{"id":5997,"date":"2008-06-03T05:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T05:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/travel-briefs-2\/"},"modified":"2008-06-03T05:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-03T05:54:00","slug":"travel-briefs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/06\/travel-briefs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TRAVEL BRIEFS<\/p>\n

By John Crook\u00a0<\/p>\n

Five ski options<\/p>\n

Ski France International claims to offer ski packages in France for prices as competitive, if not better, as those on offer within some Australian resorts. For instance, a Megeve special offer from around AUD $1204 per person, includes B&B accommodation on a double room basis, with a six day Evasion Mont Blanc ski-pass.\u00a0 Check other packages from Chamonix, Meribel, Val d’Isere and Val Thorens.\u00a0 For details email franceski@wanadoo.fr<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cruise super liner style<\/p>\n

Diamond Princess sails on an unusual itinerary ex Sydney\u00a0 on February 21 2010.\u00a0 Book before August 13 this year, with prices starting from\u00a0 $4249, and journey into Asia via Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide, Fremantle, Exmouth to Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Sihanoukville and Bangkok.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s a 21-night package including one night at the Banyan Tree Bangkok.\u00a0\u00a0 Price includes air back to Sydney with air taxes and fuel surcharges additional at the time of booking.<\/p>\n

Check it out on www.ecruising.travel\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Learn soccer Brazil style<\/p>\n

Friendly matches, daily football instruction and practice with former professional players feature in this package.\u00a0 A one-week placement from $890 for one week.\u00a0 Also included is full board accommodation in multi-shared bedrooms, three meals a day, airport transfers from Sao Paulo\u00a0 international airport and use of sporting facilities and excursions.\u00a0 Suitable for football enthusiasts aged 12\u00a0 to 30 years of age.\u00a0 Get the facts by ringing 134 782.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Flash package in the Hunter<\/p>\n

A ‘best of the Hunter’ package, with mid-week overnight accommodation\u00a0 is on offer at Peppers Convent, arguably one of the best upmarket escapes in the country.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The package, priced at $504 per night includes breakfast for two, pre-dinner drinks and canap\u00e9s, and a three-course\u00a0 a-la-carte dinner at Roberts Restaurant for two.\u00a0\u00a0 Stay longer and additional nights are priced at $290 including breakfast and pre-dinner drinks and canap\u00e9s.\u00a0 For conditions and more details email\u00a0 convent@peppers.com.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

ETIHAD a name to remember<\/p>\n

Rave reports about ETIHAD, the latest airline to service the United Arab Emirates, makes its home-town of Abu Dhabi a temptation.\u00a0\u00a0 There’s a three-day package worthy of attention, providing a stopover en route to or from Europe, priced from $286 per person, twin share.\u00a0 This includes a ‘meet and greet’, return transfers, two nights accommodation with daily breakfast and a city tour.\u00a0 Package departs Sunday, Tuesday and Friday.\u00a0\u00a0 For ETIHAD flight costs telephone 1300 558 987.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Conditions and price fluctuations may apply with each of the above packages.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TRAVEL BRIEFS By John Crook\u00a0 Five ski options Ski France International claims to offer ski packages in France for prices as competitive, if not better, as those on offer within some Australian resorts. For instance, a Megeve special offer from around AUD $1204 per person, includes B&B accommodation on a double room basis, with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}