Fame the Musical
From 19/8/2010 to 12/9/2010
Starring RTÉ Televisions “Fame the Musical” winners Jessica Cervi as “Serena” and Ben Morris as “Nick”
Grand Canal Hotel, Dublin, not Mondays
Boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith have sifted through the schmaltz to find Valentine’s packages that will really set hearts aflutter (and won’t involve soggy petals clogging the plughole). Here are 10 hot properties that offer something a little bit different…
Dundee is transforming its waterfront, to draw visitors in. Adrian looks at what there is for the short break tripper
As we celebrate France on their national holiday we begin a week of stories on France starting with a brief introduction to each of the 22 French mainland regions and Corsica.
The Spanish resort of Benidorm has all the ingredients for a perfect week-end beach break. Your definitive guide starts here…
According to ABTA, about 2 million of us will leave the country to enjoy Easter abroad. And maybe some decent weather after the returning wintry conditions of this week.
It won’t come as a great surprise to many of you that Spanish resorts are doing well with Tenerife and the Canaries leading the way. You could also guess that Egypt and Turkey are doing well and so they are but Tunisia has also picked up a lot of bookings. Going slightly further afield, Florida is attracting the usual school age groups and booking seem to be up despite the fact that the biggest new attraction, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter doesn’t open until June 18th.
The usual places seem to fill the top spots each year for overseas citybreak destinations. Paris, Amsterdam and Dublin lead the pack with Milan and New York not far behind and this is despite the weakness of the pound against the euro and the dollar.
So who is going away?
Probably Singapore isn’t at the top of your list of must see destinations. Malaysia might be there, Thailand probably, Bali as well but Singapore tends to get missed out.
Is it because it is seen as a business destination, a financial centre or just a place to change flights? Or is it because it is seen as small and thus because of that, there can’t be a lot there.
Whatever it that may be about to change because the Singapore Tourism Board has signed a deal with Visa, the credit card people, to publicise the country over the next 3 years.
When it’s cold, wet and windy outside there’s arguably no better time to pamper yourself at a spa. Everyone’s heard of Ragdale Hall and Champneys in the UK, while celebs such as Madonna and Marc Anthony reportedly flock to the Dead Sea to slather on the region’s famous black mud – in their quest for perfect pores and eternally youthful looks
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