Search ASIA Travel Tips .com 1 March 2005

There will be more than 150,000 seats up for grabs, when Silk Air`s first travel fair takes off from 5- 6 March 2005 at Raffles City Atrium in Singapore. Visitors will be spoilt for choice with hundreds of beach, spa, golf and cultural holiday packages to SilkAir`s 26 exotic destinations in the region, priced at special rates, with up to 60% savings on selected offerings.

A 3 day-2 night trip to Lombok (Indonesia) or Da Nang (Vietnam) for example, is attractively priced at SGD199. Unwind in Phuket at just SGD99 for 3 days and 2 nights. (Packages include airfare, accomodation, transfers and daily breakfast) Lifestyle services like golf games; spa, massage or hot spring sessions will be tagged on selected packages. Packages and special fares are valid for travel between 7 March and 30 June 2005. Terms & conditions apply.

SilkAir is expecting some 50,000 visitors at the weekend fair.``Whether it`s inspiration for short weekend escapes or the vacation of a lifetime, our travel fair will present choice offerings for holiday-makers to customise a vacation getaway that suits their preferences specifically,`` said Mike Barclay, Chief Executive, SilkAir.

``We`re also seeing a trend toward the revival of holiday packages. Customers, particularly families are seeing value in package deals over standalone single-way fares and are placing a premium on securing assigned seats on confirmed return flights, quality accomodation with breakfast and the convenience of pre-arranged transfers,`` Mr Lim said. ``The holiday starts on SilkAir - our warm cabin service, hot meals, a full bar service, in-flight entertainment and the extras make for a great prelude to any vacation,`` he added.

On 5 and 6 March 2005, Raffles City`s busy atrium will be transformed into themed displays of `unwinding experiences` that reflect the breadth and range of SilkAir`s network of destinations in Indonesia, China, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.