Kirsty Laifa (left) and Lyn Arnold


Tui introduces host of activities for for youngsters aged three to six


Tui Blue and Tui kids’ clubs are introducing new activities this summer, including Mini Memory Makers photography sessions for those aged three to six. The photography sessions will be trialled during the Easter holidays at Tui Blue Orquidea and Tui Blue Flamingo Beach in the Canary Islands, and Tui Blue Aeneas in Cyprus. Other additions include baby spas and Little Ravers neon bubble dances. retailagents.tui.co.uk


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Wendy Wu Tours unveils one-off


14-day luxury itinerary in China Wendy Wu Tours hailed its new 14-day Legends of the Silk Road itinerary in China as a “game-changer” for agents seeking to tap into the luxury market. It costs £13,390, including flights, five-star accommodation and VIP access, for one departure in September. The itinerary includes three nights on the five-star Silk Road Express, travelling from the Taklamakan Desert to the Tian Shan Mountains. wendywutours.co.uk


Grand UK Holidays reintroduces cruises in latest brochure


Grand UK Holidays reported a “huge” rise in trade sales as it released its latest brochure, which sees the reintroduction of ocean and river cruises. The mature travel specialist


– part of The UK Holiday Group – has seen an increase in bookings via agents since the appointment in 2023 of travel trade manager Lyn Arnold. Kirsty Laifa, sales and


marketing manager, said: “Trade bookings are hugely up for us year on year – up by over 30% – as we have focused efforts on training and visiting our top agents.” Laifa said overall sales so far in


2025 were more than 20% ahead year on year, with “encouraging” early bookings for the new cruises. Grand UK’s river cruises


are offered in partnership with CroisiEurope, while the ocean cruises are with Ambassador Cruise Line. An eight-day ocean cruise, Gems of the English Channel, costs £641. It departs on June 28 on Ambience. The operator’s Our 2025


Holiday Collection brochure also includes coach tours, plus holidays by train and air. grandukholidays.com/agent-login


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Leger revives Grand Explorer brochure with Europe breaks


Samantha Mayling


Leger Holidays has relaunched its Grand Explorer brochure with a collection of longer-duration, escorted European tours. The brochure – the first since 2020 – features tours


that visit several locations aboard either Luxuria coaches, with extra legroom and seat-back touchscreen TVs, or Silver Service coaches, with a rear lounge designed for socialising. The tours range in length


from 10 to 19 days. They include clude


a 10-day Basque Country, Carcassonne, the Languedoc and the Dordogne tour, from £1,369, and a 19-day Classical Gr


C cas onne dogne tour, f om calGreece – Athens, e – Athe s,


Mycenae, Olympia & Zaky thos tour, f om £2,899. There is a new Grand Expllorer logo and strap ine:li


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“Incredible discoveries with everything taken care of”. Each tour page in the brochure includes a map illustrating the itinerary visits, to help agents selling


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the holiday as it highlights the breadth of locations. Since the last Grand Explorer brochure was


published, some tours have still been featured online, with a selection included in Leger Holidays European and worldwide brochures. There is one completely new tour, Grand Tour of Poland, a 14-day holiday from £2,469. Travelling through the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium to Poland, this itinerary goes from the Hanseatic coast in the north to the Tatra Mountains in the south. Ashley Dellow, Leger


Holidays head of retail sales, said:


customer sa sfaction rate and customer retention. They really are something special and, of course, being higher value, they offer great commission-earning potential.” leger.co.uk


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