E-tickets are the way to go

THE number of Malév routes accessible with electronic tickets has increased, and the airline has broadened the facility to include many flights using partner airlines.

So far, Malév, who operate out of Cork and Dublin airports, has signed interline agreements with 17 airlines allowing issuance of printed and e-tickets on each other’s routes. The purpose of setting up interline agreements is to guarantee airlines mutually accept each other’s air tickets.

Malév will soon join oneworld alliance, where customers can fly to around 600 cities in 134 countries with an e-ticket.

The airline offers e-ticketing from both Irish airports to Budapest and onward to 28 Malév-operated destinations with further destinations coming online monthly.

For flight reservations or more information visit www.malev.com where you can also arrange accommodation and car hire. Alternatively, call 0818 55 55 77

* THE number of Irish doing Christmas shopping in the east coast and mid-west of the USA has increased by almost 30%, and bookings continue to trundle in to Irish travel firm Tour America.

By the time the festive season kicks off, up to 150,00 Irish shoppers will have visited New York, Boston and Chicago, spending on average of €1,500 on clothes and electronic items .

Tour America still has availability between now and Christmas for the Beacon, 30/30, Wellington, and Fitzpatrick’s hotels in Manhattan. Prices start at €599 for three nights including flights and accommodation. Most flights are direct, with a few going via London.

For more information visit www.touramerica.ie.

* ACCORDING to the Spanish Tourist Board, Lanzarote attracts more Irish visitors than any other Spanish destination.

Now, there is a new online magazine and information resource — Lanzarote Guidebook, www.lanzaroteguidebook.com — and it caters for wannabe visitors.

Lanzarote Guidebook was created by island residents and is constantly updated to give visitors the benefit of accurate inside knowledge about the island.

Users can check live weather reports, consult highly detailed maps and access the Tourist Advice Line for specific queries.

* FOR a thrills and spills holiday this summer, mobile home and camping operator, Canvas Holidays, reckons that Cambril Park on Spain’s Costa Dorada — just a 10-minute drive from the Port Aventura Theme Park — should prove highly popular.

For bookings made by December 20, a 12-night holiday arriving on June 9 costs €1,341 for two adults and up to four children inclusive of accommodation in a Jubilee 29 midi mobile home with air-conditioning and decking.

Details from 1890 923 045 or go to www.canvasholidays.ie