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Sandals targets ‘lockdown couples’ with ‘Meet me in the Caribbean’ offer


Sandals Resorts has created a package aimed at ‘lockdown couples’ who met during the pandemic. The ‘Meet me in the Caribbean’ offer costs from £1,855 for travel in September, if booked by April 28. It includes seven nights at Sandals Grenada Resort & Spa, with accommodation in a Lover’s Lagoon Hideaway Walkout Junior Suite and Virgin Atlantic flights from Heathrow. sellingsandals.co.uk


Railbookers capitalises on demand for UK and luxury breaks


Railbookers has brought out new luxury and UK rail holiday brochures to capitalise on growing demand for bucket-list breaks and closer-to-home trips. The separate Luxury Rail


Journeys and UK Independent Rail Holidays programmes have launched as e-brochures offering trips for 2021-22. The luxury brochure offers


customisable rail experiences including the Venice Simplon- Orient-Express and Excellence Class on the Glacier Express, and features five-star accommodation, dining experiences and river cruise extensions. The UK brochure features


independent rail trips from any local station, from the Scottish Highlands to York, Edinburgh, the Cornish coast and a journey on the Jacobite Steam Train. railbookers.co.uk


CV Villas adds three villas to programme


CV Villas has launched its 2022 programme, with two new properties in Tuscany, and one in Zakynthos. Villa Sintrivani, Zakynthos, sleeps up to 12 and prices start from £5,814 per week. In Tuscany, Tenuta del Reggello sleeps up to 16 people and starts from £4,146, while Villa Fieravista sleeps 10, with prices from £10,184. cvvillas.com


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Cusco Cathedral, Peru


Ffestiniog Travel reveals 23 group tours and one-off trips for 2022


Escorted rail specialist Ffestiniog Travel has launched its February to November 2022 programme with 23 group tours including a range of one-off trips. There is one new tour, the 14-day Trains and Trams of Italy, taking in Milan, Turin, Rome and Naples. It leads in at £3,135 for two sharing, B&B, plus Eurostar, transfers, excursions and a tour leader. Deposits start from £50. ffestiniogtravel.com


Yellow City of Izamal, Mexico


Intrepid’s new Premium tours will ‘benefit local communities’


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A new range of ‘premium’ tours is being introduced by sustainability-focused operator Intrepid Travel. The tours feature handpicked accommodation,


private transportation, train journeys and exclusive experiences. More than 70 trips are available for departures


starting in January 2022, with Intrepid saying its Premium range offers travellers a more sustainable choice for ‘high-end adventures’. The programme covers more than 40 countries.


Each itinerary includes a stay and signature experience not available on any other Intrepid trip. Experiences include a sand dune dinner under


the stars in Pushkar, India, and a community stay in Peru that includes a visit with the Ese’Eja people, an indigenous community considered the stewards of the Peruvian rainforest. Feature stays may include the Orient Star, a former


madrasa in Khiva, Uzbekistan; Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge, an eco-friendly jungle hideaway with


views over Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest; and Splendid Cave Hotel, where guests can see hot-air balloons rising over Cappadocia in Turkey. Some tours will visit social enterprise projects


working to promote gender equality, animal welfare, environmental sustainability and economic empowerment. The company’s chief executive, James Thornton,


said: “With our aim to become a world leader in sustainable, experience-rich travel, we identified that many of our customers were seeking a higher-end product with purpose. “As we continue to prepare for a gradual and


sustainable recovery, we saw Premium as an opportunity to build a new style of tour that ensures local communities benefit from high-value tourism. “We wanted to show a premium product can also


deliver on a premium purpose.” A 15-day Premium Morocco In Depth costs from £2,480; a nine-day Premium Peru from £2,510; and a 13-day Premium Vietnam and Cambodia from £2,625. intrepidtravel.com/premium


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