News in Brief: Wednesday October 29

News in Brief: Wednesday October 29
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Save up to $243 when you book one nights’ accommodation in one of the River Spa Suite at the Brisbane Riverview Hotel.

The package includes overnight accommodation, delicious buffet breakfast for two served in Plates Restaurant, late checkout of 2.00pm, parking, Wi-Fi and use of resort-style pool, spa, sauna and gym (valued at $542), with the entire package coming in at $299 per night for two guests.

 

The inaugural British Polo Day Australia was held recently at the InterContinental Sydney, with a cocktail party to celebrate its launch.

Since launching four years ago, the British Polo Day Global Series has staged 34 events in 14 countries, hosting 12 Royal families, 100 independent billionaires and top business figures including Elon Musk and Sir Richard Branson.

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Air Serbia has launched a multi-channel advertising campaign to boost awareness of the airline and position Belgrade as a convenient European air transport hub, with the tag line ‘Air Serbia: the new wings of Europe’.

The campaign includes television, print, outdoor billboards and online components, and aims to promote Serbia and its capital city as a vibrant leisure destination, with the campaign launching the next phase of growth for the airline beyond the Balkan region, into Europe and North America.

Check out some of the campaign below.

 

Former AFL great Paul Salmon recently teamed up with his friends at Royal Brunei Airlines to promote their photobooth during the Flight Centre Travel Expo in Melbourne over the weekend. 

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Europcar has partnered with Virgin Australia to offer one lucky traveller the chance to win a $5000 Virgin Australia gift voucher and $5000 Europcar car hire, as well as 12-months access to the Virgin Australia Lounge and Elite membership with Europcar’s privilege loyalty program.

Customers who rent with Europcar between November 1 and December 15 will be in the running, with Velocity Frequent Flyer members also receiving a bonus entry if they supply their membership number when booking. 

 

Back-Roads Touring is celebrating guide Charlie Jaques being awarded a silver award in the annual World Guide Awards from adventure travel magazine Wanderlust.

The ceremony took place on October 21 at the Royal Geographical Society in London, with the awards recognising tour leaders who bring passion, energy and enthusiasm to the role.

Jaques has spent the past 15 years travelling the world as an expedition leader, and is currently based in France, where he runs the two tours of La Belle France and Champagne, Burgundy and the Rhone Valley.

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Savings of more than $7000 per person are now available with ecruising.travel on a fly/cruise package on board Celebrity Equinox until November 20, taking passengers to many popular ports in the Mediterranean and Europe, including France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Malta and Spain.

The complete air, land and sea package of 38 nights is now available from $9,189 per person twin share and includes return air fares from Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane as well as three nights’ accommodation at the Renaissance Barcelona Hotel, along with a range of other inclusions.

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Niue Tourism is welcoming the continuation of Air New Zealand’s second seasonal service to Niue commencing April 2015.

The second service will start a month earlier than the previous year enabling valuable additional capacity for the April school holidays and Niue’s popular, biennial Arts Festival that runs from 10-17 April 2015.  

Niue Island’s director of tourism, Vanessa Marsh says, “the earlier start is a great boost to tourism for the region and makes promoting special events and school holiday periods all the more viable.”

 

The US Cond√© Nast Traveler’s prestigious 2014 Reader’s Choice Awards has awarded qualia second place in the ‘Best Resorts in Australia & New Zealand’ category.

The results of the annual Readers Choice Awards were determined from nearly 77,000 Cond√© Nast readers across the globe who this year submitted more than a million votes for their favourite travel experiences.

Email the Travel Weekly team at traveldesk@travelweekly.com.au

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