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LOT Polish Airlines, the first European carrier to operate the Dreamliner, will offer special fares for its new Premium Economy class of service on its Dreamliner flights. The special “Premium Club” roundtrip fares start at $1,777 from Chicago and $1,677 from New York to Warsaw when booking on the airline’s website. The fares must be purchased by June 2. Fares include all taxes and fees and are subject to availability as well as changes without notice.

LOT will begin flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Chicago to Warsaw on June 5, followed on June 7 from Toronto to Warsaw and New York City JFK -Warsaw flights on June 30. With the Dreamliner, LOT will introduce its new Premium Economy Class on long-haul flights which offers industry-leading comfort and significantly more space than in Economy-Class at very affordable rates.

A new version of the mobile device application “SkiRaport”, prepared at the request of the Polish Tourist Organisation (POT), by the Association of Polish Skiing and Tourist Resorts, brings together 44 ski resorts in the Polish mountains. It highlights their offers and provides basic information such as operational ski-lifts, available pistes, opening times of slopes and trails, weather forecasts, and skiing conditions. It also contains links to online cameras, photo galleries, information about various destinations and how to get to them, the price of accommodation and contact details.

The latest version of the application has been prepared on the basis of information gathered during the previous skiing season, when the first version appeared. It also gives the opportunity for the resorts to present their promotional campaigns as each of them has access to an administrative portal through which relevant data can be entered or updated.

SkiRaport can be downloaded for free from the App Store or the Android Market. This application is available in three languages (Polish, English and Russian) and is suitable for mobile devices running Android or iOS systems. Its target group are the domestic and foreign visitors of Polish skiing resorts. According to estimates, in excess of 50,000 people will take advantage of this application during this year’s winter season.

Application website: www.skiraport.pl

Following an extensive multi-million dollar renovation, Hotel Bristol, a Warsaw landmark joined Starwood Hotels & Resorts’ Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts. Owned by Starman Poland, Hotel Bristol, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Warsaw marks the luxury brand’s first hotel in Poland.

“As The Luxury Collection portfolio continues to grow globally, we are thrilled to introduce the brand in Poland with the signing of the iconic Hotel Bristol,” said Paul James, global brand leader of The Luxury Collection, St. Regis Hotels & Resorts and W Hotels Worldwide. “A landmark in Warsaw since 1901, The Luxury Collection will celebrate the hotel’s distinctive character, indigenous charm and the unparalleled service that allows our global guests to experience the city through a unique lens.”

Situated next to the Presidential Palace and on the historic and fashionable Royal Route, Hotel Bristol has been at the centre of Varsovian society since it was founded in 1901 by Ignacy Paderewski, a renowned composer, piano virtuoso and former Polish Prime Minister. The hotel features 168 rooms and 38 suites clothed in shades of ivory and blue, creating a soothing backdrop for the contrasting charcoal and ebony furnishings. Subtle Art Deco accents are used alongside classic elements.

Hotel Bristol is introducing Advinture, a new wine bar offering wines and pairing them with delicacies created by Chef de Cuisine Michal Tkaczyk to provide an oenological discovery. Intimate yet vibrant, Advinture features cast bronze light fittings that are a modern take on the organic forms of Art Nouveau, alongside black lacquer, bevelled mirror and cracked gesso panels within its monochromatic palette. Starwood currently operates six hotels in Poland under the company’s Sheraton, Westin and The Luxury Collection brands, including three in Warsaw.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is offering low fares from more than 60 cities in the U.S. to destinations throughout Scandinavia and Europe for winter and spring travel.

Roundtrip fares start at $749 including taxes and fees, for travel in economy from Feb. 1 through March 31, and $849 from April 1 through June 15 with travel completed by June 30.

Tickets must be purchased by Jan. 15.

Availability is limited and restrictions apply.

SAS operates nonstop service from New York (Newark) to Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm; from Chicago to Copenhagen and Stockholm; from Washington, D.C. to Copenhagen; and starting April 8 from San Francisco to Copenhagen.

