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G Adventures gives agents scope to tailor-make tours
Samantha Mayling
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G Adventures has created a new range of TailorMade options in 11 destinations to cater for increased demand from agents for customised travel.
Tours can be put together for
trips to Botswana, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Ecuador (including Galapagos), India, Laos, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. Two or three sample itineraries, priced from £719 per person for a seven-day Bangkok to Chiang Mai Express tour, are available for each destination as inspiration for the bespoke requests. Prices will vary as trips are customised, including transportation, accommodation, meals, activities and budget. G Adventures is expanding its sales team and assigning specialists to work with agents and customers to design itineraries. Senior marketing and product vice-president Jeff Russill said:
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Cosmos and Globus introduce their first range of UK holidays
Cosmos has unveiled its first range of UK trips to tap into the growing demand for staycations. The six itineraries offer accommodation in
“comfortable mid-range” hotels, while sister brand
“G Adventures’ new TailorMade trips tap into the current zeitgeist and the public’s growing interest in being able to ‘choose your own adventure’. Until now, we have only been able to provide travellers with a duplicate of an existing G Adventures itinerary.” TailorMade was developed after
a G Adventures survey of more than 450 agents globally found that 84% reported an increase in requests for tailor-made travel and private tours. Bruce Poon Tip, founder of
G Adventures, said there was a gap in the market for affordable and
mid-range tailor-made travel.
gadventures.com
G FOR GOOD PROJECTS
G Adventures has selected four new G For Good projects in Africa to mark last week’s International Women’s Day.
The new projects include Tribal Textiles, a community- run fabric workshop in Zambia; Lusumpuko Women’s Club and Princess Sewing Co-op, both in Zimbabwe; and AidChild’s Equation Cafe & Gallery in Uganda.
The operator and its non-profit partner Planeterra already support 70 G For Good projects worldwide.
SOUTH AFRICA: The country is one of 11 featured in the new TailorMade programme
NEWS IN BRIEF
Thomas Cook Sport is US baseball game partner
Thomas Cook Sport is the exclusive ‘game break’ partner of Major League Baseball’s first-ever London match, at the Olympic Stadium on June 29. Packages including a ticket to see the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, with a London hotel stay, start from £179.
thomascooksport.com
Carnival Cruise Line issues updated manual for agents
Carnival Cruise Line has produced a new version of its travel agent manual featuring updated meet-the- team, deployment and brand overview sections. Agents can order one of the 3,000 new copies via BP TradeGate or by emailing their Carnival account manager.
goccl.co.uk
Manchester gains four easyJet routes for summer
EasyJet will boost capacity from Manchester airport this summer with four new routes, to Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, Kalamata in Greece, Bari in Italy and Nice in France. The first of the new flights will commence on June 15, to Kalamata, priced from £23.24.
easyjet.com
James offers four villas in new destination Mykonos
Globus offers a “more premium experience” in centrally located four and five-star properties. Tour-only prices start at £885 for a seven-day Scottish Outlander Adventure, based on a September 15 departure. It includes visits to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirling. A 13-day England, Scotland & Wales tour costs from £1,423, departing September 30. The Bonnie Scotland tour by Globus is priced from
£1,139 for a week, departing September 26.
cosmos.co.uk
James Villa Holidays has added Mykonos as a destination for 2019, bringing its Greek island offering up to 12. The villa holiday company is offering four villas a short distance from the island’s capital, Mykonos Town. There are one, two and three-bedroom properties.
jamesvillas.co.uk
14 March 2019
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