Thomson Cruises is set to launch a Platinum Collection of cruises and plan to spend millions refurbishing two of their best performing ships.
Category Archives: Caribbean
Saint Lucia Jazz 2012, 21st Anniversary
One of the most anticipated and major events on Saint Lucia’s calendar is Saint Lucia Jazz, the Carribbean’s leading music festival and this year they are celebrating their 21st anniversary. Saint Lucia Jazz is set to run from April 30 to May 13 and is a showcase for world class artists in Jazz, Soul, R’n'B and Reggae.
Air Passenger Duty To Rise
The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has confirmed that APD is set to rise by around 10% in April 2012, further hitting air passengers in the pocket. Continue reading
Cuba Holidays
Cuba is a fantastic and unique destination, one of the few countries which can genuinely claim to be ‘unique’. We have been adding Cuba holidays to the main part of the Conexo Travel website and you will find these Cuba holiday resorts here. Continue reading
Virgin Flights to Cancun
Virgin Atlantic will be introducing a new route in Summer 2012 between London and Cancun. Continue reading
Luxury Resorts Mean Big Savings
Hayes & Jarvis’ Autumn 2011 Long Haul Report has revealed that luxury resorts offering big discounts are attracting bargain hunters by offering exceptional value for money and are outperforming cheaper offers in lower rated hotels.
The report highlights that the biggest year upon year reductions were to be found in Brazil and Barbados and that Caribbean islands in general are cheaper than 12 months ago.
- Mexico Holidays
Mexico has emerged as a winning destination for Hayes and Jarvis with sales up by 300%, an exceptional performance in the current economic climate. The sales boost has been fuelled by excellent All-Inclusive deals as well as the introduction of BA’s direct service to Cancun, soon to be followed by Virgin’s new twice weekly service.
Meanwhile, demand for Sri Lanka holidays has also been one of the biggest success stories of recent weeks for Hayes & Jarvis. Excellent flight and hotel savings have seen a 30 per cent growth for Sri Lankan beach resorts recently after a period of time when Sri Lanka holidays had been in the doldrums. The reopening of a numer of refurbished
hotels will also help make Sri Lanka even more competitive in the winter sun market. Also, Sri Lanka was recently revealed to offer best value in the Post Office Travel Money Long Haul Holiday Costs Barometer, which will also provide a boost to sales to the the destination.