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Inghams adds Lapland trips to meet demand for winter 2021-22


Inghams has added more trips to Finnish Lapland for 2021-22 to meet demand for next winter. The operator’s Arctic Circle


programme includes seven and three-night trips in three resorts: Levi, Ylläs and Saariselkä. Tours offer the chance to stay


in a thermal glass igloo and watch the northern lights, ride in a reindeer or husky-drawn sleigh, ski, ride snowmobiles through forests and meet Santa. Santa Breaks include a half-day


at Santa’s Workshop, a private meeting with Santa and games with the elves. Half of Inghams’ Lapland


programme for next year has already sold out, after Santa’s Lapland trips were cancelled this Christmas. It has brought the start of the 2021-22 programme forward by a week with extra departures from November 28, 2021. Seven nights’ half-board at


Levi Hotel Spa costs from £1,288 per person, with flights, based on two adults and two children. Three-nights at Muotka


Wilderness Lodge, Saariselkä, costs from £1,308 per person, including flights. inghams.co.uk


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Intrepid bolsters domestic range with eight new tours


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Intrepid Travel has expanded its range in the UK and Ireland, making its domestic portfolio larger than ever before. The adventure operator has eight new trips and says


the expansion follows increased demand for closer- to-home holidays. Tours are designed to support local communities away from the usual tourist trail, with most centred around walking and hiking. A five-day Scotland’s Orkney Islands tour, from £1,015, includes visits to Neolithic township Skara Brae, the Ring of Brodgar and 12th-century St Magnus Cathedral, plus the island of Shapinsay. Walking in the Cairngorms is a five-day


winter tour in the Scottish Highlands, taking on a section of the Speyside Way Trail from


Saga targets long-haul demand with new Once-in-a-lifetime Collection


Santa Breaks


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Saga has created a Once-in-a-lifetime Collection of long-haul escorted touring holidays. A 56-page online brochure features a Trans-Siberian Railway itinerary, tours of India’s Golden Triangle, voyages around New Zealand and a trip to Uzbekistan, among 20 tours. The over-50s specialist said the collection followed a spike in online interest in its Traveller’s World long-haul range. sagaagents.co.uk


Aviemore to Boat of Garten. Prices start at £830. A Scotland Family Holiday for children aged 10 and


older, over six days, takes guests to Inverness and Loch Ness and includes canoeing on the Caledonian Canal from Fort William. It costs from £1,320. In Ireland, the five-day Ring of Kerry & Dingle


Peninsula tour, from £1,380, starts in Dublin before heading to Killarney via Ross Castle. A five-day Kilkenny and Surrounds tour includes


a game of hurling, a live sheep herding demonstration and whiskey tasting, plus a cycle tour of Waterford Greenway. Prices start from £1,190. Offering more domestic trips was one of Intrepid’s


key actions when it recently committed to reduce the carbon footprint of its business. It is also offering closer-to-home tours in other source markets. intrepidtravel.com


The Cairngorms


Ring of Brodgar, Orkney, Scotland


Sandals unveils plans to develop


brand’s first property in Curacao Sandals Resorts plans to open its first property in Curacao. The Caribbean all-inclusive specialist will start transforming the former Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort into Sandals Curacao from 2021. Guests at the 350-room property will have access to a neighbouring 18-hole golf course, two on-site marinas and a meeting space. sandals.co.uk/tas


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