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Good Afternoon,
Travel Media clients were front of stage at last weekend's Destinations travel show during the Wanderlust Travel Awards 2007.
Bradt Travel Guides won a Bronze award for their fearless indy guideboooks winning out over several much larger publishers, Dragoman Overland, with the biggest and most orange truck in Earl's Court, was one of ten finalists for 'Top Tour Operator' with Wildlife Worldwide, after being runner-up last year, winning the coverted 'Top Tour Operator' Gold award. See their link below for more details.
In all, Wanderlust's awards were a great leveller, allowing the quality of destinations, airlines, tour ops, guidebooks, websites to transcend the corporate struggle, where might in the form of marketing and PR budget is almost always right. Let's hear it for Luang Prabang - top city again in this year's awards!
This week's website of the week is an excellent resource for simple, clear and print-friendly maps http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/
Best,
Nick
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| Equine Adventures |
EQUINE’S BIG WINE ADVENTURE…
RIDING AND WINE IN BORDEAUX
Cost £995 p/p
Oz Clark’s French road trip with James May at the wheel, as seen on BBC2, has now been upstaged… Travel by horseback instead, through the vineyards of Bordeaux, sampling the finest wines and savouring gourmet meals en route. Equine Adventures offer an 8-day riding holiday – with a special kick! Next departure from Bordeaux 31st March 2007. Other dates also available. |
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| Magic of the Orient |
THAI FOR TWO
ROMANTIC 5-NIGHT THAI PACKAGE - £499 p/p
INCLUDING A HOST OF LUXURY EXTRAS – JUST FOR TWO
Cost £499 p/p
Far East tailor-made specialists Magic of the Orient have included some gorgeous just for two treats into a 5-night stay at one of their favourite hotels, the 5* Sarojin Resort in Thailand’s Khao Lak. Enjoy an all-inclusive adventure day with Sarojin’s personal guides, luxury boat and fleet of cars at your disposal, a soothing Royal Oriental massage in the hotel spa, a private gourmet seafood barbecue on a deserted beach and daily a-la-carte breakfast with bubbly! This special offer is available from 1st May-31st October 07.
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| Naturetrek |
BARGAIN BABOONS
ETHIOPIA
Cost £1,250 p/p
Natural history specialists, Naturetrek, offer a 10-day mammal tour of Ethiopia, visiting Debre Libanos Gorge, Awash National Park, Wondo Guenet and the Bale Mountains. Highlights include the wonderful long-haired Gelada Baboon, beautifully coloured Ethiopian Wolf and Giant Mole Rat. Tour departs London 13th April 2007 and 19th October 2007.
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| Quest Travel |
HAPPY EASTER BUNNIES MEET SURFING KANGAROOS
FAMILY CAMPERVAN ADVENTURE
Cost £855 adult £729 child up to 11yrs
Spend Easter with the family on an 8 day campervan adventure in Oz with long-haul specialist Quest Travel. Watch the world’s smallest penguins on parade, spot kangaroos cooling off in the surf and explore the Antipodean coastline dotted with beautiful national parks, on this campervan trail from Melbourne to Sydney. Departures are available from London Heathrow or Manchester between 8th & 30th April 07 – bookings must be made by 28th February. |
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| Made to Measure |
REDISCOVER THE SWISS SLOPES
VAL D’ANNIVIERS
Cost £740 p/p
Escape to the unspoilt tranquil Swiss resort of St. Luc, ski exhilarating tree-lined long runs then relax within a superb boutique hotel… Made to Measure Holidays offer a 7-day skiing holiday with departures from London throughout the season. |
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| Walks Worldwide |
3 STRIKES AND THEY’RE OUT!
WALKING HOLIDAYS IN EUROPE WITHOUT THE HASSLE
Cost from £520 p/p
Why risk travelling with the world’s favourite airline when it’s so easy to hop across the Channel and drive to the Dordogne, or take one of the budget airline routes to Malaga, followed by a short transfer to the mountains of Andalucia? Walks Worldwide offers two self-guided walking holidays, Dordogne Encounters and The Alpujarras Circuit with daily seasonal departures throughout 2007.
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| Wildlife Worldwide |
WILDLIFE WORLDWIDE WINS!
‘TOP TOUR OPERATOR’
WANDERLUST TRAVEL AWARDS
At the end of 2006 the UK’s top travel magazine Wanderlust asked readers to share their experiences in all areas of travel. Destinations travel show saw a visibly surprised but delighted Chris Breen, managing director of Wildlife Worldwide, receive the winning award for Top Tour Operator 2007 from Wanderlust’s Publisher and Editor in Chief Lyn Hughes.
Out of a total of 595 companies in the running, Wildlife Worldwide won with a stunning customer satisfaction rating of 98.33%! |
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