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Tipto reveals details of autumn roadshows and one SuperShow
Tipto is preparing to hold its autumn season of roadshows and training days for agents. Te supplier marketing
Amtrak includes three new US national park holidays for 2020
Amtrak Vacations has three new independent rail holidays in its 2020 brochure, all featuring US national parks. Te new itineraries include the
14-day Great American – Rails to the West, which costs from £2,049 and runs from New York to Chicago, before heading to the Grand Canyon National Park and then Las Vegas. Also new are the nine-day
Grand National Parks of the Southwest – Bryce & Zion trip to the Grand Canyon, which costs from £2,299, and the 13-day Grand National Parks Discovery on the California Zephyr, which includes the Rocky Mountain, Yosemite and Arches, and Canyonlands national parks, which starts at £2,999. Prices include rail travel,
accommodation, sightseeing tours and activities. Atol-protected flights can be added if required. Tere are more than 25 rail
holidays in total and agents can tailor trips using the more than 500 Amtrak stations offered. Peter Traynor, managing
director of Amtrak Vacations in the UK, said: “Te brochure features handcraſted rail holiday itineraries that showcase the best of North America’s treasured national parks, bucket list destinations and iconic cities.”
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organisation is holding seven Face 2 Face roadshows, starting on October 2 at Newbury
Porto, Portugal
Racecourse and running until November 12 at venues in Crawley, Shrewsbury, Stoke-on- Trent, Ipswich, Peterborough and Gloucester. Agents can meet up to 12 Tipto supplier members at each roadshow, which includes a two-course dinner and prizes. Agents will be able to meet all
20 Tipto operators, enjoy a meal and win prizes, at a SuperShow at Drayton Manor Hotel on November 13.
All agents who confirm their
places and atend either the SuperShow or the Newbury roadshow will get a free race day ticket for use at a later date. Tipto will also host five in-depth
supplier training days, in Leeds, Leicester, Birmingham, Brighton and Exeter, between November 19 and December 5. All the events are free for
Tipto-registered agents.
tipto.co.uk
Arena Rail adds Transylvania and Portugal to 2020 range
Juliet Dennis
Arena Rail Holidays has significantly expanded its programme for 2020 with 13 additional tours, as well as new destinations Portugal and Transylvania. Te rail specialist, which now has 36 tours on offer
across 13 destinations for next year, is featuring new UK, cruise and combination packages. Two itineraries feature the new destinations:
the 11-day Fairytale Castles & Railways of Transylvania, priced from £1,499; and the seven-day Porto & Heritage Railways of Portugal tour, from £1,125. Prices are based on two adults sharing at a three
or four-star hotel and include breakfast, excursions and a tour manager, with return travel from London St Pancras by Eurostar. Te Transylvania tour includes entry to Bran Castle – the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula – and a
candlelit dinner on the Carpathia Express train, while the Portugal trip features a ride on the country’s longest funicular railway and a boat trip on the Douro. New walking tours include Railway Tracks &
Walking in the Yorkshire Dales; Litle Trains & Walks of the Pyrenees; Walking the Rhine Valley Wine Trail; and Te Tracks and Trails of Tuscany. Additional UK tours include Te Lake District
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by Rail, and Historic Railways and Medieval Durham, while new combination packages include Milan and the Magic of the Venice Carnival Cruise, and Venice & Croatian Coastal
Cruise by Rail. Arena sales and business development manager
Tim Fleming said: “Over the past three years, our programme of rail holidays has really developed, particularly to reflect growth in demand for escorted short trips in the UK.”
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