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world's largest hotel chain have plenty of last minute deals on offer.
In all there are 50 hotels featured, offering last minute deals. Some of
the room deals follow:Brussels 50 € Novotel Wavre Bruxelles Est
Copenhagen 54 € Ibis Copenhagen Crown Hotel
Bordeaux 59 € Mercure Bordeaux Meriadeck
Paris 62 € Suitehotel CDG Paris Nord 2
Berlin 68 € Novotel Berlin Mitte
London 101 € Mercure London City Bankside
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The hills around Llangollen, my birthplace are still cloaked in bright white snow. It serves as a reminder that the European Ski season is still in full flow. Maeva apartments have some good deals now that Half Term is over:-
Les 2 Alpes 276 € per week
Arc 1800 280 € per week
La Tania 392 € per week
Maeva Website:www.maeva.fr
Directski.com
For those Winter Sports enthusiasts who don't want to build their own package Directski have some late deals. For example B&B in Söll for £189 per person based on 2 sharing and including flights from London Gatwick. Hurry these deals go quickly.
New routesLondon Luton - Basel from 28 March 04
Liverpool - Cologne/Bonn from 22 June 04
London Luton - Dortmund from 16 Sep 04
London Luton - Ljubljana from 1 May 04
Luton to Budapest from May 1
London Gatwick to Faro, Naples and Prague from 23 April 04
Ryanair axes a route
Ryanair has now announced that it will drop the London Stansted to Brussels Charleroi route upon the introduction of its Summer timetable on April 29 2004. This follows the European Commission fining Ryanair after ruling that it had received illegal payments in order to use the airport. Ryanair was bringing 360,000 passengers a year to the airport. The Ryanair capacity will be transferred to other routes. The reduction of 8 daily flights will reduce Charleroi's throughput by about 10%. Michael O'Leary has warned that other Ryanair flights will be routed away from the airport if a new low cost agreement can't be reached with the airport authorities. Ryanair is challenging the European Commission's judgement at the European Court in Luxembourg.
The earlier you book your ferry crossing the cheaper your tickets are likely to be. To illustrate the point P&O Ferries offered early booking discounts as follows, if you had booked by:
14 Jan 2004 - 40% Discount
1 Mar 2004 - 35% Discount
The last batch of offers is still available.
2 Apr 2004 - 25% Discount
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Ferry industry shouts foul!
The Passenger Shipping Association (PSA), the body that represents the ferry and cruise line industry has lodged a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority. They accuse the airlines of 'unfair and misleading practices'. Particularly the 'free' flights which have numerous extra charges levied including airport charges and taxes. This they say contravenes advertising regulations designed to protect the consumer. The PSA claims this sort of advertising gives the travel industry a bad name. The main contention is that consumers have great difficulty in making fair comparisons between travelling by ferry or by air. The Observer got a statement from EasyJet saying that it quotes one way fares because that is how their flights are sold. Ryanair was not available for comment.
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