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VOL 44 • ISSUE 22 • 30 August - 5 September 2021 NEWS FOR ASIA’S TRAVEL PLANNERS NEWS UPDATES at www.ttrweekly.com
Valencia takes you
backstage
Inspirational travel Maldives and Phuket Langkawi top choice
stories in twin-island escape to reopen
30 August - 5 September 2021 30 August - 5 September 2021
Inspirational travel
stories
Booking.com unveils a the rest of us and get us that pursued a prosperous mindset and spirit of travel
new Explorers Campaign confidently booking travel professional career in – embodying a relentless
to spark travel inspiration once more. tennis. desire to experience and
that retells the stories of Travelling Proud with Korean alternative explore, in spite of the
privileged travellers. Tim & Rod for Booking. pop band, Leenalchi, challenges brought about
com. connected people through by the pandemic.
Booking.com is launching the power of “As we begin thinking
a Booking Explorers their music, about a return to travel,
campaign that presents travelling the this campaign is a
stories by leading world to find heartfelt reminder of its
personalities in the Asia inspiration for transformational impact
Pacific to re-ignite travel new songs and and celebrates the spirit of
inspiration. interacting with travel through the voices
With travel global fans. of our Explorers,” said
opportunities reopening Rising style Booking.com managing
as national vaccination icon and global director and vice president
programmes get underway fashion model, for Asia Pacific Laura
in Asia, the campaign Chau Bui, calls Houldsworth.
identifies the trailblazers Vietnam home With a mission to make
and explorers amongst but has travelled it easier for everyone to
us, showcasing how they The campaign from Seoul to Paris, New experience the world,
remained explorers at showcases Amazing Race York and Milan to find Booking.com is committed
heart despite challenges Australia winners Tim and inspiration for her unique to helping travellers
brought about by the Rod, who have travelled style. rediscover the beauty of
pandemic. Challenges the world proudly In Paris, famed travel when it’s safe to
such as strict quarantine representing the freedom Japanese illustrator Kaori do so again. Offering the
measures encountered at to love and who advocate Watanabe expanded her widest choice, great value
both ends of a trip remain making travel more mental comfort zones and the easiest experience
serious pain points on the inclusive for the LGBTQ+ through travel and used so travellers can book
trail back to travel. Indeed, community. this new perspective to their perfect place to stay,
they need to be resolved Before the pandemic, create art that transports Booking.com provides
if the inspirational travel Indian multiple Grand us to faraway lands. the means to get around
tales of the privileged Slam Champion, Sania The Explorers campaign from anywhere and on any
few are to rub off on Mirza, was a global citizen is a celebration of their device.
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Okuda’s
‘Instagrammable’ Art
Arrives in Valencia
The popular Cantabrian urban
artist has painted his first mural
in the capital of Turia. It is one of
his popular large-format figures
composed of geometric shapes
in striking colours, in the style of
his works in Las Vegas, Paris or
Denver. He already designed the Valencia declared as
2018 municipal ‘falla’ in Valencia,
and his work was in an exhibition World Design Capital for
at the Center del Carme Cultura 2022
Contemporània. Now permanent,
lovers of urban art will be able to Over the last 100 years, Valencia
observe and photograph their work has been a fountainhead of design
with this new mural that occupies and home to several generations
12 floors in the vicinity of the of designers who have left their
High-Speed Train Station of Joaquín creative mark. For this reason,
Sorolla. amongst many others, the World
Design Organization (WDO)
Read more: https://www. designated Valencia as the World
visitvalencia.com/en/shop/guided- Design Capital for 2022. This
tours/guided-tours-old-city/street- includes everything from the
art-tour avant-garde architecture of the City
of Arts and Sciences and such art
nouveau treasures as Colón Market
to the urban design that has created
Valencia takes unique green spaces like Turia
Garden and Central Park.
you backstage
Read more: https://www.
visitvalencia.com/en/world-capital-
design
Go Behind-the-Scenes of Valencia’s all the water that comes directly
Oceanogràfic: Biggest Aquarium in from the sea is filtered on a daily
Europe. basis – a total of 960,000 litres. And,
if you are one of those who enjoy
Would you like to know how the close encounters, this adventure
largest aquarium in Europe works is for you – walk above the shark
from the inside? tunnel with dozens of sharks at
This summer, the Oceanogràfic your feet. Another of the new
de Valencia introduces the experiences for this summer is the
Backstage Tour, taking visitors private night visit and the Dinners at
behind the scenes of the facilities Lake Vivo. Unique experiences for
and seeing firsthand the care of the the whole family.
animals that reside there. You can
visit the quarantine area to see the Read more: https://www.
variety of different species that are oceanografic.org/en/actividad/
waiting to be incorporated into the behind-the-scenes-tour/
exhibition tanks. Also, discover how
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Maldives and Phuket in
twin-island escape
Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thai-
land’s leading hotel operator, invites
travellers on a getaway of a life-
time with a 21-night Ultimate Twin
Island Escape to two world-famous
paradise islands – the Maldives and
Phuket.
Guests have a choice of an
all-inclusive experience with
the “Luxury Twin Island Escape”
package or a Bed & Breakfast
meal plan with “Grand Twin Island
Escape” for bookings and stays from
now until 20 December 2021.
