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Railtrail gets on track for every month of the year
Railtrail Tours features 13 new tours spanning every month in a ‘4 Seasons with Railtrail’ 2018- 19 brochure. Three tours are in autumn, eight in winter and the festive period, and two next spring. Some 2019 summer tours can be booked at 2018 prices if booked by August 31.
railtrail.co.uk
Travelsphere releases Italy brochure and booking gift
Travelsphere has a new Italy brochure. Deals include Pompeii, Paestum and Herculaneum, with prices from £899. Agents will receive a Carluccio’s gift box for all bookings made this month.
travelsphere.co.uk
Cook and tourist board aim to put Sanya on map
Amie Keeley
amie.keeley@
travelweekly.co.uk
Thomas Cook has released a programme of package holidays to the Chinese tropical beach resort of Sanya on Hainan island.
The introduction of Sanya coincides with the launch of direct flights last week from Heathrow to Sanya Phoenix airport with China Southern Airlines. Cook is offering five beachfront
hotels in Yalong Bay, Sanya Bay and Haitong Bay from November.
SANYA: Cook is capitalising on new direct flights to the city on the tropical island of Hainan
A nine-night B&B stay at the Pullman Sanya Bay Seaside Resort Hotel starts at £799 per person based on two sharing and from £975 for a family of four, both based on November departures. The packages will be available
year-round from November and can be sold by third-party agents. The new programme launch
follows a strategic partnership between Thomas Cook Group and Hainan Provincial Tourism Development Commission to promote and develop Sanya into an international tourist destination. As well as selling packages, the partnership will include a marketing campaign to raise the awareness of Sanya as a tourist
Jetset redesigns Package Pal with a ‘cutting-edge’ look
Jetset has revealed a new look for its dynamic packaging tool Package Pal. The portal, launched in 2011, retains the same functionality but has been redesigned with a “modern, cutting-edge” look. Jetset said Package Pal accounts
for between 100-150 bookings a day, and sales through the portal are up 35% this year on 2017. Sales director Adrian Smyth
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destination and the development of inbound tourism services in Sanya to service international travellers. Features such as the island’s Nantian Hot Springs of 34 pools in a natural coconut grove will be promoted. Peter Fankhauser, chief
executive of Thomas Cook, said: “Sanya is a great new addition to our long-haul offering, providing even more choice to customers looking for a sun and beach holiday in southeast Asia. “With our reach to more than
20 million European customers, I am confident that our partnership with Hainan will help to put Sanya
on the international tourist map.”
trade.thomascook.com
said: “We wanted to commemorate our launch seven years ago, and there wasn’t much more we could have added to the functionality. “But website design has changed
a lot so we’ve redesigned Package Pal to be modern and cutting-edge, and still offer agents the same great user experience.” Jetset acts as the principal and
Atol-holder in any Package Pal bookings, meaning agents are not liable for protection under the new Package Travel Regulations, which
came into effect this month.
jetsetholidays.co.uk
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