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Pioneer your perfect adventure - and win the trip!

Do you fancy planning out your own perfect adventure holiday in a far-away destination, doing all kinds of exciting things that you can only dream of? Well now you have the chance to do exactly that - as well as take 5 friends with you - in an amazing competition with adventure tour operator Exodus!

The competition is simple: design the ultimate small group adventure holiday, and the best of the best will be turned into an Exodus trip for the 2009 season. You and up to five friends will travel free on the very first departure date! Sounds wonderful, doesn't it? So what do you need to do?

Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya for something very different?

The Grand Sumo Tournament in Japan takes place 6 times a year in different parts of the country. The July event is in Nagoya from 14-28 July, and Japanese specialist Jaltour are offering tailor-made holidays to watch this fascinating sport.

You will have the chance to see the rituals and culture surrounding the traditional sport and in fact, with bouts only taking a few minutes each, it is the ceremony of the event that plays the most important part of a day at the sumo.

Grand Hyatt Guangzhou has opened in China’s Guangdong Province

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts announced today that it has opened its first Grand Hyatt in China’s Guangdong Province: Grand Hyatt Guangzhou. This 375-room hotel features cutting-edge guestroom, restaurant and bar interiors, also high levels of contemporary aesthetics in the business, meetings and function areas.

Situated in Guangzhou’s new central business district, Pearl River New Town, Grand Hyatt Guangzhou is located in one wing of a brand new streamlined twin-tower building. This is the first international hotel in Guangzhou to feature a “sky lobby” located 22 floors up; like many other areas in the hotel, it offers expansive views across the Pearl River and Guangzhou’s new CBD.

Book now for Christmas & New Year so you don't miss out!

Is the beginning of spring too early to think about Christmas and New year? Not if you want to book a tour, which usually have very limited places. Many of the tour operators we work with, such as Titan HiTours (who offer their FREE VIP Home Departure collection and pick-up service with all their tours) are now promoting their festive departures - and many are excellent value, especially when you consider the usual costs of Christmas and how much you can save by being away from it all!

You might fancy Christmas in the Dolomites (6 days from £845, Rodengo • Bolzano • Merano • Tesero • Vipiteno), or how about Madeira Deluxe (8 days from £1495, Funchal • Eira do Serrado)? Some other of Titan's holidays over the festive season include:

Beach slumming in an Italian jet-set style

For the well-heeled, designer-clad beach-lover, the Tuscan coastal town of Forte dei Marmi - the home of Italian football manager, Marcello Lippi - has an exclusive reputation and is frequented by the Italian jet-set. About 30 minutes drive north of Pisa, this luxurious beach resort is a sun-drenched and easily-reached holiday getaway.

The ‘air of elite’ is immediately apparent when arriving in the resort, partly due to the expensive togs everyone is wearing, but also down to the design of the town.

4 nights for the price of 3 on city breaks to St Petersburg!

If you've fancied marvelling at St Petersburg on a luxury weekend break, now is the chance to do it with this special offer from Cox & Kings. Staying in the luxurious Rocco Forte's Hotel Astoria, on selected dates including a Saturday night, 4 nights can be had for the price of three!

One of the most elegant cities in the world, St Petersburg is renowned for its magnificent palaces, world class museums, languorous canals and outstanding ballet and opera. Best explored on foot, the city is enchanting at any time of year - under a blanket of snow on crisp winter days, or during the balmy days and ‘white nights’ of summer, when the sun hardly sets.

Luxury 16 day Platinum Boomerang holiday to Australia with Qantas

Discover Australia in style on this ultimate luxury holiday with Qantas. You will have unforgettable experiences, including seaplane transport to award winning Cottage Point Inn restaurant and a luxury wilderness camp, will stay in an eclectic mix of stunning deluxe 5* properties, and will be visiting diverse and amazing locations such as the oldest rainforest in the world, Greater Daintree.

This holiday starts from £5669 per person and includes Sydney, Hunter Valley, Northern Territory, Ayers Rock (Uluru), Cairns, Daintree Rainforest, Lizard Island. The full itinerary is as follows:

Total Solar Eclipse 2008 tours for a different type of holiday?

Unlike Bonnie Tyler's 1980s song 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', the total solar eclipse is a dramatic and awe-inspiring natural showpiece, worthy of everyone's attention. At this time of year, when the moon completely obscures the sun, a small region of the earth will be able to bear witness to the moment when it is plunged into darkness. If you fancy a bit of eclipse-chasing, you will need to be at your 'post' on the 1st August 2008.

Adventure specialist Explore! have a number of exciting 2008 astronomy and total solar eclipse tours in China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Uzbekistan, with the majority of trips based in China. These destinations, say Explore!, have been chosen due to their proximity to the path of the eclipse and the best likely weather conditions.

Trekking and Cycling - find the right trip for you!

Trekking and cycling tours are some of the best to be had for getting to explore the bits of a country that tour buses or trains just can’t take you, and we work with a number of wonder tour operators who offer this type of experience, such as Explore!, Exodus, and The Adventure Company.

Treks and cycling trips come in many shapes and sizes, ranging from leisurely and easy-going to downright tough. You need to think about which level of tour is best suited to you, and we have ten pointers here to help you decide:

Two FREE nights on fabulous Australia holidays with Travel2!

After reading my exciting news about winning a trip down under, you might be tempted to go over there yourself. If so, then there is no better time to book as one of tour operators, Travel2, are offering two FREE nights with many of their Australia holidays at the moment!

They are running great offers for travel from April 2008 to June 2008 such as:

Melbourne, Tasmania & Sydney from £1279 per person for 11 days (including 2 free nights)