GREEN
BACKS: Ireland- and agent-only operator Sceptre Tours is
helping agents buck dollar-vs.-euro exchange-rate woes with
guaranteed $623 net rates on November departures of its
four-night Sights and Sounds Pub Tour package. The
per-person $623 net rate is valid for 13 departure dates throughout
November and includes roundtrip airfare to Ireland from New York or
Boston; two night accommodations each at the Galway City Hotel and
Dublin City Hotel; private coach with guide; two dinners and daily
breakfast; and sightseeing at in Dublin, the Connemara, the Cliffs
of Moher and more. Visit www.sceptretours.com or call (800)
221-0924.
FOREIGN
TRADE: Visit Dublin Tourisms travel trade-specific Web
site at http://trade.visitdublin.com/trade for
industry insights, statistics, contacts and more. The site also
offers online registration for Dublin Tourism membership. Then,
check out www.dublingifts.com for
a selection of Dublin Tourism travel guides in four
languages.
NEW
AER: TNT Vacations launches its previously announced,
seasonal non-stop charter flights via Ryan International Airways
June 19 from Boston to Dublin and Shannon, Ireland. Priced from
$199 per person, one-way, the flights to Shannon operating through
Sept. 12 will depart Boston on Sundays
and Thursdays, with return service on Mondays and Fridays;
similarly priced service to Dublin to run
July 2 to Sept. 4 will be offered on Saturdays and
will return on Sundays. Call (888) GO-TNT-GO or visit tntvacations.com.
INN-SIDE
STORY: Designer hotel The G (www.monogramhotels.ie) 10 minutes walk from Eyre Square in Galway
is ready to open featuring 100 deluxe rooms,
including three individually designed suites & The new
20-bedroom, two-suite Vaughan Lodge (www.vaughanlodge.ie) brings four-star quality
to Lahinch in County Clare this month; nightly rates are 105 euros
(about $129), double, through Oct. 5 and 85 euros ($105), double,
from Oct. 6 to March 6, 2006.