Island Bliss Is A Washingmachine
Sun Herald
Sunday March 26, 1995
WHAT do the cha cha, rumba, foxtrot and Viennese waltz have in common? You can catch them all at the Jazz And Jive Week at Club Med on Lindeman Island. Starting April 30 and running through to May 7, guests will spend the week listening to jazz supremos George Washingmachine and Ignatius Jones. A jazz boat cruise will also feature on May 4 and a finale gala jazz and dance evening with a movie dress theme will be the highlight on May 6. With the current Club Med promotion people travelling as a couple save $600 paying $1,815 and $1,185 each. This includes all meals, wine with meals, entertainment and dance instruction, sports facilities and instruction, air fares and transfers. For more details phone 008 80 1823.
DASH into your local travel agent before March 31 and book a Cathay Pacific European or Hong Kong Holiday and you may receive $500 off the price, per couple. The deal applies to Cathay's Heart of Britain And Europe and Heart Of Asia packages. The European flights include the new Cathay free add-ons with choices such as accommodation, car hire, train travel and intra-Europe flights. Packages to Hong Kong will start from $1,049 per person, twin share from Sydney.
THE new airline on the block from next month will be Continental Micronesia with a service from Sydney to Guam. To mark the occasion, Blue Horizons Holidays is offering five packages to Micronesia with prices starting from $1,159 per person, twin share. This deal includes return economy air fare, six nights at the Guam Regency Hotel on Tumon Bay, airport transfers and a "Discover Guam" sightseeing tour discount voucher. A seven-night package at Tumon Bay with accommodation at the Pacific Star Hotel is priced from $1,815 per person, twin share. For more details phone Blue Horizons Holidays on (02) 597 6833 or Continental Micronesia on (02) 321 9242.
IF you're in the market for a cheap holiday in Thailand, you're in luck. Travel agent Asia Express reports that between April 1 and October 31, hotels and resorts in Thailand are virtually "giving away" accommodation. For example, a five-night package in Bangkok with air fare, car transfers, buffet breakfast and two half-day tours, is priced from $1,199 per person, twin share at the Siam City Hotel. A 14-night holiday at the Meridien Hotel in Phuket with air fare, accommodation, transfers and buffet breakfast is priced from $1,695 per person, twin share or eight nights at the Kata Beach Hotel is priced from $1,490 per person, twin share. For more details phone Asia Express travel Service on (02) 262 3355.
© 1995 Sun Herald
