Tour brands revive


guaranteed dates Travelsphere and Just You have revived a guaranteed departures initiative. The sister operators say more than 80% of holidays on sale are guaranteed to depart and more will be guaranteed each week. Travelsphere offers 120 departure dates for more than 60 holidays this year. travelsphere.co.uk justyou.co.uk


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Explore offers training about trips to see US solar eclipse in 2023


Explore Worldwide is offering training for agents about its six US departures to see the solar eclipse in October 2023. Accompanied by astronomers,


the tours feature three itineraries, with further ‘in-reverse’ options. A 10-day Best of the American


West & Eclipse trip costs from £2,499. Walking the US Western National Parks & Eclipse is a 12-day itinerary, priced from £2,999. A 15-day itinerary called US National Parks Explorer & Eclipse costs from £3,745. Departure dates for all six trips


– two of each itinerary – span October 3 to October 10, 2023. Prices do not include flights. explore.co.uk/eclipse


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NetTours resumes operations to Rhodes, Azores and Madeira


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Basingstoke-based operator NetTours is wooing travel agents, having restarted selling holidays after suspending operations during the pandemic. Founder and managing director Andy Fixler said the


family-run business turned its premises in Basingstoke into a tearoom after mothballing the tour operation when Covid-19 restrictions stopped people taking holidays. The Aito member has now launched tours to the


Azores, Rhodes and Madeira, with plans to reinstate its full range which included central Europe, Israel, Malta and Spain. The holidays operate as small-group tours but are not escorted, and offer accommodation in Silver and Gold categories. Fixler has contacted about 1,500 agents as his


business has resumed, as he hopes most of his sales will


Mercury Holidays adds Limassol and Larnaca hotels to Cyprus range


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Mercury Holidays has added two hotels to its range in Cyprus. A 21-night winter stay at Limassol’s Elias Beach Hotel costs from £499, based on two sharing a room, including flights. A 21-night winter stay at the five-star Radisson Beach Resort Larnaca costs from £599 based on two sharing a room, including flights, and there is no supplement for single travellers in selected rooms. mercuryholidays.co.uk


come through the trade. As well as offering a “generous base commission” of 12%, Fixler hopes to offer training, trade events and fam trips to agents. “I have always worked with agents – I speak their language,” he said. “I always go the extra mile for their customers.” The Lisbon & The Azores Four-Island holiday costs


from £2,044 based on two sharing, including flights and 13 nights’ B&B, plus tours of Sintra from Lisbon, and the islands of Sao Miguel, Faial, Pico and Terceira. A Lisbon & Madeira two-centre holiday costs from


£1,476 based on two sharing. It includes flights, 10 nights’ B&B accommodation and tours of Sintra from Lisbon, and Madeira. Rhodes & Athens is a twin-centre holiday including


flights from Manchester, nine nights’ B&B and tours. It costs from £1,642, based on two sharing. nettours.co.uk/agents


ANA to restart London-Tokyo route with three flights a week


All Nippon Airways is to resume flights to Tokyo Haneda airport from Heathrow on June 2. The service will operate three times a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with return fares from £915. The airline suspended the route in March because of Covid restrictions and the war in Ukraine. ana.co.jp


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