The company behind award-winning specialist wholesalers French Travel Connection and Tahiti Travel Connection today unveiled a new venture focused on two of Europe’s fastest-growing destinations, Spain and Portugal.
Entire Travel Connection announced the launch of Spain and Portugal Travel Connection (SPTC) with the release of a 56-page dedicated program offering accommodation, sightseeing, independent and escorted small-group tours, car leasing, special-interest experiences, attraction passes, river cruising and more.
SPTC is backed by a team of dedicated destination specialists and led by Sydney-based Gill Gaspar, whose family-owned retail travel business has specialised in Spain and Portugal for more than 40 years.
Gaspar said that the success of French Travel Connection and Tahiti Travel Connection had clearly demonstrated the value a genuine specialist wholesaler could provide to Australian travel agents.
“Whether it’s finding quality accommodation and sightseeing experiences in major cities or constructing small-group tours and self-drive itineraries through little know regions, travel agents selling the Iberian Peninsula will now enjoy the same level of destination knowledge and customer service as they do for France and Tahiti,” Gaspar said.
SPTC’s new brochure – released to agents across Australia this week – is one of the most comprehensive Spain and Portugal programs ever released in the Australian marketplace, with:
· multi-day tours from Madrid and Barcelona – including ‘The Iberian Discovery Tour’, a 19-day journey to the cultural heart of Spain and Portugal, from Flamenco dancing in Seville and Port wine warehouses in Porto to a cruise up the Alto Douro river and walks through Granada’s Alhambra Palace
· hotels and apartments in key cities and regions, including Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, Porto, Seville, Granada, Salamanca, Bilbao, San Sebastian, Seville and Pamplona
· Spanish Paradores and Pousadas de Portugal – exclusive hotels located in castles, palaces, convents, monasteries and fortresses throughout Spain and Portugal
· Solares de Portugal – upmarket B&Bs in privately-owned stately manor houses, elegant country homes and rustic farmhouses
· wine and food tours – including an eight-day package offering Portuguese cooking classes at the Refúgio da Vila Rural Hotel in Portel
· self-guided tours along the Camino de Santiago, the best known pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela
· sightseeing tours in Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon and Porto – from gourmet walking tours to river cruises
· walking and cycling excursions through medieval towns, UNESCO World Heritage cities, castles, local wineries and national parks
· river cruising through the Douro River Valley – past rambling vineyards and charming native farms, Europe’s most unspoiled UNESCO World Heritage-designated river valley winds through Portugal and Spain.
SPTC is also giving visitors to Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon and Porto the opportunity to receive a bonus “Grand Reserva” Survival Pack.
Simply combine five nights’ accommodation in one of the four cities with a one-way private transfer and three sightseeing tours to receive a ‘crumpled’ map, a city transport card (per person) and either a Hop on Hop off bus pass (per person) or a Burmester Cellars and Bridges Cruise.
For full details and bookings contact Spain and Portugal Travel Connection on 1300 858 304, email info@spanishtravel.com.au / info@portugaltravel.com.au or visit www.spaintravel.com.au / www.portugaltravel.com.au.