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Leger launches five tours from Newcastle to the Netherlands
Leger Holidays has unveiled a range of breaks combining escorted coach travel with overnight sailings from Newcastle to IJmuiden in the Netherlands. Three of the five-day tours in
the Mini-Cruise & Tour portfolio feature battlefield sites, while the other two visit Amsterdam. Two itineraries visit Second
World War sites: Siegfried Line & Battle of the Bulge, priced from £729, and WW2 Arnhem & Rhineland, from £939. The other tours are: WW1
Flanders to the Somme, from £799; Dutch Bulbfields & Amsterdam, from £749; and Amsterdam Mini-Cruise & Tour, from £849. Prices include ferry crossings
with a cabin, two nights’ on-land accommodation; and excursions.
leger.co.uk
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Jet2 releases its earliest ever summer programme for 2027
Andrew McQuarrie
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have put their summer 2027 programmes on sale, marking the brands’ earliest ever summer launch. The airline and tour operator are offering more
than 19 million seats across 470 routes from their 13 UK bases, taking in 59 sun and city destinations. The six new routes are Birmingham-Bergerac,
Edinburgh-Skiathos, Manchester-Bergerac, Manchester-Jersey, Stansted-Costa de Almeria and Stansted-La Palma. The two new routes to Bergerac in southwest France are exclusive to Jet2, as are the Edinburgh flights to the Greek island of Skiathos. The programme also includes the Canary Islands,
Balearic Islands, mainland Spain, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Cyprus, Croatia, Montenegro, Malta, Bulgaria, France, Austria, Morocco and Portugal.
G Adventures teams up with National Geographic for new upmarket tours
G Adventures and National Geographic Expeditions are set to unveil a new range of upmarket tours, describing them as a “huge opportunity” for agents. Bookings for National Geographic Signature with G Adventures will open in January 2026, with the first departures in January 2027. The initial 29 trips will feature South Africa, Vietnam, Japan, central Asia, Peru and Jordan.
gadventures.com/gx/signature
travelweekly.co.uk Flights are available from Belfast International,
Bournemouth, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, Luton, Stansted, Manchester and Newcastle airports. There will be more than 1,700 weekly departures
during the peak periods. Early bookers qualify for a £60 per person deposit and interest-free monthly payments. Seven nights’ B&B at the Cabogata Beach Hotel &
Spa, in El Toyo, Spain, costs £599 based on two adults sharing, including flights from Stansted on May 8, 2027. A seven-night self-catering holiday at Hotel Las Olas
in La Palma, Canary Islands, also leads in at £599, flying from Stansted on May 17, 2027. Steve Heapy, chief executive of
Jet2.com and
Jet2holidays, said: “In response to customers wanting to lock in their getaways, we have put our summer-sun programme on sale for 2027 before anyone else.”
trade.jet2holidays.com
Contiki eases access to reunion trips to Italy and New Zealand
Youth specialist Contiki has removed the ‘past passenger’ requirement for its Reunion 35 to 45 trips to allow anyone aged 35 to 45 to book. The 14-night Simply Italy Reunion 35 to 45 tour costs from £2,355, while the eight-night Active New Zealand 35 to 45 tour leads in at £1,490. Prices do not include flights.
contiki.com/en-gb/activity/reunion-trips
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