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Touring Adventure touring & adventure December 2016 PANDA POWER HOW TO SELL themed tours SADDLE UP Ice maiden Why touring by Antarctica bike is taking off boasts the coolest cruises TW_TANDADEC16_001.indd 1 23/11/2016 16:41 WELCOME touring & adventure 13 hat a year it’s been for Travel Weekly W Touring & Adventure. After launching our supplement about this growing sector in June, we’ve had such an overwhelmingly positive response from the trade that we’ve decided to make it a regular part of our publication portfolio. So if there’s anything you want to know about the adventure sector – from the CONTENTS hottest destinations to the 16 coolest new tours – Travel 5 NEWS Weekly is the place to find out. All the latest from the adventure sector In the pages that follow, you can find the lowdown on 13 AnaLYSIS which cruise lines are upping Cycling tours are soaring in popularity their game in Antarctica, see why touring on two wheels is 16 OUT OF AFRICA taking off, and get the insider Titan’s Grand Safari Kenya reviewed guide to how themed tours could help you earn even 19 Q&A more commission. G Adventures’ Dushyant Singh holds court You’ll also find all the photos 34 from the inaugural Travel 22 DESTINATION IN FOCUS Weekly Touring & Adventure Wild Antarctica is ripe for exploration Showcase, along with the latest news in adventure travel. And 26 TOURING SHOWCASE last but not least, you won’t Inaugural event attracts 100 participants want to miss finding out which former Mr India model is now a 29 COMMENT G Adventures tour guide! Intrepid boss Michael Edwards on food tours Katie McGonagle FOOD & DRINK editor, 34 Travel Weekly There’s a culinary tour for every taste Touring & Adventure katie.mcgonagle@ 38 10 THEMED TOURS travelweekly.co.uk From wildlife to sailing via hiking and rail Travel Weekly Touring & Adventure is published by Travel Weekly Group, Third Floor, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0AU. Tel: 020 7881 4897. Acting supplements editor Katie McGonagle Contributing writers Jane Archer, Laura French, Tamara Hinson, Lynn Houghton Art editor/production editor Flora Ioannou Graphic designer Emma Winton Subeditors Mike Walsh, Stephanie Krahn, Darron Kirkby Travel Weekly Group editor-in-chief Lucy Huxley Head of sales Mary Rega Production manager Nick Cripps Managing director Stuart Parish Printed by Southern Print © Travel Weekly Group 2016 Part of Jacobs Media Group COVER PHOTO: WENDY WU TOURS December 2016 | Travel Weekly Touring & Adventure | 3 TW_TANDADEC16_003.indd 3 23/11/2016 16:34 ADVENTURE NEWS touring & adventure OTHER NEWS Dominica’s Boiling Lake ◗ Tucan Travel is expanding its Adventures for 20s and 30s range this year after rebranding from Budget Expeditions in October. The collection, now targeted at a slightly older demographic, will feature shorter, two-week trips for time-poor travellers in the Americas. ◗ Cox & Kings has announced new cultural tours for 2017 with destinations now including the Himalayas, Sudan and Morocco. The operator is also launching two wildlife tours, taking clients on animal-spotting expeditions Nature island targets in India and Brazil. ‘adventuremoon’ market Caribbean island Dominica has revealed portfolio this year, while walking specialist a campaign to attract honeymooners in Inntravel has introduced a trip focusing search of an adventurous getaway, as new solely on Dominica, Secret Treasure of the flight connections and more-varied touring Caribbean, for 2017. The 10-night trip products make it an easier sell. includes a guided hike to Boiling Lake, TURISMO CHILE TURISMO Colin Piper, director of tourism for Discover the Wai’tukubili National Trail, a visit to the Dominica, said: “We are trying to appeal to cultural village of Kalinago Baranau Aute ◗ Chile is on the radar for honeymooners that want something a bit and lunch on the black-sand beaches of operators, as Journey Latin different. They don’t want to sit on a beach, the west coast, from £1,595 land only. America has introduced a they want an experience they’ll remember. An increase in weekly flight capacity from self-drive holiday in the “In Dominica, they can hike to Boiling neighbouring Caribbean islands, from 56 country, Last Frontiers has Lake or go river tubing and we have a services before tropical storm Erika in 2015 launched a range of food huge variety of wildlife like turtles, whales to 67, with a 3,301-seat capacity, has also tours and Cascada and dolphins, as well as the beach, so it’s a improved access to the island, as British Expediciones has begun lot more exciting.” visitors can now connect the same day via trips through Chilean Caribtours has added Dominica to its Antigua using Liat’s late-afternoon flights. Patagonia. Leger adds adventure hotspots to worldwide range In a bid to meet a growing Worldwide Holidays customer is becoming more appetite for adventure, collection includes itineraries adventurous and wanting to Leger Holidays has added such as Treasures of the travel further