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Travel 2 adds 37 tours in Australasia
Ben Ireland
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Travel 2 has added 37 tours and 53 hotels to its 2017-18 Australia & New Zealand brochure.
The trade-only worldwide
operator has seen increased demand for luxury properties and tours in the region and has added more higher-end experiences to its 2018 programme. These include the Outback Floatplane Adventure on a private-island retreat in Darwin and a two-day gourmet food and wine tour of South Australia.
In New Zealand, Travel 2 is
increasing its sightseeing offering and has introduced walking tours over dormant volcanic craters and guided sunset walks. Travel 2 has seen a 25%
year-on-year revenue increase to Australia and more than 40% year-on-year growth in revenue to New Zealand’s North Island. There has also been a rise in the
NEW BROCHURE: Includes more higher-end experiences
Contiki introduces Independent Insider for flexible travel
Contiki has introduced a travel style that agents can use “like building blocks” to put together flexible group tours for customers. The Independent Insider tool
allows agents to customise trips so travellers can dip in to different parts of group tours. Each Independent Insider trip
offers the choice of up to four cities, with three nights in each,
meaning trips can be for three, six, nine or 12 nights. Customers choose how many cities they want to visit and their start and end points – which
wider south Pacific, with an 8.8% sales increase to Fiji. It has added the Fiji Marriott Resort Momi Bay and LikuLiku Lagoon Resort in Fiji – the only hotels on the island to offer luxury overwater bungalows – “to satisfy agent demand”. Colin Currie, head of sales at
Travel 2 and its sister operator Gold Medal, said: “Australasia has seen incredible growth over the last 12 months and we are excited to head into 2018 with this expanded offering to the region. “By including more regional and
luxury experiences, we hope to help agents motivate second and third-time travellers to return.” Agents who make qualifying bookings from the new Australia & New Zealand brochure by December 3, including return flights and at least five nights’ ground arrangements, will be in with a chance of winning one of
two GoPro Hero4 cameras.
travel2.com
include European destinations such as Copenhagen, Porto, Budapest, Mykonos and the Amalfi coast. There is also the option to include U by Uniworld river cruises on the Danube. The longer the trip, the better
value for the traveller, according to Contiki. A 12-night Berlin, Prague,
Krakow and Budapest tour starts from £1,445 but this can be shortened to Prague, Krakow
and Budapest from £1,145.
contiki.com
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