in brief

in brief

&#42 airtours releases low-cost brochure

Agents will receive Airtours’ Holidays for Less budget brochure this week, which claims to offer 100,000 holidays at reduced prices. Fifty-two properties have been added, with Turkey, Ibiza, Costa Dorada and Costa Blanca seeing the greatest expansion.

&#42 millennium adds asia miles promotion

Millennium Hotels and Resorts has launched a ‘Millions For The Millennium’ promotion to celebrate a new partnership with Asia Miles, Cathay Pacific’s travel reward programme. The promotion givesmembers staying at Millennium or Copthorne hotels double the normal 500 miles they can earn when booked into any of the chain’s 57 hotels.

&#42 hilton bids to ease us foot and mouth fears

The Hilton Group is flying managing director Grant Hearn out to face the US press in the first week of June. The move is part of the hotel group’s efforts to ease USfears about the foot and mouth crisis and drum up flagging interest in the UK. Hilton is also hosting a group of US journalists for the June opening of its first lifestyle hotel, The Trafalgar, in central London.

&#42 epidemic blamed for P&OSLfall in bookings

P&OStena Line has blamed the foot and mouth crisis for a 5% fall inshort-sea passengernumbers to 1,752,000 in the first quarter of this year. P&OSL said theoutbreak had mainly affected tourist traffic to the UK. However, on-board sales rose by 20%.