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Contiki unveils vegan food tour of Europe


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Youth travel specialist Contiki will run a Vegan Food Europe Explorer tour in August that will be led by bloggers Clare Every and Laura Grosch. The eight-day trip will take in Berlin, Prague, Vienna and Budapest. Excursions include a cooking lesson in Budapest and Danube dinner cruise. Prices start at £1,579. contiki.com


Collette to operate Alaska itinerary in 2021


end of December in partnership with Ultimate Winery Experiences Australia and Tasting Australia Food and Wine Festival. The five-day tour visits the


Barossa Valley, Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale wine regions and includes farm tours, tastings and masterclasses. It departs on March 27 and


prices start at £2,045, including four nights’ accommodation, breakfasts and four speciality dining experiences, transportation and the services of a travel director. The average group size for all


Inspiring Journeys guided tours is between 15 and 20, compared with 30-35 for AAT Kings’ main tours. AAT Kings hosted nine UK


agents on its inaugural agent fam trip to Australia, in December, and plans to host another this year. aatkings.com/brochure


resort to its programme


Serenity brand Corsican Places. Seven nights at Villa Girolia,


a four-bedroom property with views over the bay of Cannigione, starts at £449, with flights and car hire. The price includes an early-booking discount of £176. Details about brochures,


window posters and offers can be found in Serenity’s digital toolbox. sardinianplaces.co.uk serenity.co.uk/toolbox


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Collette has added an Alaska tour for 2021. The Alaska’s Northern Lights itinerary begins in Anchorage and visits Prince William Sound and a musk ox farm, before taking clients on Alaska Railroad’s Aurora Winter Train to Fairbanks, where they could see the northern lights. Prices start at £2,499, excluding flights. collette.co.uk


Canadian Affair to host three agent fams


Canadian Affair is to take its 30 top-performing agents between Boxing Day and January 31 on one of three fam trips. The trips are: Montreal and Quebec City, in May; northern Ontario, in June; and the Canadian Rockies and wine region, in September. The operator is offering 5% off many holidays in its January sale. canadianaffair.com


WHERE’S WENDY?


Happy New Year to everyone – I hope it is a happy, healthy and successful year for all of you. (Anyone know where 2019 went?!) At HAL/SBN, we are raring to go in 2020. So like the UK politicians last year and the US politicians this year, our sales team are out and about on the ‘campaign trail’. We have both brands’ WAVE campaigns out in the market and early signs are very positive. So with your help, our ‘Signature Savings’ Seabourn campaign and HAL’s ‘Why Not Now?’ campaign will continue to perform well. HAL’s Free Flights offer is back earlier than last year – so Bekkie Skipp will be out and about promoting those regional airports too, including of course my neck of the woods, Newcastle. We are also


launching our next phase of HAL’s ‘We Are Alaska’. We’ll be offering incentives, fam places, webinars and events through the year, so look out for more, more, more. This month means the always-exciting Travel


Q ‘We are Alaska’: Lynn Narraway and colleagues


Weekly Globe Travel Awards, and prepping for our ever-popular all-brands event, The UK Cruise Awards, taking place on February 6 in London. So, New Year resolutions?


O To start Pilates – apparently I need it! O To attempt Dry January – if you see me with a


glass of wine, it will be non-alcoholic, honest! O To appreciate this company, our team and this


amazing industry even more – we are so lucky. O To get my son out of bed before noon – and to


teach him how to use the dishwasher. And finally, don’t forget to WAVE during WAVE if you see me! Happy selling.


Director of Sales UK & Ireland, Holland America Line & Seabourn


hollandamerica.com Sales team: 0344 338 8604 seabourn.com Sales team: 0344 338 8614


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