Delivering Asia delights

DISCOVER Travel, a branch of East Cork Travel based in Midleton, has just released the company’s most comprehensive Asian brochure since entering that market just less than a decade ago.

From meagre beginnings with a limited programme to Thailand, the company offers a huge range of holidays, to Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, China, Cambodia and Laos as well as Singapore and Hong Kong. Headed by well-known travel personality Brendan Barry, it offers multi-centre holidays, catering especially for honeymoon couples or for those wishing to get married in any of these countries.

Unlike some other tour operators, Discover Travel offers clients a huge choice of airlines. Amongst the list are China, Malaysia and Singapore Airlines, in addition to British Airways, Air France, Etihad, KLM and, for the first time this year, Thai Airways from London with link ups from Cork, Dublin and Shannon airports.

Details from Discover Travel, Church Lane, Midleton, County Cork. Telephone [phone]; email: [e-mail]. Further information on the web at www.discovertravel.ie

* TOPFLIGHT has produced its new 2008 brochure specialising solely on Italy.

Building on the popularity of the Treasures of Italy tour and stay holiday, clients can now choose one week breaks in Lake Garda, Tuscany or Sorrento and take in specially selected excursions between June and September.

The company offers charter flights from Dublin, Cork and Belfast, and most are conveniently timed for weekends either morning or afternoons.

There are a number of family discounts, including hundreds of free child places and free holiday insurance.

The company is shortly to publish a range of different brochures with offers on holidays to Lanzarote, Portugal, Austria and Slovenia.

For details, contact the company at 01-240 1700, book on line at www.topflight.ie or visit any local travel agent to pick up brochures.

* TOUR America’s Florida brochure features packages based on the new Aer Lingus direct flights to Orlando as well as rental villas. The company reports an increasing number of clients wanting to plan their own itineraries.

Tour America believe they will also benefit by the increasing strength of the Euro against the dollar. “With the current exchange rate, it’s now possible to rent a luxury villa with a pool for €55 a day,” a company spokesman said.

For more details, visit www.touramerica.ie or call 01-817 3500

* FANCY a spot of polo? Camel polo that is. We’ve heard of the Royal family knocking it about on ponies, even elephants get into the act in Asia. Now, in Dubai, you can play fantasy footie on a camel. Irish visitors are on the up to Dubai, so check out this latest bizarre sport on wee.dubaipoloacademy.com