Dnata offers discount Covid-19 test bundles


Gold Medal parent dnata Travel Group has expanded its offer of discounted Covid-19 tests to include bundles for customers travelling to green and amber list destinations. A new Green Travel Pack of two PCR tests is £120 – half the recommended price of £240 – while a three-test Amber Travel Pack is £180, compared with the full price of £295. goldmedal.co.uk


AVIATION


JetBlue to fly to JFK from Heathrow and Gatwick this summer


US low-cost carrier JetBlue is to fly from both Heathrow and Gatwick when it makes its transatlantic debut. Nonstop services from


Heathrow to New York’s JFK airport will begin on August 12, 2021, while the first service from Gatwick will depart on September 30, 2021. Services from Heathrow to


JFK will depart at 18.10 and arrive at 21.43 eastern US time. JFK-Heathrow services will depart at 22.10 and arrive at 10.10 the next day. Gatwick-JFK services will depart at 12.00 noon and arrive at 15.33 US eastern time. Return flights to Gatwick will depart at 19.50 and arrive at 07.55 the following day. Fares on both routes start


from $599 return for Core economy class and $1,979 return for Mint business class, but an introductory offer for UK-based travellers will see fares of £329 for Core and £999 for Mint. JetBlue plans to start a London-


Boston service in summer 2022. jetblue.com/travel-agents


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Las Villas Bahia del Duque, Tenerife


OPERATOR


Classic Collection sets sights on ‘promising winter market’


Ben Ireland


Classic Collection Holidays is eyeing what it expects to be “a promising winter market” with the early launch of its new Canary Islands and short-haul Wintersun brochures. The 124-page Canary Islands brochure features


80 hotels, while the 164-page Wintersun brochure features 160 properties to destinations including Spain, Portugal, Malta, Gibraltar, Egypt, Morocco and Cyprus. Hotels featured in Tenerife include Las Villas Bahia


del Duque, the new Villa Club concept at Ritz-Carlton Abama and the new Royal Level at Barcelo Tenerife. Family-friendly hotels in Tenerife include the Roca


Nivaria Gran Hotel, where seven nights’ half-board starts at £819, based on two sharing in December 2021. The Canary Islands brochure includes the


newly-launched Secrets Bahia Real Resort & Spa in


Walt Disney World Resort Florida unveils 2022 anniversary packages


Walt Disney World Resort Florida has launched a 50th anniversary package. The package, for 2022 holidays at participating Disney Resort Hotels for five nights or more, can be booked up to August 3. Guests get a Disney Dining Credit; 14-day Ultimate Ticket for the price of a seven-day ticket; and $200 Disney spending money. Two weeks at Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort starts from £912. disneyholidays.co.uk


Fuerteventura and the refurbished Lopesan Costa Meloneras in Gran Canaria. In the Wintersun brochure, seven nights’ bed and


breakfast at the Columbia Beach Resort in Pissouri Bay, Cyprus, starts at £676 in December 2021. Alex Gavalda, product and commercial director,


said: “A winter-sun break is ordinarily a second or third break of the year, but this is an extraordinary year. “Given the modest reopening of travel so far, this


year customers might view a winter-sun escape as their only holiday. An abundance of unused annual leave, coupled with lockdown savings and overdue extended family and friends get-togethers, are optimistic signals pointing towards higher-value winter bookings and longer durations. And there’ll be no shortage of upgrades on flights, transfers and accommodation.” The brochures are available through Tradegate. classic-collection.co.uk


Experience Travel Group includes tips for guides in cost of packages


Experience Travel Group is including gratuities for its guides and drivers in destinations in the cost of holidays. The average extra cost for a two-week holiday is about £150, with the full holiday price commissionable to agents. The Asia specialist said 80% of clients were in favour. Guests who have a bad experience can ask for their tip to be returned. experiencetravelgroup.com


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