Experience Travel Group promotes ‘unknown’ Bhutan


Asia travel specialist Experience Travel Group has launched a marketing campaign for Bhutan with the tagline “Get to know the unknown”. Te operator has a new range


of tailor-made holidays to the Himalayan kingdom, which welcomed 71,000 visitors last year. Tourists are not able to visit


independently and must travel with a tour operator. Sam Clark, ETG founder and


managing director, said: “Bhutan is pitched as mysterious and enigmatic by nearly every tour operator in our sphere. “But aſter exploring the country


ourselves, we learnt it is all about the people and the magical connections you can make. Tere is so much more to Bhutan than this lazy cliché suggests.” A two-week trip to Bhutan


starts at £5,495. Tis includes a guide and driver, experiences, hotels on a half-board basis, international flights, visa and government royalty fees. ETG also has sample holiday


itineraries that combine Bhutan with other Asian destinations such as Tailand and India. experiencetravelgroup.com


Bhutan Ramblers steps out in Iran, Ethiop Samantha Mayling


Walking holidays in Armenia, Iran, Everest and Ethiopia are among 55 new itineraries in Ramblers Walking Holidays’ summer 2020 brochure. Te small-group, guided walking


holiday specialist features more than 180 holidays in 60 countries. New for 2020 is Armenia and


Iran Unveiled, a 15-night trip that visits the Armenian capital of Yerevan, river gorges and ancient fortresses. In Iran, clients can see Yadz’s


Towers of Silence, the Persian city


ruins of Persepolis, and Tehran’s Unesco-listed 18th-century Golestan Palace. Te escorted tour costs from £2,749 including flights, transfers and full-board accommodation. Other adventurous new options


include Walking & Wildlife in Costa Rica; Yellowstone Snowshoeing & Winter Wildlife; trekking through the Simien Mountains in Ethiopia; and hiking to Everest Base Camp. A new White Mountains –


Appalachian Huting holiday in the US features accommodation in remote mountain huts and hikes


55 New itineraries in Ramblers Walking Holidays’ 2020 range


to four presidential peaks: Mount Pierce, Mount Eisenhower, Mount Franklin and Mount Monroe. It costs from £2,495 including


flights and transfers. Te brochure also features an


expanded range of UK holidays, with three new Lake District holidays – Te Cumbria Way, Te Cumberland Way and Walking the Ullswater


Crystal Ski Holidays launches range of short ski breaks


Crystal Ski Holidays has unveiled a new range of short ski breaks in France and Austria for winter 2019-20, with transfer times no longer than 90 minutes. Te three and four-star


accommodation is close to town centres, and spans half-board, bed-and-breakfast and self-catering options. Short ski breaks to Austria


include the resorts of St Anton, Mayrhofen, Zell am See,


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Hinterglemm, Saalbach, Ischgl and Soll. In France, short ski breaks are


offered in the resorts of Avoriaz, Chamonix and Flaine. Tree nights’ self-catering


at the five-star Les Terrasses d’Helios in Flaine starts at £430 based on a Heathrow flight to Geneva on January 6. Chris Logan, Crystal Ski


Holidays managing director, said: “We know customers like to book


multiple ski trips throughout the season. Now they have the choice of booking a three or four-night ski holiday.” For short ski breaks in


France, departures are from Heathrow, Stansted, Gatwick, Luton, London City, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol and Edinburgh. For short ski breaks in Austria, clients can fly from Heathrow or Gatwick. crystalski.co.uk/short-ski-breaks


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