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Sunway Celebrates 45 Years in Business

Grainne Caffrey Heads West for Lowcostbeds / Resorthoppa

Brussels Here We Come, Euro 2012 Here We Go!

January Best Month Ever for BookaBed

All-Year-Round Golf in Costa Daurada

MSC Cruises Launches Irish Website with Online Check-in

Prestige Holidays Roadshow in Belfast

Exploring Barcelona's Treasures with Multitickets

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To celebrate Sunway's 45 years in business, the Irish-owned tour operator is giving away one European holiday each day for the month of February. Every person who books online has a chance to win in the €20,000 promotion, which ends on 29th February.
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Having already visited Munster, Leinster and Dublin City agencies on behalf of Lowcostbeds and Resorthoppa, this week Grainne Caffrey is heading for the west and north-west. "We've had a great start to the year and agents have been very supportive – it's all about relationships in the travel business and they know me well!" Grainne told ITTN. Lowcostbeds plans to introduce a white label solution for agents' dynamic packaging by April.
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A new Aer Lingus summer service to Brussels and Wizz Air routes to Euro 2012's four Polish venues, among other new routes, are set to score for Cork Airport this year.
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BookaBed reported its best month in its eight-year history at the end of January. Lee Osborne, Business Development Manager, told Irish Travel Trade News: "Sales were more than 100% up on January 2011."
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The Costa Daurada has seven golf courses and three pitch & putts with very diverse features, depending on the natural relief of their location, and which are ideal for golfers to enjoy their sport all year round.
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MSC Cruises has launched a new Irish website, msccruises.ie, as an information service for clients and agents alike. You can view the fleet, destinations, weekly offers, and find shore excursions and – for the first time ever – Irish clients will be able to check in online.
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Independent UK tour operator Prestige Holidays, based in Ringwood, Hampshire, will run four agents' roadshows again from 16th – 19th April, including one in the Ten Square Hotel in Belfast. Trade partners attending will include the Canadian Tourism Commission and the Bermuda Department of Tourism.
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Visitors to Barcelona should be advised that the city's Multitickets are a convenient way to discover Barcelona's cultural treasures while making the most of numerous special deals, including free travel on public transport and discounts off admission or free offers at museums, cultural venues, landmark buildings, restaurants and on entertainments.
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