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SINGAPORE - Leading travel agencies, Chan Brothers, CTC and Dynasty are staging pre-Natas travel fairs this weekend at various locations.

The fairs are targeted at those who want to book their holidays ahead of the highly anticipated Natas Travel Fair 2014 from Feb 28 to March 2.

Ms Alicia Seah, marketing communications director of Dynasty Travel, says: "To encourage early-bird bookings, we will be providing best quality holidays at our lowest price guaranteed.

"Dynasty Travel's focus is on creating value and we treasure the time and money that customers choose to invest in us and do not scrimp and save on the quality of our products."

Here are more details about the travel fairs:

Chan Brothers Travel

WHERE: Suntec Singapore Level 4 Hall 404

WHEN: Sunday, 10am to 8pm

Be enthralled by Turkish Belly Dance, Sichuan Bian Lian and Japanese Tsugaru Kite Painting performances while shopping for your travel deals.

For one day only, Chan Brothers Travel will offer "50 per cent off 2nd Pax" for its 6/7D Japan Flora Alpine Scenic Route, featuring Etchu-stylefishing.Pickandtaste strawberries in April and May, cherries in June, peaches in July and grapes from August and September at Nagano's fruit farms.

For its 11D Treasures of Amsterdam/Paris and London, there is a "2nd Pax Flies Free" promotion. The trip to Paris and London on board Singapore Airlines includes a London Warner Bros Studio Tour behind-the-scenes to see the costumes, props and animatronics used in themaking of Harry Potter films.

Popular radio DJs will be present to introduce special travel-with-DJ tours to destinations such as Taiwan, Jiangxi, Alaska, China Harbin, Yichun, Blagoveshchensk in eastern Russia and Cambodia.

Dynasty Travel

WHERE: Suntec West Atrium

WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 9pm

Be among the first to book new tour packages to Iceland, Namibia, Ethiopia, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, and self-drive holidays along the legendary Pacific coast of Australia.

Look out for special deals for HSBC credit card holders, 1-For-1 packages and 2nd Passenger Flies Free for selected tour and departure dates.

Enjoy a special 40 per cent off early-bird bookings at Club Med resorts in Bintan, Bali and Phuket and 20 per cent off per passenger for Insight, Trafalgar and Contiki packages.

Dynasty Travel's loyalty programme members can redeem their reward points for shopping and dining vouchers. All customers can enjoy transit departure lounge access at Changi Airport.

CTC Travel

WHERE: Chinatown Point Central Atrium

WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, 11amto 8pm

To reward loyal customers, CTC Travel will give away $10,000 worth of travel vouchers, while stocks last. Customers need to present proof of past travel such as receipts and photos with tour leaders.

New tours this year include Alaskan Cruise, Japan Wakayama, Dubai, South America, South Africa and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, as well as Dao Cheng Ya Ding, En Shi Da Xia Gu and Sichuan in China.

Says CTC Travel marketing and PR manager Kelly Toh: "In 2014, visitors can look forward to a beautiful experience with our seasonal flower packages such as Chengdu Longquan, Shandong, Dalian - Cherry Blossoms viewing and Jiangxi - Rape Flowers. It will be an unforgettable experience."

Look out for deals such as couple savings of up to $1,200 and 1-for-1 China group tour packages.

An hourly lucky draw will be conducted on Sunday from noon to 8pm with prizes of up to $20,000 of travel vouchers.

Visitors can taste unique ice cream popiah rolls and Korea K-Pop dance group performances and a magician/balloon maker from Taiwan.

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