Stena targets North West

STENA Line has launched a campaign designed to boost the Donegal Tourism industry by encouraging visitors from Britain into the North West.

By working with Donegal hoteliers, Donegal Tourism, Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, Stena Line has put together attractive packages for the summer and autumn in a bid to increase the amount of visitors holidaying in the county.

The campaign, which will feature press advertising, PR, e-mail and web-based promotion, is designed to stimulate demand, utilising the Stena Line network of five routes to Ireland and making Donegal accessible to a wider audience by offering complete travel and accommodation packages which are bookable online.

Meanwhile, motorcyclists can explore what Britain has to offer from €30 return per motorcycle and rider thanks to Stena Line’s latest day trip summer fares. The fare includes return Stena HSS or Superferry crossings for travel up to September 24, 2006. Plus, pillions can hop aboard for just €20 return. To book, click on www.stenaline.ie/bikerun, call 01 204 7777 or visit your local travel agent, quoting reference AO97.

Budget holidays are offering thousands of low price deals on its winter programme to Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Cyprus and Egypt.

As the company adds Egypt’s popular resort of Sharm Elk Sheikh to its portfolio, prices for a sun holiday this winter start at €179 on selected destinations. Packages to Egypt start at €379.

Weekly flights will operate into both Luxor and Sharm El Sheikh, commencing in November.

Budget has integrated its hugely popular Something Special Programme into its main winter brochure. This product offers a superior selection of stylish four and five star hotel and self catering properties with added travel benefits such as pre-bookable seats, daytime flights and special direct transfers for those seeking the ultimate holiday experience. Seven night prices start from €319.

Bookings can be made through Budget Travelshops (45 nationwide), online at www.budgettravel.ie or through Budget Direct 01-631 1111 (open seven days).

In a major initiative to woo business away from air carriers and boost travel on their Irish Sea services to Britain, Irish Ferries is releasing 100,000 low cost car spaces on their Dublin-Holyhead and Rosslare-Pembroke routes this Summer.

Bookable by July 19 and valid for travel to August 28, fares begin with a one-way, mid-week lead-in price of €119 for car and driver on the Rosslare — Pembroke route. Supplements apply for travel on the Dublin-Holyhead cruise and fast ferry sailings and on weekend sailings on both routes. A flat rate of €25 one way applies to each additional passenger.

Further information and bookings can be made online or by telephone in the Republic at 0818 300 400, Northern Ireland at 0818 300 400 or any Travel Agent.