prices start from £2,025. Also new is a 22-day Essence of South East Asia itinerary spanning Tailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.


£325Cost of new four-day Singapore Mini Break


Priced from £3,425, it includes a tour director, three and four-star accommodation, air-conditioned coaches and internal flights. Some existing tours have been updated, including


Iconic China, which now includes a three-night Yangtze River cruise in addition to Beijing, the Great Wall, Xi’an and Shanghai. Te 12-day trip is priced from £2,050. All prices exclude internationl flights. Costsaver said its 2020 range includes more optional


experiences for guests to tailor their holidays. Tey include a food tour in Vietnam, a cultural exchange with a hill tribe in Tailand and a kung fu show in China. Janice Farnum, director of product for Asia, said:


“Guests are loving the Costsaver way to travel because it gives them everything they need for a great holiday and


the tools to tailor it to perfection.” costsavertour.com


Rabbie’s introduces ‘off-the-beaten-track’ western Europe tours


Small-group tours specialist Rabbie’s has introduced western Europe to its portfolio for 2020. Rabbie’s European Trails take


guests “off the beaten track to discover some of the secrets and charms” of France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Switzerland, and “avoid


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the overcrowded tourist spots”. Eight six-day tours are available


and a dozen 13-day tours can be created from two of the six. Te six-day Charms of Portugal


& North West Spain is priced from €1,299. Te 13-day Flavours of France, Florence & Tuscany is


priced from €2,598 and combines two of Rabbie’s six-day tours: Cinque Terre, Florence & the Flavours of Tuscany and Provence, Burgundy & the Ardèche. Prices include accommodation


and groups are limited to 16 people. rabbies.com


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