NEWS IN BRIEF


Corsican offers up to 30% discount on child bookings


Corsican Places has doubled child discounts for its 2019 packages to Corsica for trips booked by December 31. Savings of up to 30% off brochure prices are available for children aged two to 12. The offer applies to new bookings made with flights from Stansted or Manchester to Calvi. corsica.co.uk


Explore adds Berlin Wall trip to Beyond portfolio


Explore has expanded its Beyond collection of ‘limited edition’ holidays with a Cycle the Berlin Wall trip, to mark 30 years since the wall came down, and a Canada Northern Lights Short Break. The 155km cycle tour visits Hitler’s bunker and the ‘Bridge of Spies’ (Glienicke Bridge). It costs from £1,420, including flights, accommodation, breakfast and bike hire. explore.co.uk


Grand American launches


portal with TrekAmerica Grand American Adventures and TrekAmerica have launched a joint booking portal for agents. The Travelopia Adventure Travel Agent Portal features product from both adventure suppliers. portal.ukadventuretravel.com/ res


Trafalgar releases ‘cheat sheet’ for difficult sales


Trafalgar has launched a ‘cheat sheet’ to help agents complete sales to customers with common holiday woes. ‘Wanderlust or Wonder-lost?’ suggests ways agents can help clients overcome barriers to travel, such as overcrowding, for which it suggests a guided holiday with queue-skipping. The cheat sheet can be downloaded at: trafalgar.com/agents


Prestige adds Australasia as it marks 30 years


Juliet Dennis juliet.dennis@travelweekly.co.uk


Prestige Holidays is introducing Australia and New Zealand to its portfolio as it marks 30 years in business.


The programme of tailor-made


holidays includes city stays, self- drive options and selected add-on experiences. It offers popular locations and features special add- ons, such as the Sydney, Rock and Reef trip to Sydney, Ayers Rock and the Great Barrier Reef, which has an upgrade to stay at Longitude 131, a luxury desert base camp where holidaymakers can watch the sunrise from their beds. The programme features the


new Great Southern train route from Adelaide to Brisbane, wildlife adventures, walks and small-ship expedition cruises. Prestige is highlighting


Crystal offers flight and childcare deals on 2019-20 season


Crystal Ski Holidays’ winter 2019-20 programme offers new airline services and childcare options. New routes from the Tui-


owe oerator iclue flight from Gatwick and Bristol to Memmingen in Germany – offering access to the Austrian resorts of Mayrhofen and St Anton – while a new Bristol- Toulouse link will offer a


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“We’re confident that we can deliver really memorable holidays with aplomb”


hotels not featured by many UK operators, such as the new MACq 01 in Hobart, Tasmania, and Berkeley River Lodge in Kimberley, which is accessible only by air. Both New Zealand’s North and South Islands feature, with luxury lodges such as Hapuku Lodge in Kaikoura and the Bay of Many Coves in Marlborough Sounds. Chairman and managing director John Dixon said the programme was a “natural addition”. “Thanks to our new specialist


team, we have options that really get under these destinations’ sin ere confident e can delier really memorable and bespoke


Andorra: 50% bundle discount


PRESTIGE: The operator has created a standalone brochure


holidays with aplomb,” he said. The operator has created a standalone brochure and recruited three destination experts to get the programme off the ground. Lorna Curry has joined as Australia and New Zealand manager, while former Austravel marketing director Andrew Chapman and former Sunday Times travel editor David Wickers are consultants. Prices start at £1,457 for a seven-


nit flydrie to estern ustralia, with four-star accommodation, car rental and return irates flits


from London to Perth. prestigeholidays.co.uk  Face to Face, page 12


skiers booking Andorra trips can have 50% off a lift pass and equipment hire bundle. This winter’s ski season has


different option for Andorra. A Crystal Childcare club will open in La Thuile, Italy, where the Planibel Hotel and Planibel Apartments feature a range of family rooms. Families booking for 2019-20 can save £75 off childcare, while


already begun, with Crystal Ski offering a new service from Birmingham to Kuusamo in Finland, and adding the resorts of Suomu, Finland, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Chris Logan, Crystal Ski


Holidays’ managing director, said: “We are really excited to be putting our winter 2019-20 holidays on sale just as the season is starting for this year.” crystalski.co.uk


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