OPERATOR
Premier adds three self-drive tours and two foodie excursions
Premier Holidays has added three self-drive tours and two foodie excursions to its USA brochure. A 12-night Great North Music
self-drive trip from Chicago to Boston – via Philadelphia and New York – starts at £2,199. A 14-night Delve into the Deep
South tour also costs from £2,199, while an 11-night Georgia and the Carolinas Discovery option starts at £1,799. Prices for the self-drive
itineraries include flights, vehicle hire and accommodation. The additional foodie excursions
are the Lip-Smacking Afternoon Culinary Adventure in Las Vegas, from £189, and the Chicago Foodie, from £34. New accommodation options include the Lotte New York Palace and Universal’s Endless Summer Resort in Orlando.
trade.premierholidays.co.uk
OPERATOR
Inside Travel Group expands range and targets consortia
Juliet Dennis
The Inside Travel Group plans talks with agency consortia to increase trade distribution, as it marks its 20th anniversary by launching tailor-made trips to South Korea, Borneo and China. The group, which owns InsideJapan and InsideAsia,
also offers Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. Its expansion plans follow the appointment of
its first full-time on-the-road business development manager, Andrew Tait, in November. Agent sales manager Matt Spiller said the operator
would initially target central commercial deals with The Global Travel Group and The Travel Network Group. Inside Travel Group has agreements with Hays Travel
Premier staff with the new brochure
and Midcounties Co-operative. In 2018, it established a dedicated reservation team to take phone bookings. Agent sales account for about 30% of business, up from 16% in 2015. Last year’s Rugby World Cup in
RAIL
Tailor Made Rail introduces walking holidays in Switzerland
Tailor Made Rail has added a range of walking holidays in Switzerland. The Jungfrau Region Walk offers the
chance to visit Basel then hike from Wengen to Grindelwald to see the Eiger, Jungfrau
travelweekly.co.uk
Japan fuelled enquiries, while this summer’s Tokyo Olympics is expected to boost trade sales. Spiller said: “We are finding the agent side of the
business is growing faster than our direct business. It’s a case of trying to keep up with demand. “This year, we want to hit the big consortia. There is
huge potential. The idea is to get our name out there – and the fact that we know our stuff.” As well as tailor-made trips, InsideAsia is offering
pre-planned itineraries to its new destinations, with three in South Korea, 10 in Malaysia and 12 in China from this autumn. Mini-brochures will be produced to showcase the destinations. InsideJapan, meanwhile, is promoting lesser-known
regions such as Tohoku, and has created trips based on traditional ‘life concepts’. The 13-night tailor-made Japanese Ikigai and the Path to Happiness, which leads in at £3,630, explores Japanese philosophical concepts.
insideasiatours.com
Borneo
China
and Mönch mountains. The 10-day holiday costs from £1,149. The Lake Lucerne Region Walking
Holiday involves walking almost 50 miles in five days, with a night in Basel on the way home. The eight-day holiday starts at £899. Prices include rail travel from the UK,
accommodation and luggage transfers. The operator pays agents 10% commission.
tailormaderail.com
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