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Kay McLellan
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In brief
Collette to target
■ Explore! recreates Darwin’s Galapagos journey
Explore!, the adventure travel company, is
non-group sales
celebrating the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin
in February 2009 with two special voyages to
the Galapagos Islands that will loosely trace the
Kay McLellan.
“We have the buying power and clout and we
journey of Darwin’s HMS Beagle. The 12-day ESCORTED tours specialist Collette Worldwide are promoting that in the UK.
land and sea-based trips start from £2,700, Holidays is preparing for a major push into the “We don’t discount to direct customers and we
including flights and meals. individual traveller market after appointing will protect agents’ commission.
0844 499 0901 Peter Traynor (pictured) as general manager. “My time will be spent selling Collette to the
US-owned Collette, which last week picked trade and we will be far more active in events
■ Birdspotting in Gambia with Chris Packham up the 2008 TTG Travel Award for Rail, Road or and conferences.”
The Gambia Experience is offering birdwatchers Sea Operator of the Year, has predominantly Speaking at the TTG Travel Awards in London
the chance to go on tour with wildlife TV presenter specialised in the groups market, a business last week, Traynor said: “To win an award before
and photographer Chris Packham to Gambia and model inherited from its American parent. we start the push is amazing.”
Senegal. The 12-person tour, on February 13-16, Traynor, who worked for Globus/Cosmos for 21
2009, can be added to holidays in the Kotu region years and has run his own consultancy for the
for £350. A seven-night B&B package, including past three years, was drafted in to shift the
flights, starts from £688. emphasis to the individual traveller market and
0845 330 2087 deepen its relations with independent agents.
The role of general manager has been
■ Spend Christmas in Mauritius vacant since February this year when Traynor’s
Destination Mauritius is offering festive packages predecessor Guy Davies left.
to the newly opened Grand Mauritian, a Luxury Traynor said the UK office had been run as
Collection Resort & Spa. A seven-day package a regional arm of Collette but there was now a
departing December 28 starts from £3,195 per realisation that it needed its own direction and
person, while a 10-day package departing focus to drive business forward.
December 23 starts from £3,987, both including Refusing to be drawn on any specific targets,
a gala dinner, B&B and flights. Traynor said: “There is a business opportunity to
0870 066 6474 grow with independent travel agents.
“We’re putting some serious resources behind
■ Peltours adds extra Red Sea half-term flight it and this is a long-term commitment.
Peltours has added an extra Monarch flight to its
Red Sea programme departing October 25 to
meet increased demand for half-term holidays in
Taba, Taba Heights and Nuweiba. Seven nights’
Shearings touts 60% repeat rate
half-board leads in at £849 per adult, with prices
for a child between 2-11 years sharing from £659. SHEARINGS Holidays is encouraging agents to The operator is aiming to help agents access
020 8371 5200 tap into the “staycation” domestic market after the domestic market more with increased
its UK holiday bookings grew by almost 10% this training, incentives and by simplifying its
■ Regent offers Christmas markets Prague deal year, despite the bad weather. booking process.
Regent Holidays is offering Christmas market Several of Shearings’ most popular locations Greenhalgh said: “The warning signs for 2009
breaks to Prague from £235, excluding flights, have seen bookings increase by nearly 20%, are there for everyone to see. Faced with
with two extra nights’ accommodation free when including seaside resort Weston-super-Mare. increased package holiday prices, a strong euro
booking five. There are also five-star Christmas Shearings said that, as increasing numbers of and ongoing economic instability, bookings are
market breaks to Budapest from £325 and a people choose to take holidays in the UK rather likely to be harder to come by.
four-star break to Tallinn from £435, both than go abroad, agents should consider new “Our customer base is incredibly loyal and
including flights. ways of maintaining a steady flow of income. delivers a high percentage of repeat bookings.
Fiona Greenhalgh, head of sales and market- “Our year-round programme of themed breaks
ttglive.com
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ttglive.com helped it achieve a repeat booking rate of 60%. commission during traditionally quiet months.”
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