Get some inspiration for your next holiday or your client’s next trip, with some of the best travel deals of the week.
1. 15% earlybird in the UK and Ireland
Access Ireland and UK Holidays is offering 15 percent off any 24-day Grand Tour of Britain and Ireland itinerary booked before 28 February.
Prices start from $4,740 per person twin share and takes guests to over 15 cities around the region including London, York, Belfast, Windsor and Dublin.
Included in the cost is accommodation at first class properties, sightseeing tours on a luxury coach, walking tours in York, St Andrews, Derry, Galway. Waterford and Conwy as well as a Loch Ness scenic cruise.
The wholesaler is also having a last minute 2015 sale on tours departing in March and April. Among them is the eight day Irish Adventure Tour now priced from $1,128 – a saving of up to $280; and the 10 day Irish Explorer tour is now priced from $1,167 – a saving of up to $450 per person twin share.
The tours are fully commissionable to travel agents in Australia.
The company is also offering a five percent discount on on ALL CIE Tours of Ireland and Britain until 28 February 2015.
Visit accessirelandholidays.com for more information.
2. QT brings Valentine’s fantasies to life
QT is spoiling its guests this Valentine’s Day with designer packages – QT Adults Only Package and QT Provocateur Package – that will turn those naughty fantasies into reality.
QT Sydney, Australia’s hottest designer hotel, has teamed up with luxury British lingerie purveyor, Agent Provocateur, this year to create a couples package with an intimate twist. This includes an overnight stay for two with an upgrade to a QT King Deluxe, breakfast for two in the acclaimed Gowings Bar & Grill, an Agent Provocateur private fitting with sparkling wine and strawberries and an Agent Provocateur Swarovski embroidered eye mask, QT Chocolate Lips and Espresso Martini kit.
And the fun doesn’t stop there. To set the mood, an iPod loaded with a sexy playlist curated by QT’s Music Director – queue Marvin Gaye’s ‘let’s get it on’ – will be on hand to set the mood.
With a colour palette of rich hues, bold interior design, luxurious bedding, fur throws and dark stone bathrooms with duo shower heads, our guest rooms and suites will ignite your senses, and create the perfect backdrop for an intimate escape.
You will fall in love all over again (and again), with special thanks to QT Sydney.
QT Adults Only Package includes an upgrade to a QT King Deluxe; daily breakfast for two; Agent Provocateur private fitting with sparkling wine and strawberries; a limited edition Agent Provocateur Blue Swarovski embroidered eye mask; bespoke QT Chocolate Lips; an in-room iPod loaded with different genre of music; and a QT Espresso Martini Kit for two.
The QT Adults Only Package is priced from $420 per night (minimum two night stay) and has limited availability.
3. Hotel opening sale
To celebrate the opening of Vibe Hotel Marysville next month, the property is offering overnight accommodation in a Woodland room, local Yarra Valley wine on arrival and breakfast for only $159.
Subject to availability. All prices are quoted in AUD except where specified, are per room per night. Valid for stays from 15th February 2015 – 30th June 2015.
Tucked away in the forested foothills of Victoria’s Great Dividing Range, Marysville has long been a favourite getaway destination thanks to its tranquil riverside location, culinary delights, wonderful scenery and outdoor adventures. Make the most of a weekend or stay a little longer; it’s up to you how you enjoy Marysville!
4. Earlybird savings on Europe and SE Asia’s river
Avalon Waterways has released a preview of its 2016 season of river cruises, offering dozens of its most popular itineraries with a 10 per cent early booking discount.
Now on sale, the 2016 preview includes 30 different itineraries on the great waterways of Europe including the Seine, Rhône, Rhine and Danube, as well as in Asia on the Mekong and Irrawaddy.
All 2016 preview cruises are available with a 10 percent early booking discount if purchased between now and the release of Avalon’s main 2016 brochure in coming months.
Popular itineraries now on sale for 2016 include the Taste of the Danube – eight days between Budapest and Vienna from $2045* per person twin share (including discount). There’s also the Paris to Normandy’s Landing Beaches – eight days between Paris and Normandy from $2837 per person twin share.
For full details and travel agent bookings visit www.globusfamily.com.au/onlinebookings or contact the Globus family of brands travel agent support team on 1300 130 134.
