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Newmarket bolsters festive short-breaks range with eight trips
Newmarket Holidays is offering Lapland day trips and ocean cruises in its festive short-breaks brochure for 2024. The programme features
more than 30 holidays, with the addition of eight itineraries within the UK and to Germany, France and the Algarve. The new five-day Little Trains
of the Pyrenees at Christmas tour, which is based in Girona, visits the villages of Axat, Rivesaltes and La Jonquera and includes an open-air ride through the mountains on the Little Red Train, operated by French train company TPCF. Prices start at £1,089, including
flights on December 23 and four nights’ half-board accommodation.
newmarketholidays.co.uk
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Tui adds 345,000 seats from 19 airports for summer 2025
Samantha Mayling
Tui has added 345,000 seats to its summer 2025 programme, bringing the total available to 10.2 million from 19 UK airports. The additional capacity comprises 150,000 extra
seats to Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco; 85,000 to Cyprus; 70,000 to Greece; and 40,000 to Spain. The biggest change comes with an additional aircraft
based at Exeter, providing 80,000 extra seats. The airport will benefit from a new Ibiza route, plus
year-round flights to Tenerife and Lanzarote. Services to Antalya, Heraklion, Paphos and Rhodes will be expanded to twice weekly. Other airports will also see increased frequencies
and new services. Birmingham’s additional 70,000 seats, will incorporate daily flights to Palma, Antalya and
Virgin to double Heathrow-Mumbai
frequency to twice daily in autumn Virgin Atlantic will add a second daily Heathrow- Mumbai flight this autumn. The airline’s fifth daily service between London and India, which is subject to government approval, will complement twice-daily flights to Delhi and a newly introduced link to Bengaluru. An Airbus A350-1000 will be deployed on the expanded Mumbai route from October 27.
virginatlantic.com
travelweekly.co.uk
Dalaman, plus an increase in the frequency of Paphos and Rhodes services to six times a week, and more flights to Burgas, in Bulgaria. There will be an additional 15,000 seats available
from Bournemouth, where rival
Jet2.com is creating a new base next summer. Customers flying from East Midlands will see new
routes to Burgas, and Boa Vista, in Cape Verde, plus 50,000 additional seats to existing destinations. Newcastle will have 30,000 more seats on sale while
Stansted will gain a route to Enfidha, Tunisia. Glasgow’s twice-weekly flights to Sharm el-Sheikh
will continue for the summer, while frequency to Paphos and Rhodes has been boosted to three times a week. A new route from Gatwick to Porto will support Tui’s
river cruises, while flights from Luton to Paphos have been introduced to serve the Marella cruise programme.
retailagents.tui.co.uk
Tui is adding year-round flights to Tenerife
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Sandals opens 301-room resort in
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sandals has opened its 18th resort, Sandals Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, featuring 301 rooms and suites. Seven nights’ all-inclusive in a Bamboo Palm Room with Balcony Tranquillity Soaking Tub costs from £2,315 per person, including resort transfers and economy-class flights with Virgin Atlantic from Heathrow on September 9.
sellingsandals.co.uk
Psst, have you heard? Casa De Campo’s Premier Suites have elevated luxury and service, the Premier Club sets a new standard for guests. With exclusive perks and bespoke service!
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