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Luxury travel: Travel Weekly guide

The luxury travel market means big bookings and a wide range of interesting product - so stay up to date with luxury feeds from Travel Weekly and elsewhere

(29 June 2009)

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Introduction

The cliche is that 'luxury travel' means something different to every traveller, and like every cliche, it contains more than a grain of truth. On one end of the scale lies gold-plated opulence and 24-7 stimulation; on the other understated chic and total privacy. And at some point between the two lies your client's ideal holiday.

But whatever your personal definition of luxury, to travel agents the market means big-value bookings, wealthy clients and a huge range of interesting product to sell. It's worth staying up to date, so bookmark this page for a stream of our luxury travel news and features, plus selected articles from elsewhere.

If you're selling luxury travel, take a look at what our sponsor Sandals has to offer below. You can also find out more about the Sandals brand, including current offers and the weekly travel agent Star Booking, on TWacademy.

 

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