Travel 2 adds 40 tours to new Incredible brochure
Ben Ireland
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Travel 2 has added 40 tours in its new Touring & Incredible Journeys brochure.
It now features 179 tours
worldwide, including itineraries curated by four new touring partners: Wendy Wu Tours, Contiki, Grand American Adventures and South American Tours. Highlights include an eight-day
Canyons and Indian Lands tour from Grand American Adventures, including a Navajo-themed tour of Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon at sunrise or sunset. Wendy Wu Tours’ 10-day Jewels of Japan tour includes the bullet train, Tokyo, Kyoto and Mount Fuji. A new partnership with 18-35 specialist Contiki has led to the inclusion of its 19-day The Big Tiki tour of New Zealand, featuring the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, the
Hobbiton Village from The Lord of the Rings and Milford Sound. To target customers in
search of active and wellness touring, Travel 2 is featuring Grand American Tours’ 11-day Appalachian and New England
Specialist Journeys showcases its brands in Travel Agent Guide
Specialist Journeys has sent out a Travel Agent Guide to independent agencies as it ramps up its marketing after beginning to sell through the trade. Brochures for its four brands
– archaeological and cultural specialist Andante Travels;
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products in the new Touring & Incredible Journeys brochure cements Travel 2’s position as the go-to brand for tailor-made packages with a huge choice of touring products and add-ons for agents to build memorable and bespoke holidays for their clients. “We are continuing to
BROCHURE: Features 179 tours and new touring partnerships
Walk and seven-day Olympic National Park & Vancouver Island. Travel 2 revealed booking numbers for its tours in Africa and North Asia have both grown by more than 60% this year. Mark Henderson, senior product and commercial manager, said: “Incredible Journeys continues to grow from strength to strength for us. The increased range of
explore new opportunities and partnerships throughout the world, and will add further tours throughout 2019 to meet the demands of our agent partners.” Agents can win one of two
Osprey Transporter backpacks, each worth £100, by making bookings from the new Touring& Incredible Journeys brochure with return flights and at least five nights’ ground arrangements. Every booking made by November 11 will be automatically
entered into the draw.
travel2.com
gardening tour operator Brightwater Holidays; Historical Trips; and Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours – have been sent to agents. The Travel Agent Guide gives
information on four key selling points of each brand and their contact details. Specialist Journeys is giving
away a case of wine each month until January – with no need to make a booking. Enter via the
SJ4Agents Facebook page.
specialistjourneys.com
“We are continuing to explore new opportunities and partnerships throughout the world”
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Rail Discoveries gets on track for Christmas markets
Rail Discoveries has put 12 Christmas itineraries on sale to Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Germany, as well as Yorkshire, Wales, Stratford-upon-Avon and Norwich. A seven-day Christmas in the Moselle Valley trip starts from £895, departing December 21, and visits the Christmas markets in Trier, Germany.
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Naturalist Monty Halls is First Class ambassador
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fcholidays.com
Rainbow adds Mexican Day of the Dead tour for 2019
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