Around the Globe
Central America
Brendan Vacations has launched three new soft-adventure and beach-stay packages in Costa Rica and Belize, priced from $329 per person, land only.
South America
Clients can explore the Galapagos Islands at great savings with G.T. Tours Inc.’s eight-day, nature-oriented cruise, priced from $2,250 per person.
Europe
Tourcrafters has produced a new Italy wine tours and tasting brochure with day-tour packages offered in Tuscany, Piedmont and Veneto, priced from $262 per person.
Asia
Pacific Delight Tours is offering a 12-day cruise and tour along China’s Yangtze River as well as the country’s imperial cities, priced from $1,899 per person.
Middle East
Collette Vacations released its 2011 land/cruise programs brochure which includes itineraries to Jordan and Egypt, priced from $1,699 per person.
In Brief
By Kerry Tiedeman
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“Eat, Pray, Love” With STA Travel
STA Travel (STA) is celebrating the release of the film “Eat, Pray, Love” with the launch of exclusive tour packages based on the around-the-world journey of self discovery taken by author Elizabeth Gilbert in the book of the same title. Travelers can mirror Gilbert’s travels across Italy, India and Indonesia, or experience a single leg of her journey by purchasing a country-specific tour package from STA.
STA is also launching a Let the Journey Begin sweepstakes where one lucky winner will receive the full 21-day journey for free, along with a suite of Lonely Planet guidebooks. Fifty runner-up winners will receive two movie tickets to see “Eat, Pray, Love,” along with other travel prizes. www.statravel.com/eatpraylove
Vacation.com Adds Smithsonian Journeys as A Preferred Supplier
Travel agent consortium Vacation.com (Vcom) recently added Smithsonian Journeys Travel Adventures (SJTA) as a preferred tour operator supplier. SJTA, created in partnership with Collette Vacations, offers custom-crafted tours that emphasize education and cultural discovery. Several brand highlights include expert guest speakers such as Egyptologists, naturalists, art historians and archaeologists; destinations that range from Vietnam, Washington, D.C., and Australia to New Zealand and Turkey; meals and accommodations that reflect the region of travel; and flexibility. SJTA tour packages are currently priced from $1,149 per person.
Vcom agents who book any air-inclusive SJTA tour can now offer clients complimentary roundtrip home-to-airport sedan service. Vcom currently serves a network of more
than 5,100 travel agency locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. www.smithsonianjourneys.org
