Tui serves up Santa packages from


Manchester to Finnish lake region Tui has introduced a short season of Santa packages to Finland’s Arctic Lakeland region from Manchester airport, becoming the first UK operator to offer direct flights to Kajaani. Three and four-night package options are available, with flights on Sundays and Wednesdays and a choice of four hotels with wellness centres. The season will run from December 3-28. retailagents.tui.co.uk


Jules Verne unveils solo group tours in Italian destinations


Jules Verne has added solo group tours in Sicily, Lake Garda and Sardinia for 2025-26. Sicily for Solo Travellers


is a seven-night tour with two departure dates – June 3 and September 30 – priced from £3,290 and £3,030 respectively. Sea and Sardinia for Solo


Travellers is an eight-night tour departing on October 16, with prices starting at £2,575. Lake Garda for Solo Travellers


is a seven-night trip with departure dates in 2026 in April and October, priced from £1,895. Prices are on a B&B basis and


include flights from Gatwick. Other tours in the operator’s


latest Solo Collection include an 11-night The Golden Road to Samarkand itinerary and nine-night Discover Jordan tour. vjv.com/brochures/solo-traveller- collection


Just Go unwraps


Tutankhamun trips Just Go Holidays has added Tutankhamun The Immersive Experience to its London breaks programme. The show debuts in the UK this month, with a limited run of 14 weeks at Immerse LDN in the Royal Docks. Available on June 15 and 29, one-night breaks cost from £149, based on two sharing, including coach travel and experience admission. justgoholidays.com/agents


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Classic Collection adds Zurich, Pisa, Toronto and Vancouver


Samantha Mayling


Classic Collection has added Pisa and Zurich to its portfolio of European cities and debuted city breaks in Canada. Thirty properties are offered in Pisa, which has


been introduced on the back of the agreement between parent company On the Beach and Ryanair. Other Italian cities offered by Classic are Bologna,


Florence, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Rome, Turin, Venice and Verona. Si Morris-Green, the operator’s B2B director, said


Pisa can be a “competitively priced standalone” city break or part of a higher-value twin-centre holiday with neighbouring Bologna, Genoa and Florence. A three-night B&B stay at the four-star Hotel


Bologna in Pisa starts from £269 in March. In Zurich, Classic features more than 100 hotels,


from three to five-star ratings. Morris-Green added: “Zurich lends itself to our range of new, pre-bookable Classic Flavours


70+ City-break destinations now featured by Classic Collection


experiences, with more than 40 activities available to bolt on to a break in the Swiss city.” Prices for three nights’ B&B at the Zleep Hotel


Zurick-Kloten start at £459 in March. The price also includes a tour of Zurich’s Old Town, boat trip and a visit to the Lindt Home of Chocolate. Canada is featured by the operator for the first time


with the introduction of Toronto and Vancouver. Prices start from £999 in November for five nights’


room-only at the four-star Georgian Court Hotel in Vancouver. Morris-Green said: “Demand is driving a rapid


expansion of our cities programme. From cities as far afield as Seattle and Tokyo to those as close to home as Dublin, we now feature more than 70 city destinations.” classiccollectionagents.co.uk


travelweekly.co.uk Zurich


Olympic introduces Albania and expands in Greece and Cyprus


Olympic Holidays has added Albania to its range and expanded its Greece and Cyprus offering. A seven-night holiday at Hotel Amelia Mare in Golem, Albania, costs from £581 on a B&B basis including flights from Heathrow in May. Additions in Greece include Lesvos, Karpathos, Evia, Hydra and Sifnos, while Lefkara has been added in Cyprus. olympicholidays.com


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