5. 2 for 1 in Russia
Bentours is offering a two for one deal on new bookings made on MS.M.Rostropovich’s eight-day cruise along Russia’s Volga River.
Sailing from Moscow to St Petersburg, the cruise includes eight guided land excursions with visits to the Kremlin and Moscow’s major cathedrals and sites.
Stops along the way include Uglich to see the 17th century Chapel of Dimitry; Goristry to see the wonderful frescoes at the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastry and explore the World-Heritage listed island town of Kizhi.
The 2-for- 1* package also includes 20 onboard meals, daily onboard entertainment, seven nights accommodation onboard in a cabin of your choice, group transfers to the ship on embarkation/disembarkation days from $4,081* for two people.
Bookings must be made by by 15 Feb 2015.
6. Accor rooms from US$15 per night
For the first time this year, Accor is collaborating with Google to bring Singapore its first ever Great Online Shopping Festival. Enjoy Accor’s Hidden Treasures with 40 percent off at more than 480 participating hotels and resorts across Asia Pacific.
The offer is available at Accor’s Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery, Novotel, Mercure, ibis, ibis Styles, and ibis budget brands with rates starting from as low as US$15 per room per night in Asia (for the ibis Phuket Kata) and from AU$77 per room per night for hotels in Australia (ibis Styles Eagle Hawk).
The sale is open between 2 and 6 February 2015 for stays from 12 February to 30 June 2015 in Greater China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Singapore and 1 April to 30 June 2015 for the rest of Asia Pacific.
7. $50 fuel voucher at Wipena Pound Resort
Wilpena Pound Resort and their new Safari Camp, Ikara, are enticing travellers to the heart of South Australia with a $50 free fuel voucher* for bookings of two nights or more including breakfast, until the end of March.
Enjoy a driving adventure exploring the stunning natural landscapes of the Flinders Ranges including the breathtaking Wilpena Pound, while being based amidst the Australian wilderness and local native animals.
Accommodation is available from $222 per night, twin share at Wilpena Pound Resort and from $224 per night, twin share at Ikara Safari Camp.
Offer available for bookings made by 31 January 2015 for travel until 31 March 2015. Terms and conditions and block-out dates apply. Fuel redeemable at the Wilpena Pound Resort General Store only.
8. Rocky Mountaineer ‘Stay and Play’
From now until 27 February 2015, Rocky Mountaineer is offering new bookings of seven nights or more receive up to $650 per adult in added value.
The credit can be used towards extra hotel nights, additional meals and meal plans, and airport transfers. With this offer, guests have the opportunity to enjoy more of destinations such as, Seattle, WA, Vancouver and Whistler, BC, or Jasper, Lake Louise, Banff, and Calgary, AB.
One of the many eligible vacation packages is the Canadian Rockies Getaway, travelling between Vancouver and Jasper, Lake Louise, and Banff, AB. The nine days/eight nights holiday includes four amazing days onboard the train, eight nights hotel, and a number of tours and activities in various destinations. At the time of booking, guests are also able to add an Alaska cruise to make it a two in one holiday by rail and sea.
The maximum credit of $650 is exclusively applicable to new bookings of seven or more nights in GoldLeaf Service with select travel dates in April and May, 2015. Other levels of added value are available for SilverLeaf and RedLeaf Service, as well as for qualifying bookings of four to six nights. Other restrictions apply.
9. Broadway Week special offer
NYC & Company is encouraging theatergoers to purchase two-for-one Broadway Week tickets to 22 of Broadway’s top shows. Tickets will go on sale starting 9 January for performances 20 January–5 February 2015.
Launched in January 2011, Broadway Week is a bi-annual promotion designed to increase ticket sales during typically slower periods of attendance during autumn and winter. In the past eight iterations, Broadway Week has cumulatively sold 549,349 tickets, generating $36.2 million in revenue for Broadway.
Last winter’s program broke records, selling approximately 95,000 tickets, a nearly 140 per cent increase from the first iteration in winter 2011.
Shows participating in Broadway Week Winter 2015 include Aladdin; Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; Cabaret; Chicago The Musical; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time; A Delicate Balance; Disgraced; A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder; Honeymoon in Vegas; If/Then; It’s Only a Play; Jersey Boys; Kinky Boots; Les Miserables; The Lion King; Mamma Mia!; Matilda the Musical; On the Town; The Phantom of the Opera; The River; Wicked; and You Can’t Take it With You.
