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Company cancels James Bond luxury tour

LONDON —  A luxury goods and services company that had planned to offer a James Bond-themed world tour said on Thursday it was canceling the travel package "due to unforeseen circumstances".Amar Thapen, communications manager of the website VeryFirstToKnow.com, said in an email: "I am sorry to say that both the trip and tonight's event have been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances" —
This film image released by Sony Pictures shows Daniel Craig as James Bond, left, and Judi Dench as MI6 head M, in a scene from the film "Skyfall." De...
This film image released by Sony Pictures shows Daniel Craig as James Bond, left, and Judi Dench as MI6 head M, in a scene from the film \"Skyfall.\" Dench has been the Bond matriarch: the strong-willed, no-nonsense mainstay of feminine authority in a movie franchise that has, more often than not, featured slightly more superficial womanly traits. In \"Skyfall,\" Dench isn't just dictating orders from headquarters, but is thrown directly into the action when a former MI6 agent, played by Javier Bardem, is bent on revenge against her. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures, Francois Duhamel)Francois Duhamel / AP

LONDON —  A luxury goods and services company that had planned to offer a James Bond-themed world tour said on Thursday it was canceling the travel package "due to unforeseen circumstances".

Amar Thapen, communications manager of the website VeryFirstToKnow.com, said in an email: "I am sorry to say that both the trip and tonight's event have been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances" — the "event" referred to being a planned launch party at the company's London offices.

Reached by telephone to seek further clarification, Thapen would say only: "I can't comment."

The company earlier in the day released details of what it said was a $815,575 21-day, seven-country luxury tour for two following in the footsteps of the fabled Agent 007.

The package was to have included luxury hotels, three-star gourmet meals, private jets, sports cars, casino stops and speedboats.