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Saga unveils new tours to Patagonia, China, Greece
Ben Ireland
ben.ireland@
travelweekly.co.uk
Saga Travel has unveiled five new tours including one to “the ends of the Earth” in Patagonia, plus trips in China and Greece.
The operator’s Patagonia:
A Tour to the End of the Earth itinerary takes in Buenos Aires, Tierra del Fuego, Torres del Paine, the Perito Moreno glacier, plus a Lake Rico cruise. The 14-night tour, including flights, starts at £3,899 and can be extended to add a four-night fjords cruise. Saga’s 14-night Immerse
Yourself in China tour includes a visit to the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City and the hutongs of Beijing, the Great Wall, the Terracotta Warriors, a tai chi lesson, a Lake Yuecheng cruise and a panda experience. Prices start from £2,899 including flights. The 10-night Undiscovered
Greece tour, from £1,199 with flights, includes Athens and the Byzantine cities of Ioannina and Thessaloniki.
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Club Med to enhance Caribbean resort to four-trident standard
Club Med is to upgrade its adult-only Turkoise resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands to a ‘four-trident-rated’ property ahead of its winter 2018-19 programme. Additions will include an infinity pool, new resort centre and bar, redesigned rooms and a diving school.
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PATAGONIA: Saga’s new tour takes in the Torres del Paine national park Other new tours from the
over-55s specialist include the nine-night Copenhagen to Berlin, from £1,649, and 16-night From the Danube to the Dalmatian Coast, from £2,349. All five new tours, the first of
which departs in October, will feature in Saga’s new Exclusive Preview brochure, due out this week, and in its winter-sun campaign from April. Joe Sutcliffe, head of travel
product, said: “At Saga we don’t
just like to follow the beaten track, we like to beat a new one of our own. We want to help our customers keep doing the things they love, whether that’s visiting a much-loved regular holiday spot through to trying something genuinely new and different. “Whatever our age, our appetite
for travel is not diminished; in fact, it’s often the opposite, with people taking more holidays a year than
at any other time in their lives.”
travel.saga.co.uk/saga-trade
Sales for Club Med’s winter programme opened
yesterday (March 14), with 15% off offers until tomorrow across 27 selected ski and sun resorts. In Mauritius, Club Med’s La Pointe aux Canonniers
resort is to add 108 rooms and open an adult-only Zen area with infinity pool and poolside bar, new family- friendly area with children’s water games, new spa and revamped restaurants. The programme will include flagship ski resort Club
Med Les Arcs Panorama, due to open in December.
clubmed.com
15 March 2018
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Spanish tourist board sets up training programme
The Spanish Tourist Office has created a new agent training platform. Agents who complete all 11 Spain Specialist Programme modules are rewarded with an advanced certificate and could win a place at a summit in Madrid.
campus.spain.travel
Visit Brazil to host three agent roadshows in May
The Visit Brazil Travel Association is to host agent roadshows in Bristol, Brighton and Manchester from May 15-17, with further locations to be confirmed for September.
vbrata.org.uk
Viceroy Hotel Group unveils online training for agents
Viceroy Hotel Group has launched an online agent training programme. The Viceroy Insider tool explains its brand tiers – Icon Collection, The Lifestyle Series and Urban Retreat Collection – and gives information on 13 properties.
viceroyinsider.com
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