Caribtours and The Private Travel Company add two new programmes for 2013

January 11, 2013, 14:08

Brochures for two new programmes from Caribtours and The Private Travel Company will hit agents’ desks this week.

C by Caribtours is a range of holidays aimed at a more budget conscious traveler than the operator’s traditional clientele, and LOVE is a weddings and honeymoons programme.

The C by Caribtours range of 46 hotels includes a wide range of properties featured for the first time by the operator, such as Blu St Lucia and Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort in Mexico. Prices lead in from £825 per person for seven nights’ all inclusive at the Occidental Grand Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.

Managing director Paul Cleary explained the rationale behind the move, which is intended to appeal both to existing Caribtours clients who might be looking to be more careful with money, and aspirational travelers who have dreamed of a Caribbean holiday but have previously found it out of their reach.

Cleary said: “More importantly, we also want to appeal to those people who have previously had to book online to get a good price and in doing so had to accept inferior service, poor advice and no personal warmth. C by Caribtours will change the perception of what a good value Caribbean holiday is all about.”

LOVE pulls together the favourite wedding and honeymoon hideaways of the teams at Caribtours and The Private Travel Company into one programme. A specific team will handle LOVE bookings to give the extra special care and attention that brides expect, and a dedicated wedding planner is on hand to deal with the complexities of larger group bookings.

The brochure includes hotels in the Caribbean, Bermuda, Mexico, the Indian Ocean and Arabia, and details wedding inclusions and honeymoon special offers at a glance.

A third brochure has been sent out to agents this week, with January sale offers from Caribtours and The Private Travel Company. This includes 29 hotels, with savings of £100 per person for clients, and an incentive giving agents the opportunity to earn up to £200 in Capital bonds vouchers. The incentive is available on seven night bookings inclusive of flights for a minimum of two adults.