NEWS YOU CAN USE OPERATOR
TRAVEL WEEKLY GROUP Email:
firstname.surname@
travelweekly.co.uk Editor-in-chief Lucy Huxley
India 020 7881 4854
Managing editor Robin Searle 020 7881 4866 News Executive editor Ian Taylor News editor Robin Murray Chief reporter Juliet Dennis Senior reporter Josie Klein Reporters Phil Davies Samantha Mayling Andrew McQuarrie
07769 256161 07716 085881 07747 484358 07543 314570 07766 911526 07532 074027 07899 950982
Digital content manager David Golledge
020 7881 4871
Aspire editor Hollie-Rae Brader 07917 273087 Features and Supplements Features and supplements editor Clare Vooght
Deputy features editor Alice Barnes-Brown
Special projects editor Natalie Marsh
Special projects writer India-Jayne Trainor
Production Art director Flora Ioannou
Deputy chief subeditor Stephanie Krahn
UK sales manager David Ramsden
UK account manager Fenella Tobey
UK account director Tanya Read
Events and Marketing Events director Linda Lucas
Content writer and editorial assistant Lina Molloholli
Senior designer Paul McLaughlin 020 3817 8651 Designer Amy Mallabar Chief subeditor Mike Walsh
07887 565374 07707 171508 07786 150936 07707 171678 07514 308995 020 7881 4851 020 7881 4851
020 3995 3750 020 3995 3750
Head of production Nick Cripps 020 7881 4879 Sales
07789 439500 07890 605945 07890 605967
Senior sales support executive 07824 640655 Lucy Gould
Contact
events@travelweekly.co.uk Finance Finance director John Drury Publishing Group chief executive Duncan Horton
Jacobs Media chairman Clive Jacobs
lucy.gould@jacobsmediagroup.com 020 7881 4864
Kenya
G Adventures adds 17 trips to high-end Geluxe Collection
Samantha Mayling
G Adventures has added 17 trips to its Geluxe Collection, which was unveiled in November 2023, featuring Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe. The escorted tour operator described the collection
as its most successful product launch, based on the pace and volume of bookings. The new trips bring the total number of “premium active adventures” on offer to 45. The new destinations are Argentina/Chile
07803 975847
UK chief executive Stu Parish 020 7881 4862 Executive assistant to chairman and group CEO Jean Kilcullen
020 7881 4897
clive@jacobsmediagroup.com
DELIVERY AND SUBSCRIPTIONS Magazine delivery and subscription enquiries should be directed to Intermedia. Web:
go.travelweekly.co.uk/subscribe Email:
travelweekly@subscriptionhelpline.co.uk Tel: 01293 312179
TRAVEL WEEKLY GROUP LTD Registration number: 6927031. Registered at the PO as a newspaper. ISSN 2396-8974. Pre-press by Rhapsody. Printed by Walstead Peterborough. Registered address: Travel Weekly Group, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0AU © Travel Weekly Group Ltd 2024
(Patagonia), Ecuador (Galápagos), Iceland, Ireland, India, Kenya, Portugal, Spain, Tanzania and Turkey. The maximum group size is 16, with an average of
10-12 people per departure. The Geluxe Collection incorporates outdoor
physical activity alongside “one-of-a-kind accommodation” and “elevated dining experiences” based on local cuisine. The series is popular with travellers aged 40 and above, according to Yves
Marceau, G Adventures’ product vice-president. The new Kenya: Cultural Connections, Mount
Kenya & the Maasai Mara tour starts at £5,099 for a 10-day return trip from Nairobi. Also new is Northern India: Riverside Safaris, Ancient Fortresses & the Taj Mahal, from £3,149 for a 15-day itinerary from Delhi to Mumbai. Both prices exclude international flights. Elsewhere, G Adventures and its non-profit partner
Planeterra have introduced five community tourism projects designed to empower local women. This brings the total number of community enterprises the partners have designed to support women to 28 in 19 countries. New projects include the Kirtipur Community
Homestay in Newari, Nepal; Restaurante El Manglar in Izabal, Guatemala; and the Ban Ou Community Tourism Project in Luang Prabang, Laos, which offers experiences such as making rice noodles and traditional weaving.
gadventures.com
planeterra.org
Insight Vacations introduces 11 women-only itineraries
Insight Vacations has launched 11 women-only group tours to encourage solo travel and shine a spotlight on women in the sector. The 2025 tours will be for
groups of up to 24 and will feature ‘Make Travel Matter’ experiences that focus on local traditions and businesses owned by women. Travellers on the Country
travelweekly.co.uk
Roads of the Deep South tour can learn about the women’s civil rights movement. The 12-day holiday costs from £5,382. Clients on the 16-day Country
Roads of Italy tour can visit a weaving association run by women in Perugia. It costs from £5,424. The Best of Morocco tour features a baking class at a
women’s cooperative. The 11-day holiday costs from £3,676. The prices do not include
international flights. Insight Vacations has also
created a social travel group on Facebook for women called Insight Vacations Women-Only Travel Community.
insightvacations.com/women-only
21 MARCH 2024 21
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60