TOPLIGHT-AER LINGUS AGREE TO SKIING DEAL

RICE BOAT TRIP TO KERALA FROM €800

TOPFLIGHT, with flights to Italy from Dublin, Cork and Belfast, offer flight-only or the full monty in hotels or self-catering accommodation.

DISCOVERIRELAND.IE didn’t discover the latest tourist attraction but they’re hell bent on letting the world know about it — a wave that could make little old Ireland much larger in the growing world of surfing.

THE Portuguese Tourist Board has combined with PAB Tours to sell three special deals this year, one of them with an Irish theme of sorts.

Concorde Travel has added Tel Aviv to their holiday offerings for a limited time.

OZ-BUS, the overland service between London and Sydney, is back with a July 4 departure and the company says half of the seats for the trip are still available.

TOPFLIGHT have announced sponsorship of a Ski Weather Forecast which will be presented by Martin King live on TV3 each Wednesday and Thursday at 7.58pm until the end of the ski season in March.

CONCORDE Travel has announced an early booking discount offer for all sailing and yacht charter holidays next year.

CONCORDE Travel has updated its 2009 Italy brochure, featuring holidays to Lake Garda and Sorrento.

Uwalk.ie have retained their most popular walking destinations for 2009 and added some new walks in Slovenia and Austria.

IN the coming weeks this column will feature "Good Buy" holidays for 2003, dealing with the traditionally popular sun holiday destinations, both far afield and closer to home.

HIGH flying soccer supporters have chartered a plane to Russia for Ireland's first European Championship qualifying game.