J'AIME JANUARY 2020

lot of attention. Visit rbcollection.com/saudi
Asia sees a new direct flight from Manchester to
Shanghai from March, avoiding having to travel
down to London. China is one of our most popular
destinations to join an escorted group. We prefer
smaller groups of between 16 and 25, some cheap
tours have you in larger groups of around 50 which
we try and avoid as it is less of a personal experience.
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Across the Atlantic, the Deep South (Nashville,
Memphis and New Orleans) saw a resurgence
in popularity in 2019 and we expect this to only
increase in 2020. My colleague Alan visited himself
in September, the highlight of which was Graceland.
It is a great area for a self-drive holiday or if you
prefer to join one of the pre-arranged group tours.
You can even travel along the Mississippi onboard a
steamboat.
Also in the USA, we will welcome a new direct flight
to Charleston in South Carolina. Famous for its
cobbled streets, antebellum houses in pastel colours
and promenades, there is a lot of civil war history to
soak in over the water at Fort Sumter.
And finally, environmental issues such as sustainable
tourism and carbon footprints have become major
topics of discussion in the travel industry of late. At
RB, we have offset the carbon footprint for all of
our staff travels in 2019 and will continue to do this
into 2020. We also offer this on several the holidays
we arrange and are working on a new scheme to
offer this over every single holiday booked with us
going forward. There are a number of challenges to
this and we want to make sure we work with ethical
and reputable organisations so that the money
contributed is used effectively. Many communities
rely heavily on tourism to fund their livelihoods and
so we are also working on training for our team so we
can pass on this relevant information to our clients
when booking with us.
We are also reviewing all of our processes to reduce
the environmental impact, from our administration
procedures, business partners and even down to
our office supplies and soap in the kitchen. We
understand and accept we have a responsibility to
monitor and control our environmental impact and
look forward to exploring this more. For details go to
rbcollection.com/environment
To plan and book your next holiday, contact
RB Collection on 01543 258631 or email vip@
rbcollection.com. Please do mention this issue of
J’AIME when you next book with us and we will
make an additional donation to our charity of the
year.
SAUDI ARABIA IS SET
TO BECOME A TRAVEL
HOTSPOT IN 2020
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