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Fred.\ has launched its new summer 2014 brochure which includes new city break destinations as well as three new rail tours and a special ?Royal Heritage Route? of Germany to coincide with the country?s commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the first Hanoverian King.

Sunvil Discovery has launched its 2014 real Italy & Sicily brochure featuring a range of accommodation including five-star villa hotels, agriturismos (farm properties), apartments, spa resorts and trulli houses (traditional cottages with conical roofs).

Shearings has launched new battlefield tours for this year to coincide with the centenary of World War I.

Small group tour specialist Back-Roads Touring has announced a new line up of trips for this year, from a journey to discover ?old pubs and great grub? in Shrewsbury to an eight-day Croatian Wilderness Sailing adventure to explore some of the country?s most remote islands.

Brittany Ferries starts new no-frills service, ?Brittany Ferries ?conomie?, from Portsmouth to Le Havre and Santander.

Carnival UK cruise passengers can now benefit from an enhanced selection of cruise insurance cover following a new partnership with Holiday Extras Travel Insurance.

Shearings has introduced two new itineraries to its river cruise programme following the success of its peaks campaign, which has seen river cruise sales up 13% year on year.

The Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO) says that the longstanding question on the price of holidays during school holiday dates could be resolved by Government action to spread summer holiday dates over a longer period of time.