More flexibility in 2011 Thomson/First Choice brochures
Wednesday, 30 Apr, 2010
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Increased holiday flexibility with nine and 12-night holidays across a range of destinations feature as part of the summer 2011 offering from Thomson and First Choice.
The TUI Travel operators have joined rival Thomas Cook in releasing early brochures for next summer.
Eight summer 2011 brochures have been issued including Summer Collection and Faraway Shores from Thomson and Summer Sun and Tropical from First Choice as well as Florida and Wedding programmes.
Six new Splash resortsare introduced byfor First Choice in Florida, Zante and Gran Canaria as well as new resorts and holiday villages in Tenerife and Gran Canaria.
Thomson has developed a new Family Resorts range with 14 properties plus an addition to Gold.
Nine and 12-night holidays are available across a range of destinations from both brands, including Majorca, Dalaman, Sharm El Sheikh, Crete, and Tunisia.
Some of the most popular summer resorts will open early in April to provide Easter sun breaks in Costa Dorada, Crete, Rhodes, Lesbos, Cyprus, Marsa Mutruh, Dalaman and Tunisia.
The long haul offering has been expanded to include Havana and Cayo Santa Maria in Cuba and Dubai.
Sicily is added by First Choice.
The following brochures went on sale yesterday:
- Thomson Summer Collection – April Edition S11
- Thomson Faraway Shores – W10 & S11 April Edition
- Thomson Florida – W10 2nd & S11 April Edition
- Thomson Weddings – April Edition
- First Choice Summersun – April Edition S11
- First Choice Tropical W10 & S11 April Edition
- First Choice Florida – April Edition
- First Choice Weddings – April Edition
Thomson’s first edition Summer Collection includes 14 Thomson Family Resorts across the Balearics, Canaries, Greece, Cyprus, Egypt and Turkey. Key properties include the 4T Alcudia Pins in Majorca, the 4T Hotel Bodrum Imperialin Turkey, and the 5T Blue Lagoon Village in Kos, which are exclusive to Thomson. The 4T Royal Kenzin Tunisia also becomes part of Thomson’s Gold collection.
The Faraway Shores brochure covers winter 2010 and Summer 2011 with Dubai plus weekly departures from Gatwick to an island off the north coast of Cuba, from summer 2011. Dubai will be offered on scheduled flights with Emirates, with four, seven, ten and 14-night holidays in either Dubai City, Jumeirah, Fujairah or Ras Al Khaimah.
The First Choice Summer Sun early edition includes a second 5 Sun Holiday Village inTunisia- currently the 5T Club Magic Life Manar Imperial – and the 4 Sun Plus Holiday Village in Tenerife – currently the 4 Sun Plus Luabay Costa Los Gigantes – which is the second newest hotel in Tenerife, with three swimming pools, a spa, four restaurants and six bars. The additions bring the number of Holiday Villages up to ten.
There are also five new Splash properties, in Bulgaria, Zante, Gran Canaria,Lanzarote and the 4 Sun Coral Sea Splash Resort, in Egypt, which come with their own waterpark on site.
A new-look Tropical brochure includes a separate “adventure” section offering 23 experiences made up of safaris, twin centres and tour and stay holidays over 11 destinations. New additions include Dubai from winter 2010 as well as Cuba.
Winter 2010 also sees new ten and 11-night holidays available in Jamaica, Goa and Maldives as well as Cancun and Dominican Republic.
The full budget Skytours range covers 30 resorts with prices starting at £145 per person and guaranteed free child places available on range of holidays.
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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