Travel news in brief
20% off on rebookings
Bookings website Hotels.com (part of Expedia group) is to offer Irish customers affected by the collapse of the 1800hotels.ie website the opportunity to rebook with a 20 per cent discount.
Customers can claim the discount with Hotels.com by calling a dedicated telephone number and provide their original 1800hotels.ie booking reference number at the time of rebooking. The offer is valid from July 21st for hotel bookings until December 31st, 2010. The discount can only be claimed on rebookings made by phone on 01-6569447.
Doonbeg seafood fest
If you’re close to Clare this weekend then head for Doonbeg and its seafood festival. Clodagh McKenna, who recently opened her first cookery school in Ireland in the Village at Lyons, joins fish restaurateur Aidan McManus of Howth’s King Sitric and New York chef Ben Pollinger of the Oceana Restaurant in Manhattan, for live cookery demonstrations. The festival was created by the local community to reflect its fishing tradition and place emphasis on seafood in local restaurants.
Children can enjoy pony and trap rides, puppet shows, face painting and a crab fishing competition. See doonbegseafoodfestival.com.
€600
The amount of compensation which all airlines departing from the EU are liable to pay all passengers when flights are delayed or cancelled - and that includes non-EU airlines