LUXURY TWIN ISLAND
ESCAPE
Luxury Twin Island Escape offers includes daily breakfast, set lunch of canoes, pedalos and windsurf
the ultimate all-inclusive getaway and set dinner, complete with non- equipment, as well as discount
in premium accommodations and a alcoholic beverages. Guests are also privileges on spa treatments.
full board meal plan with a choice of invited to explore the resort’s very Over in Thailand’s favourite island
immersive activities to experience own water park and exhilarating destination, travellers enjoy a
the destination. water sports and enjoy a choice of 14-night, quarantine-free stay at
Guests arrive at Centara Grand complimentary activities such as Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket
Island Resort & Spa Maldives from a Muay Thai lesson, Thai cooking with complimentary daily hotel
Male by complimentary seaplane class, spa treatment, or Thai high credit to redeem for culinary and Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Krabi Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket
transfer and enjoy a carefree 7-night tea set for two. spa experiences. For both packages,
stay in a Deluxe Overwater Villa travellers can choose to start their
perched over the crystalline lagoon. stay in the Maldives or Phuket.
The Grand All-Inclusive Meal Plan GRAND TWIN ISLAND Fully vaccinated travellers can BR ING BAC K THE LOV E
includes three daily meals with ESCAPE enjoy quarantine-free stays on both
premium beverages, afternoon tea, islands, provided they show proof Join us as we celebrate the reopening of our hotels in Phuket and Krabi, where your
and an open bar. Also included is a Ideal for travellers who seek the of a negative COVID-19 test prior to clients can enjoy up to 100% of the room rate as daily hotel credits, redeemable
choice of complimentary excursions, freedom to explore everything arrival. immediately on arrival.
including whale shark snorkelling or the Maldives and Phuket have to The 21-night Luxury Twin Island
sunset cruise, as well as a generous offer, the Grand Twin Island Escape Escape and Grand Twin Island At Centara Grand Resort Phuket, your guests can use the hotel credit for a room
upgrade, ease into their holiday with a relaxing spa treatment, or indulge in a culinary
spa credit. provides all the essentials for a Escape experiences are available for experience before heading to the resort water park.
A similarly memorable time hassle-free holiday, including daily bookings and stays from now until
awaits at the beachfront Centara breakfast and roundtrip seaplane 20 December 2021 for USD8,465 Nestled within its own secluded bay, Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Krabi invites BOOK NOW
Grand Beach Resort Phuket, where transfers in the Maldives. net and USD4,085 net, respectively. travellers to check in and chill out with a choice of four restaurants and rejuvenating
travellers enjoy a 14-night full- In the palm-fringed paradise Up to two accompanying children spa rituals at SPA Cenvaree.
board stay with a Deluxe Suite
Private Pool, from which they
of Centara Grand Island Resort
& Spa Maldives, guests enjoy
stay and dine for free.
For more information or Rates from THB 3,315 per night
can take in sublime views of the a family-friendly getaway in a booking, visit https://www.
Andaman Sea from their private Beach Suite nestled on the white centarahotelsresorts.com/featured-
terrace. A full board meal plan sand beach and unlimited use packages/ultimate-twin-island/
Visit our dedicated trade website centarahotelsresorts.com/b2b
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Langkawi top choice
to reopen
Langkawi, a tourism island in north Malaysia is keeping a close eye project following the inclusion of
Malaysia, remains the first choice on Thailand’s experiments through the country on the UK’s red list.
for the country’s reopening phase, the Phuket Sandbox and Samui The UK rule requires returnees to
but the launch date remains pend- Plus schemes that introduced a undergo an expensive UKP2,500
ing. controlled number of vaccinated hotel quarantine covering 10 days
tourists to the two islands. once they arrive in the UK.
Malaysia’s Ministry of Tourism, Arts Langkawi would be the ideal According to the Bernama
and Culture Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri location to introduce a similar report, the Tourism Ministry had
promises Langkawi Island will be the scheme based on the plan to initially targeted 1 September for
first tourist destination to reopen,
but the date remains undecided.
achieve herd immunity through the tourism sector in Langkawi to
vaccination this month. The reopen to the public. The plan is
island has a population of 119,000 now on hold until there is clear
registered residents. evidence of herd immunity and
“International airlines also fly the vaccination programme covers
to Langkawi, so it is a focused and around 80% of the population.
concentrated area for the tourism “Langkawi residents have
sector for those who have been achieved herd immunity, so they are
fully vaccinated,” she told Bernama. ready, but they are now asking for
Once Langkawi declares a a postponement because Covid-19
timeline for reopening, airlines cases have risen sharply,” she said.
Her comments were picked up that are keen to open routes to She added that tourism issues
by Bernama, the national news island destinations to help kick-start needed to be addressed urgently,
agency, during a ceremony to swear their own recovery are likely to and there was a need for new
in cabinet ministers after a recent consider flying charters to Langkawi, strategies in line with current
reshuffle. mainly from Europe. However, the challenges.
She backed proposals that make quarantine issues at both ends of “We will set the main criteria for
the resort island the first choice the roundtrip journey would need travelling as being vaccination and,
for the tourism sector to make a to be addressed. God willing, tourists will comply
comeback due to its island location If Malaysia continues to be with the new standard operating
in the northern Malaysian state on red alert lists in Europe, then procedures (SOP) for tourism. So,
of Kedah. The minister claimed returning home to an expensive let’s see how the arts and culture
it would be easier to contain the quarantine regime would deter tourism sector can help raise the
pandemic and monitor tourists on arrivals. That scenario is playing socio-economy of the people,” she
the island. out for Thailand’s Phuket Sandbox said.
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