Value for money the focus of Dublin's Holiday World Show

TRAVEL TRENDS:DUBLIN'S Holiday World show, which is the major exhibition for the tourism industry, gets under way next weekend with an emphasis on value for money, particularly in Ireland.

About 2,000 travel professionals and 700 exhibitors will attend the event, at the RDS Simmonscourt from Friday to Sunday.

The organisers say there will be 10 worlds under one roof: Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, the Caribbean, Europe and the Mediterranean, the Americas, home holidays, adventure travel, a new Cruise World pavilion, the Caravan Motorhome Show and an angling pavilion.

Seventy countries will be represented at the exhibition, which will offer discounts for holidaymakers who come to the RDS. A large number of five-star hotels will be selling breaks from €99 a night.

As well as the travel clinics that were introduced last year, there will be advice on travelling to South Africa for the World Cup and on finding working holidays abroad during the recession.

With value being the key for holidaymakers, the caravan and motorhome exhibition will be stressing the money-saving aspect of touring holidays, as well as setting out to show that caravans and motorhomes can be as comfortable as some hotels and apartments, with flat-screen TVs, microwaves, large fridges and power showers.

The Holiday World Show is also at King’s Hall in Belfast this weekend.