and for longer.” South Africa, Australia, Canadian Rockies & The operator has also Canada and New Zealand Vancouver, Explore South extended its Fly & Tour to its 2017 portfolio. Africa and Discover Australia, programme with 73 flight- A The escorted touring D which departs in 2018. inclusive trips, including operator already offers five Ashley Dellow, head of event-focused itineraries ION CANAION US tours, but otherwise has T retail sales at Leger Holidays, such as Mardi Gras in INA focused primarily on Europe T said: “Our research tells us New Orleans and Prague Canadian Rockies However, its new DES that the traditional Leger Christmas Markets by Air. December 2016 | Travel Weekly touring & adventure | 5 TW_TANDADEC16_005.indd 5 23/11/2016 13:01 touring & adventure NICHE TOURING NEWS OTHER NEWS Dr Jane Goodall at Tchimpounga Sanctuary ◗ Singles specialist Solos Holidays will make its first foray into South America in 2017 with a Discovery Tour, The Peruvian Express. It’s one of four new trips next year, alongside Cuba – Cigars, Salsa & Sun, Lisbon & Alentejo, and Discover Sri Lanka, which marks Solo’s first tour in the country. PICTURE: JOHN GIUSTINA G Adventures links up ◗ Just You has added Iran (pictured) in response to growing interest in the region. with chimpanzee institute Highlights of Persia, which passes through Tehran, G Adventures has partnered with the Jane and Experience Borneo, including a visit to Isfahan, Persepolis and Shiraz, Goodall Institute to introduce a wildlife an orang-utan rehabilitation centre, is one of 27 new trips for 2017. collection for 2017. swimming in caves at Gunung Mulu Other debuts include San The range covers 20 tours endorsed by National Park and snorkelling on the island Marino and Mongolia. Dr Jane Goodall, whose work focuses on of Pulau Tiga. protecting endangered chimpanzees and The company is also launching a Limited ◗ In a bid to encourage their environment. The operator aims to raise Edition collection for 2017, focused on early bookings, The Artisan awareness of this work while extending its “once-in-a-lifetime” experiences and one-off Travel Company has portfolio of socially responsible trips. events. Halloween in Transylvania, a Haitian capped prices for summer G Adventures founder Bruce Poon Tip Carnival in Jacmel and La Tomatina in and winter departures in said: “With 2017 being designated the UN’s Spain are among 32 trips spanning Europe, 2017-18. To avoid a dip in Year of Sustainable Tourism, we wanted to the Americas, the Caribbean and beyond. post-Brexit bookings, the highlight the work we are doing to protect Its National Geographic Journeys tours, guaranteed rates will stay the animals we share our planet with.” which allow clients to experience local the same regardless of New trips include Highlights of cultures, will add 18 new trips covering fluctuations in sterling. Madagascar, Galapagos Island Hopping Namibia, Japan, Canada and beyond. Luxury Gold lends a hand with India voluntourism trip Insight Vacations’ Luxury first-hand about local life Jaipur of its brands including Gold range is launching an from those in the community. Trafalgar, Uniworld and Indian voluntourism project The add-on was created Contiki. that will immerse travellers in partnership with social The India experience is in the heart of a local enterprise ME to WE. Parent one of 28 new trips Luxury community. company the Travel Gold is offering in 2017 The optional four-day Corporation has worked under its new Worldwide extension to its Imperial with the organisation since Adventures programme, Rajasthan trip gives clients 2016, offering immersive which will move the brand the chance to take part in experiences in India, Kenya into Southeast Asia and building projects and learn and Ecuador across several Australasia for the first time. 6 | Travel Weekly touring & adventure | December 2016 TW_TANDADEC16_006.indd 6 23/11/2016 13:04 touring & adventure DESTINATION NEWS OTHER NEWS ◗ Belmond Eagle Island Operators expand ranges in Lodge in Botswana is introducing a half or full-day helicopter and horseback Australia and New Zealand safari, where clients can expect to spot elephants, New Zealand and Australia Kangaroo Island five-day, 38-mile Wilderness buffalo, giraffes and more. have attracted a swathe of Trail on Kangaroo Island, off new tours, as Cosmos Tours the south coast. It covers ◗ Ecuador’s Mashpi Lodge & Cruises reports 60% Flinders Chase National Park has opened The Dragonfly, growth in product in the and the Southern Ocean a system of cable-driven region for its 2016-17 tour- coast, home to sea lions, gondolas up to 200m high, and-cruise programme. bottle-nosed dolphins and offering bird’s-eye views of Cosmos is extending migrating whales. the tree canopy and Mashpi its range Down Under, In New Zealand, Auckland Rainforest Reserve. It can be including a combined New SATC Sea Kayaks has added a combined with forest and Zealand and Australia tour Waiheke Island Coastal Sea riverbed hikes.
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