Stirling Highland Hotel
Sandals offers a free night for guests celebrating a wedding anniversary
Sandals is offering a free night to guests celebrating a wedding anniversary at any of its Caribbean resorts. Agents can help clients redeem the free night with bookings of seven nights or more made via the group’s UK tour operation, Unique Caribbean Holidays, for eligible room categories. The holiday must be within 30 days of the wedding anniversary date.
sellingsandals.co.uk
Shearings launches Signature Collection of ‘premium’ breaks
Escorted coach tour operator Shearings has launched The Signature Collection, a portfolio of more than 30 ‘premium’ holidays primarily featuring four-star hotels. Bookings are now open for
departures from March 2022, and 23 of the tours are new. The Signature Collection will
have a dedicated page on the Shearings website and its own section in relevant brochures. The holidays include coach
transport from a local joining point or by Home Connect service, half-board hotel accommodation and excursions. They start from £329 for
a five-day New Forest and Bournemouth at Warner Lakeside holiday staying on Hayling Island. A five-day Buxton, Chatsworth
& the Peak District holiday is priced from £539.
shearings.com/login-agent
Villa Collection wraps up festive incentives
The Villa Collection has launched its first festive incentive, offering agents in its rewards programme the chance to win a hamper or vouchers. Agents who book a villa holiday until December 31 could win a Fortnum & Mason Thank You Hamper. There are two £200 Love2shop vouchers for agents to win – one for bookings in January and one for February.
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Intrepid expands US range to 57 tours spanning 28 states
Samantha Mayling
Adventure operator Intrepid Travel has unveiled 38 new trips in the US for 2022, meaning it will feature more tours in the destination than ever before. The new trips bring Intrepid’s total US portfolio to
57 tours, covering 28 states and Washington DC and including walking, cycling and culinary options. The business has also launched its own dedicated
American operations hub, allowing it to build “more meaningful and impactful relationships” with suppliers. For example, when creating South Dakota trips,
it acknowledged the sensitivities of certain tourist attractions in relation to the Indigenous experience. Following conversations with the Crow Nation and
Lakota tribe representatives, the company decided to not include visits to Crazy Horse Memorial, while
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ensuring it pursues ways to incorporate the Indigenous American perspective during visits to Mount Rushmore. James Thornton, chief executive of Intrepid Travel,
said: “We felt compelled to not only offer sustainable and unique travel experiences for both domestic and international travellers, but also to ensure we use the power of tourism as a force for good.” A six-day South Dakota to Montana Parks Explorer
tour costs from £1,710, and visits Mount Rushmore, Badlands National Park and Yellowstone. Portland to San Francisco Discovery is a six-day tour
with a culinary theme, including a meal with the First Nations people of Warm Springs. It costs from £1,780. The six-day Tennessee Music Trail to New Orleans
also visits Nashville and Memphis and costs from £2,045. Prices do not include flights from the UK.
intrepidtravel.com/united-states
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Beale Street, Memphis
JG Travel Group appoints
Agbaosi to new trade role The JG Travel Group has recruited Chris Agbaosi (pictured) to the new role of partnerships administrator. He is the first point of contact for agent enquiries for the group’s three brands – Just Go! Holidays, National Holidays and Omega Breaks – and reports to trade sales manager Claire Dutton. He has 12 years’ industry experience.
jgtravelgroup.com
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