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Butlins is offering exclusive trade discounts on some of its most popular Live Music Weekends at its Minehead resort including WWE Live, Peter Andre and Back Together, enabling agents to offer the cheapest possible price on the breaks, beating the direct consumer website prices.

Shearings Holidays has launched 19 new itineraries and added the MS Princess to its range of six exclusively chartered ships as part of its new 2015 river cruise programme.

Travel 2 is offering a free three-night stopover in Melbourne for all clients travelling on to other Australian destinations or New Zealand.

UNNA Luxury Resort & Residences, a luxury resort brand in Barbados, has linked up with Classic Collection to sell holidays at its Saint Peter?s Bay Luxury Resort and Residences in Barbados from mid-September.

Titan has announced the launch of two new brochures for 2015/16 ? the Titan Escorted River Cruises 2015 and its Cruise and Tour 2015/16.

SuperBreak has launched a new luxury package in London that combines two nights in Mayfair with a day trip on the Belmond British Pullman train.

ABTA is revealing the most popular destinations and activities for gap year travel as well as advising young people about how to have a rewarding experience and how to stay safe, especially following high profile tragic incidents in the last 12 months involving young travellers in Zanzibar and Malaysia.

ABTA is revealing the most popular destinations and activities for gap year travel as well as advising young people about how to have a rewarding experience and how to stay safe, especially following high profile tragic incidents in the last 12 months involving young travellers in Zanzibar and Malaysia.

Statement below from AITO following the FCO?s recent restriction on travel to Bethlehem being lifted last Friday:

AITO?s three main specialist Pilgrimage operators, Tangney Tours, Pax Travel and McCabe Travel, have all been on high alert due to the recent restriction on travel that the FCO placed on Bethlehem. AITO has been in constant contact with the FCO over the past week, and was delighted when the restriction was finally lifted last Friday evening (8th August).

John Tangney (Tangney Tours) is in Bethlehem at present, to meet with the Palestinian Minister of Tourism, Her Excellency Mme Rula Ma?Ayah. He wanted to ask her directly about the safety and security of bringing Pilgrims and other tourists to Palestine, and especially to those prime Holy places such as Bethlehem and Jericho. John has also visited Bethlehem University, a Christian-based institution, where he was welcomed by George Rishmawi and Dimitrious Awad, both of whom are responsible for the University?s public relations. John will also be meeting the mayor of Bethlehem this week, and is keeping AITO and fellow Pilgrimage operator colleagues fully apprised of the outcome of all his discussions, which have so far been very positive.

AITO hopes that its lobbying in this respect, combined with John?s sterling efforts on the ground, will benefit all travel companies (both AITO and non-AITO) offering Pilgrimage tours to the Holy Land.