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Erna Low adds five properties in the French Alps for 2019-20 ski season

24Aug

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Erna Low adds five properties in the French Alps for 2019-20 ski season

French Alps ski specialist Erna Low has launched its winter season with five new properties in Vars, Les Saisies, Tignes, Val d'Isère and Méribel. New properties for 2019-2020 include: Chalet Izia – Val d’Isére Le Lodge des Neiges – Tignes L’Hevana - Méribel Panorama - Vars Amaya - Les Saisies Danny Nugent, owner of Erna Low Travel, said: “Erna Low continues to focus on great value ski holidays to France in self-catering apartments. With exchange rates fluctuating and the outcomes of Brexit still unclear, we stand in a great position to offer what we have always done, ski holidays booked with experience and knowledge.” Managing director Jane Bolton adds: “Our three new properties in the high altitude resorts Val d'Isère and Tignes and old favourite Méribel will provide ou...

Trip idea: SwimTrek swimming holiday in the Philippines

SwimTrek has launched its first swimming holiday packages to the Philippines. Based at the luxurious Miniloc Island Resort, this guide-led trip will explore the north-western reaches off the coast of Palawan Island. With waterside accommodation, its own house reef and breathtaking lagoons, after a day swimming guests can enjoy the perfect place to relax or try additional watersports such as paddleboarding, snorkelling and kayaking. SwimTrek product manager Daniel Le Merle said: “After the amazing feedback following our first Vietnam and Indonesia SwimTreks, we had to find more world-class swim destinations in South East Asia. “We know that SwimTrekkers love those more remote, idyllic swim spots and so we chose the Bacuit archipelago. Just off El Nido, on Palawan island, are a group...

Sports travel ideas: wild swimming and stay at Loch Melfort Hotel in Scotland

Loch Melfort Hotel on the coast of Argyll in the Scottish Highlands is offering a Corryvreckan wild swimming travel package in August. The hotel is partnering with swimming experience experts SwimTrek to offer a unique two-night stay which includes a fully guided swim across the Corryvreckan, Scotland’s most iconic open water swims. During tides, this spectacular narrow straight is transformed into the third largest whirlpool in the world and is famous for its standing waves. Post swim, guests are invited to warm up in Loch Melfort’s cosy lounge, accompanied by their favourite whisky dram and uninterrupted views over isles of the Inner Hebrides. About the Corryvreckan wild swimming package Where: Loch Melfort Hotel, Arduaine, Argyll, PA34 4XG, Scotland Available dates: 14 August ...