From its hubs at Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm, SAS serves cities throughout Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and the rest of Europe.

On its nonstop trans-Atlantic flights, SAS offers wide-body Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft with a choice of business, economy extra or economy; audio/video entertainment at every seat; and EuroBonus frequent flyer points.

Crystal Cruises’ summer 2013 voyages in Northern Europe will feature shorter itineraries and more overnights.

Beginning June 8 aboard the Crystal Serenity, three new seven-day itineraries and five 10-day luxury cruises will visit ports in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Estonia, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Russia and the U.K., including Ireland.

Crystal’s Northern Europe cruises offer a more than 25 percent increase in overnight calls, with twice as many the nights in Copenhagen alone.

Nearly all the voyages offer two nights in St. Petersburg. Two new seven-day U.K. cruises sail to and from Dublin for the first time, and a new seven-day London-Copenhagen sailing marks the line’s return to Amsterdam, Netherlands; Zeebrugge, Belgium; and Helsingborg, Sweden, after several years.

A 15-day North Cape voyage will make a maiden call to Loen and rare visit to Olden, Norway. North Cape and back-to-back Scandinavia/Russia cruises can be combined. Additionally, three Crystal Symphony cruises sail through Reykjavic, Iceland.

Through Dec. 28, all-inclusive “Book Now” cruise fares for Northern Europe begin at $2,885 per guest, with airfare add-on

LOT Polish Airlines became the first European carrier to take delivery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

LOT flew its first Dreamliner to Warsaw after a delivery ceremony in Seattle and the aircraft landed at Warsaw’s Chopin Airport at 10:51 a.m. local time and was greeted with a traditional water salute.

LOT’s Dreamliner flights will be operated in the U.S. and Canada to Warsaw beginning Jan. 16 from Chicago, Feb. 1 from Toronto, and Feb. 3 from New York City.

The first LOT Dreamliner flight will begin on Dec. 14 from Warsaw to Prague.

Over the next eight months, there are more European cities scheduled for Dreamliner short-haul flights, including Vienna, Munich, Frankfurt, Hanover, Kiev, Budapest and Brussels.

In preparation for the delivery of the B-787 Dreamliner, LOT Polish Airlines created an elite team of flight attendants to cater to the needs of passengers in all three cabins — business class, called Elite Club, features fully flat beds with ottomans, a 180-degree recline, over-10-inch screens, and power and USB ports at each seat, and Premium economy, called Premium Club, offers a separate cabin with seats that recline 132 degrees with power and USB ports in each seat. In economy class, there are seatback video screens at every seat.

The Collektion Hotels & Resorts is delighted to represent the award winning andel’s Hotel Lodz. A red brick façade serves as eye-catcher for the 4-star andel\’s Hotel Lodz. The location is an unusual one: a former textile mill on the grounds of the Manufaktura shopping, art and cultural centre in Lodz, Poland. The innovative architecture is a dynamic weave of colours and forms, glass and textiles, furniture and works of art. The design harmonises wonderfully in contrast with the historic substance of the building, creating a hotel experience with a high level of comfort and artistic attraction.

Besides the 277 design rooms, suites and long-stay apartments, the hotel also features a 3,100 m² conference and events centre with state-of-the-art equipment, modern architecture and the largest ballroom in the city of Lodz (capacity 800 people).

Gerrit Chng-Luchau, Managing Director of The Collektion said: “We are thrilled to work with such an exciting venue as andel’s Hotel Lodz and have seen an increased interest in Eastern Europe, due to the easy access from the UK.”

LOT Polish Airlines, the first European carrier to operate the Dreamliner, is running a two-day fare sale in celebration of the upcoming inaugurals early next year.

The sale is dubbed Crazy Days and it is on Nov. 14 and 15 in conjunction with the inauguration of the aircraft on flights from Chicago, New York and Toronto.

The fares are valid for purchase on LOT’s Dreamliner flights which depart next year beginning Jan. 16 from Chicago, Feb. 1 from Toronto, and Feb. 3 from New York City.

