The festive period in many countries is the calm before the storm in terms of major booking months for summer holidays in the Northern Hemisphere.



This doesn’t stop travel providers across the world throwing their efforts into major TV advertising campaigns to seduce wannabe travellers as they feast on their Christmas delights.



These days, however, the web often has the ads weeks before its TV counterpart does. Here is a selection of some of the new ads hitting the screens this Christmas – and one or two classics.