NEW FARAWAY SHORES, FLORIDA AND WEDDINGS BROCHURES NOW AVAIALBLE
Leading tour operator Thomson has today launched three new brochures – Faraway shores, Florida and Weddings. The brochures showcase more hotels, extended Goa and Florida programmes, new 10 and 11 night durations in Jamaica and the Maldives, as well as a new couples unit in Aruba.
NEW: FARAWAY SHORES NOVEMBER EDITION (Feb 2012 – April 2013)
The new look Faraway Shores brochure, clearly defines Thomson’s differentiated products throughout the brochure, which include Thomson Couples, Thomson Platinum and Sensatori resorts.
The Faraway Shores brochure features a number of new hotels in top long haul destinations from the Dominican Republic, the Maldives, Mexico, Cuba, Aruba, Jamaica, and Kenya, as well as 32 pages on Goa. With sister company First Choice going All Inclusive next summer, Thomson has extended its programme in Goa to include a variety of hotels on different board options. The brochure also showcases 20 hotels in Goa, including the 3T+ Heritage Village which can be booked from £1005 per person, for one week on an all inclusive basis.
Excitingly the first Thomson’s Couples hotel is also being introduced in Aruba for summer 2012, in the form of the 4T Bucuti Beach Resort. Prices starting from £1399, this is a romantic retreat set on one of the Caribbean’s most beautiful beaches. Thomson offers the only direct flight to Aruba from the UK.
New for Winter 2012, Thomson will also be offering 10 and 11 night durations in Jamaica and the Maldives. It extends Thomson’s collection of 10 and 11 night long haul holidays that already includes Florida, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic.
Four of the hotel additions to Faraway Shores are Premium hotels which are the 5TRIU Palace Peninsula in Mexico, the 5T Lily Beach in the Maldives, the 4T+ RIU Montego Bay in Jamaica, and the 4T Manchebo in Aruba. There are also two new extras to Thomson’s Small and Friendly collection, which now features the3T Mnarani Club in Kenya, and the 3T The Mill Resort in Aruba.
Twin Centre holidays are available for Thomson customers, in Kenya, Cuba, Mexico, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, with prices starting from £1225 for 14 nights.
Getting to a long haul destination from your nearby airport is also a lot easier with Thomson. Its airline, operated by Thomson Airways, flies from more regional airports than any other UK airline to Mexico, Florida and Jamaica.
Shona Swain, General Manager for Long Haul at Thomson said, “We are very proud of our new 2012 brochure. At Thomson we are committed to offering our customers uniquely designed holidays that are just right for them. Through extending our programme in various destinations, increasing the variety of board options and durations, as well as introducing a range of new hotels, such as Thomson Couples hotel, we believe we offer customers just that”.
NEW: FLORIDA BROCHURE NOVEMBER EDITION (Summer 2012 and Winter 2012)
Thomson’s Florida brochure is jam packed with hotels, featuring 49 different units. As First Choice becomes the Home of All Inclusive in May 2012, Thomson has now taken on the entire Florida programme and features the majority of hotels that previously included in First Choice’s brochures.
New units in the Florida include the 5T Waldorf Astori, the 5T Melia Orlando hotel at Celebration and the 4T Gold Choice Villas.
Thomson’s 3T Favourites is also being introduced in Florida. Launching next summer, the concept highlights the best 3T hotels and relies on holidaymaker feedback. Hotels are only included in this collection if they are highly rated on review website TripAdvisor – scoring at least four out of five – and they hit or exceed the 85 percent mark in Thomson’s customer satisfaction scores. There are four 3T Favourite units in Florida including the Liki Tiki Village, CoCo Key Hoteland Waterpark, Rosen Inn at Pointe Orlando, and Quality Inn International. Seven nights at the Liki Tiki Village starts from £715 per person.
NEW: WEDDINGS
Thomson’s new Weddings brochure has an unbeatable amount of destination choices, from 18 different destinations for winter or an incredible 30 different destinations for next summer. There are also some fantastic destinations including Aruba, Jamaica, Santorini or if you want to get hitched in a more unusual wedding then you can head to the winter wonderland of Lapland.
The new look brochure introduces new Honeyfund and Bride & Groom incentives. The Honeyfund provides a free gift list so family and friends can contribute to a couples honeymoon. The tool will enable guests to upgrade honeymooners’ seats, treat them to chocolate and champagne onboard their flight, organise private transfers or an excursion in resort. The Bride and Groom incentive enables couples to track how many customers are attending their wedding abroad and if over 12 guests confirm, the newly weds will receive a free gift from Thomson.
