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Railtrail gets on track with a dozen new tours for 2018


NEW TOURS: Ramblers Walking Holidays has added 20 itineraries for next year


understand agents will not have walkers coming in the shop every day but it’s about having something else they can offer clients.” Alongside the brochure launch, the operator aims to visit agents to train them on its product range. Ramblers’ 2018 programme,


called Encounter – Walk, Sightsee, Safari, Yoga, Trek, has 149 itineraries worldwide split into different levels of ability.


The new active and experiential


holidays include cooking an authentic tagine in Morocco and a mindfulness, yoga and meditation escape in Majorca.


One of the new trips is a four-


night Pilates & Walking in the Dales trip combining walks in the Yorkshire Dales with pilates classes and relaxation sessions. The half-


board break starts at £490. ramblersholidays.co.uk


Railtrail Tours has introduced 12 tours in its 2018 brochure, expanding its Grand Tours by Rail range with new itineraries including Six Wonders of the Waterways, Swedish Steam & Hanseatic Heritage, Europe by EuroCity and France tour Vive La Difference. The 10-day Six Wonders of the Waterways itinerary leads in at £1,195. railtrail.co.uk


Travel 2 pushes winter hotspots with mini brochure


Travel 2 has produced a mini brochure to help agents maximise bookings to holiday hotspots during the winter. The 52-page brochure includes exclusive deals and packages


from £499 to destinations worldwide and a range of cruises from its Cruise Plus programme. travel2.co.uk


Tucan ditches need to pitch tent in Africa programme


Tucan Travel has replaced all camping nights in its Worldwide Adventures Africa programme with stays in hotels, lodges or permanent tents with included bed linen. Previously, clients erected tents themselves for nights in destinations such as the Serengeti National Park. It follows feedback that clients prefer not to carry sleeping bags when required only for a few nights. Tucan claims to be the first mid-range adventure operator to make the move. tucantravel.com


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