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Travel 2 adds US tours after 43% sales increase
Amie Keeley
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Travel 2 has released its 2018-19 USA & Canada brochure featuring new destinations and hotels following a rise in demand.
Hilton Head Island, South
Carolina, and Pigeon Forge and Chattanooga, Tennessee, have been added after a 43% increase in forward bookings for the states. Two small-group tours have also been added: Deep South and Delta Blues, and A Taste of Texas and the Two-step. The 13-day Deep South and Delta Blues with Grand American Adventures small-group tour starts from £2,829. Across the US and Canada, 27
hotels have been added, including five hotels and apartments in New York. In Louisiana, the Wyndham New Orleans French Quarter has also been added. Five new excursions include a Grand Canyon Helicopter Falcon Flight and a 15-day motorhome itinerary of Utah’s five national parks.
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Silversea unveils itineraries for Silver Moon and new ports of call
Silversea has released its 2020-21 programme, featuring Silver Moon’s itineraries and new ports of call. The programme has been released early so former passengers can make early bookings ahead of it going on general sale on October 1.
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Book your own Disneyland Paris short break for £152
Agents with ‘senior’ or ‘expert’ membership of the Disney Travel Agents website can book their own two-night stays at Disneyland Paris for £152.50 per adult. The offer includes all Disney hotels for travel between November 7 and March 31, 2019.
disneytravelagents.co.uk
Halloween starts at Busch Gardens and SeaWorld
ADDITION: Hilton Head Island features in Travel 2’s new brochure
In Canada, there are six new escorted, independent and self-drive tours as well as “improved” rail tour offerings. The Canadian Big 5 Safari small-
group tour explores the wildlife of Manitoba, tracking moose, black bears, bison, beluga whales and polar bears. The brochure also features a 15-day Canada Wildlife and Vancouver Island small-group tour, which leads in at £3,789. Nick Hughes, sales director for
tour operations B2B Europe at Gold Medal and Travel 2 said: “As
tastes and trends change, we have diversified the mix of properties, tours and add-ons available to agents to help them meet customers’ needs.” To celebrate the launch of the
new brochure, Travel 2 is giving away two sets of designer suitcases. To enter, book a holiday with Travel 2 from the new brochure, including return flights and a minimum of three nights’ ground
arrangements before October 14.
travel2.com › Cruise Plus by Travel 2, page 30
Silver Moon will spend its maiden season in the
Mediterranean after it departs on its inaugural cruise from Trieste to Rome on August 6, 2020. The 11-day itinerary leads in at £5,220. Customers can save 10% if they book and pay the
balance in full by October 31. The seven new ports of call are: El Hierro, Spain; Fishguard, Wales; Nordfjordeid, Norway; Siglufjörður, Iceland; Durres, Albania; Klaksvik, Faroe Islands; and
Patreksfjorour, Iceland.
silversea.com
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Sesame Street characters feature in family-friendly halloween events at SeaWorld Orlando and Busch Gardens, Tampa Bay, this autumn. A ticket for SeaWorld, Busch Gardens and Aquatica Orlando starts from £112 (£108 per child).
seaworldparks.co.uk
RwandAir adds fourth weekly flight for Christmas
RwandAir will increase flights between Gatwick and Kigali over Christmas and New Year. A fourth weekly flight will run from December 14 until January 11, 2019. Fares start at £467.
rwandair.com
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