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Collette adds tours in US, Croatia, Russia, Baltics and beyond


Te 2020-21 Collete escorted touring brochure features nine new holidays, including four in the US, as well as tours of Croatia, Russia, the Baltics, Australasia, Egypt and Jordan. UK sales of the US operator’s


holidays are now handled by Fred Holidays, which became Collete’s general sales agent on September 1. Trips are in four styles:


Spotlights, which feature one city; Classic, the traditional Collete tour; River Cruise; and Explorations, which feature lesser-known destinations. New US tours are Washington


DC, Niagara Falls & New York City; Autumn in Vermont; Roaming Coastal Maine; and Spotlight on Nashville. collette.co.uk


Travelsphere pegs group sizes to 35 in programme for 2020


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Travelsphere has introduced smaller group sizes for its 2020 Europe & Worldwide Collection brochure. From April 2020, every Travelsphere touring holiday


will have a maximum of 35 people – except the Grand Tour of Canada – and many will be smaller groups, such as 20, 25 or 30. Alastair Campbell, Travelsphere’s managing director,


said: “We have been studying customer feedback and have been developing the perfect group size for each tour. Te focus is on maximising the experience. “It’s no surprise that the agent incentive is £35


for every Travelsphere booking, as it reinforces the message.” He added: “Our trade partners continue to be


extremely important to us. Te trade is core to our growth strategy. “We will invest in our trade team and are actively looking to recruit more.”


Te operator will have a “sizeable presence” at


the Association of Touring & Adventure Suppliers Conference in Manchester on September 18-19. Speakers at the event will include Bruce Poon Tip,


founder of G Adventures, which owns Travelsphere, and celebrity Claire Sweeney, an ambassador for Travelsphere sister brand Just You. Te operator also offers free private chauffeur airport


transfers on long-haul holidays, and an early-booking offer of 10% off selected holidays when booked before November 18. Among the five new tours in the brochure is an


11-day Uzbekistan holiday, and the “welcome return” of Turkey. A 12-day Treasures of Turkey holiday costs from


£1,199, and visits Istanbul, Cappadocia and Troy, while Uzbekistan: Te Heart of the Silk Route costs from £1,999 and visits Samarkand, the holy city of Bukhara and the Kyzylkum Desert. travelsphere.co.uk


Step out with Adagio in Shetlands, Spain, Italy, France


Walking holidays specialist Adagio has seven new itineraries in its 2020 brochure, spanning the Shetland Islands, Spain, France, Italy and Switzerland. Te brochure offers 37 group touring holidays,


including nine Adagio Plus itineraries, which feature longer walks than Adagio’s standard ‘gentle walks’. Te new seven-night Shetlands holiday explores


the islands and offers the chance to see wildlife such as puffins, oters, seals, dolphins and whales. It costs from £1,595 including flights and accommodation.


20 12 SEPTEMBER 2019 Also new is Postcards from Provence, from £1,475


including train travel from London and seven nights’ half-board accommodation, and the seven-night Catalan Explorer, from £1,339 including flights and half-board accommodation. Adagio and sister brand Ramblers Walking


Holidays have joined the Association of Touring and Adventure Suppliers (Atas) and will be atending the Atas Conference in Manchester next week. adagio.co.uk


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