Around the Globe
North America
Clients traveling on Collette Vacations’ popular Cruise the Bays & Railways of New England program now stay at the historic Omni Parker House in downtown Boston.
South America
Friendly Planet Travel offers an eight-day Exotic Ecuador tour that includes a visit to the Amazon Rainforest.
Africa
Ya’lla Tours USA features a nine-day Royal Touch of Morocco tour with one night spent in a Berber tent in the Sahara Dunes.
Asia
Gap Adventures offers a 15-day Colours of Asia – Singapore to Bangkok tour that takes clients to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand for $1,229 per person.
Europe
Globus is offering $1,100 in savings on select Greece vacation packages booked through Nov. 6.
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Victoria Jenna // © Victoria Cruises |
Ritz Tours Offers Tickets on Sold-Out Victoria Cruises DeparturesAlthough Victoria Cruises recently announced that it had sold out of 24 sailings for its brand-new Victoria Jenna ship, Ritz Tours is still offering availability on departures of the Victoria Jenna, Victoria Anna and Victoria Katarina, including blocked space on some of the line’s sold-out sailings. The tour operator is also running an Executive Suite upgrade promotion with Victoria Cruises available on Ritz Tours’ 10-night Yangtze River Treasures, 13-night Golden Yangtze Discovery, 14-night Mystical Yangtze & China and 14-night
Scenic Yangtze Discovery tours.
800-900-2446
www.ritztours.com
New Tour Operator Explores Jewish Heritage in China
New Los Angeles-based tour operator Pan Pacific Journeys is offering an escorted tour that delves into the history and heritage of the Jewish experience in China.
The 13-day tour, which is led by a Chinese-American scholar, travels through Beijing, Harbin, Xian, Guilin and Shanghai. Tour highlights include Shabbat (Jewish sabbath) dinners in Beijing and Shanghai; extensive sightseeing and visits in Harbin, which once had the largest Jewish population in the Far East; a visit to the New Synagogue, home of Harbin’s Jewish History & Culture Exhibition Hall; a visit to the Huangshan Jewish Cemetery, which has more than 600 tombstones that are engraved in Russian and Yiddish; a visit to the newly renovated Ohel Moshe Synagogue; and a trip to Hongkou, where more than 20,000 Jewish refugees from World War II once lived; and more. Tour prices start from $2,710 per person and include a total of four intra-China flights.
www.panpacificjourneys.com
Select Italy Offers ‘Twilight’ Tour
Tour operator Select Italy recently launched a brand-new tour of Tuscany inspired by the bestselling book and movie series, “Twilight.” The latest film, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” was set and filmed partly in Italy’s Tuscany region and, now, fans of the series can relive the story on a four-day escorted tour through Volterra and Montepulciano.
The package includes two nights in a three- or four-star hotel in Volterra; one night in a three-star hotel in Montepulciano; a guided walking tour of the book’s settings in Volterra; a welcome dinner in a historic palace in Volterra; a guided evening walking tour of Volterra themed “Hot on the Trail of Bella and Edward”; a guided “Mystery and Magic of the Ancient Velathri” walking tour of Volterra; a blood-red aperitif; a visit to an alabaster craftsman’s workshop with a demonstration; and more. The tour is priced from $982 per person.
www.selectitaly.com
Travel Impressions in the Big Easy
Travel Impressions is offering hotel packages to New Orleans that coincide with the celebration of the 41st Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which is taking place from April 23 to May 2. Rates start at $509 per person, based on double occupancy. Available hotels include the Holiday Inn French Quarter (priced from $509 per person); the French Quarter Chateau Lemoyne (priced from $545 per person); the InterContinental New Orleans (priced from $635 per person); the Loews New Orleans Hotel (priced from $729 per person); the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (priced from $775 per person); and the W New Orleans (priced from $825 per person).
800-284-0044
www.travelimpressions.com
Get Fit With Wayfarers
Tour operator The Wayfarers, which specializes in walking and hiking tours worldwide, recently teamed up with adventure-travel fitness specialists Fit for Trips to include walk-specific, video-based fitness programs that will prepare clients for future tour excursions.
“We partnered with Fit for Trips to give our guests the opportunity to realize the full potential of their experience,” said Michael West, founder of The Wayfarers.
Through April 9, clients can save 50 percent on a Fit for Trips program, which is priced from $169 for a four-week customized plan available.
800-249-4620
www.thewayfarers.com