All travel must be completed by May 31. Crazy Days roundtrip economy class sale fares are nonrefundable and non-changeable.

A minimum Saturday night stay is required and because seats are limited, the fares may not be available on all dates for the LOT operated flights.

The roundtrip fares including all taxes, fees and surcharges in Economy are Chicago to Warsaw, $699; Chicago to Poland, $780 (Poland includes Bydgoszcz, Gdansk, Katowice, Krakow, Poznan, Rzeszow, Szczecin and Wroclaw); New York JFK to Warsaw, $649; New York JFK to Poland, $730; Toronto to Warsaw, CAD $769; Toronto to Rzeszow, CAD $794; Toronto to Gdansk, CAD $795; Toronto to Poznan, CAD $795; Toronto to Wroclaw, CAD $795; Toronto to Bydgoszcz, CAD $796; Toronto to Katowice, CAD $797; Toronto to Szczecin, CAD $798; and Toronto to Krakow, CAD $802.

In celebration of the new LOT Dreamliner, arriving mid-January 2013, we’re giving travel agents an offer that sounds like a dream.
Book and register an eligible LOT ticket issued in the USA or Canada, and you could win big! Like a $100 LOT Visa gift card, or a LOT cozy travel blanket, pillow and eye mask set. Or better still, you could win the Dream Big Grand Prize and find yourself and a friend flying LOT Elite Club (Business Class) on your dream vacation.
Plus, for every premium economy ticket you book and register, you’ll automatically receive $25. It pays to dream big—and book LOT Polish Airlines to Poland and beyond!

Le Boat, the #1 self-drive European boating company, is pleased to announce they have become a specially selected Broker for Afloat in France, by Orient-Express.

Cheryl Powell, Chief Operating Officer of TUI Marine, remarked, “Le Boat provides the best in self-drive cruising for its customers, so we are excited to represent the best in luxury, all-inclusive barging with Afloat in France.

We promise to bring the best to our customers and with this partnership we will; whether guests choose to experience the leisurely pace of waterways cruising by doing it themselves or being taken care of by the professional crew.”

With Afloat in France, guests will be pampered aboard the most exclusive and lavish barges, or peniche-hotels as they are locally known, to navigate the French waterways.

Each individually designed peniche-hotel is distinguished by spacious, opulent facilities that include, on certain barges, heated swimming pools and sun deck areas offering 360-degree views, as well as full entertainment systems, internet access, large lounge areas and many more on-board comforts.

This is an all-inclusive cruising experience, and the barges may be reserved on a “private hire” or “per cabin” basis.

Either option includes all meals, beverages and excursions, plus airport transfers by first-class, high-speed train or private chauffer.

With a capacity of four to 12 guests across the fleet, it is truly a unique way to cruise the canals. For larger parties, two or more barges may be reserved to travel in tandem.

All five barges offer a high crew-to-guest ratio with specially trained crew, who are dedicated to ensuring each guest receives extraordinary service and are fluent in two or more languages.
A personal guide will introduce guests to the region’s most renowned vineyards, architectural landmarks, activities and local traditions. A cordon bleu chef will prepare superb cuisine, including Continental breakfast, lunch and five candlelit dinners served in the dining room or sundeck. Complimentary drinks, including alcohol, are served by the hostess throughout the day.

A variety of journeys are available in the cruising season from April to October, including travel around Cote d’Or, Burgundy, Franche-Comte, Saone Provence, Vallee du Rhone, Canal du Midi and the Loire region.

There is also opportunity to spend time in Paris or other nearby cities.
Cruising through some of the country’s finest waterways, guests will be delighted by themed excursions and activities led by experts in their fields. All excursions are tailored to the personal requirements of each guest or group, including family adventures, ballooning, culinary tours, wine tasting, golf retreats, Le Semaine des Grands Crus (wine sampling from each of the 33 Grands Crus domaines of Burgundy) and many other cultural experiences.