In a highly strategic move, Aer Lingus has launched direct flights from Belfast international to Charles de Gaulle, Paris. Amazingly, the fares start from as low as £25. Notably, this service is offered in addition to other direct services to destinations like Barcelona, Amsterdam, Budapest, Malaga, Rome, Nice and Faro. The one-way fares on these routes include all taxes and charges. For travels between Friday and Saturday, a supplementary charge will be added.

Significantly, tickets are very limited or not available during holiday and peak periods and are subjected to availability on other days.

Departing from Belfast, tickets to Paris are priced from £25, with flights operated everyday. Charges to Amsterdam start from £25 on daily services. With services on Tuesdays and Saturdays alone, charges to Geneva start from £25. Journey to Budapest is charged from £29, with flights available on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Charges to Barcelona start from £35, with flights operated on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Launching its new Disneyland Resort Paris brochure for the year 2008, Leger Holidays offers an amazing savings of over £300 per family. Notably, the specialist brochure contains all the deals of Leger's brand new savings, aiming to make the holidays highly easier for families to enjoy the captivating magic of the Disneyland Resort in Paris.

Presently, offers are available all through the year to include school holidays, Halloween breaks, Bonfire spectacular, Christmas season and New Year. It is interesting to note that the range of holidays available with Leger Holidays re available by four methods of transport: coach, self-drive, Eurostar and air.

Some of the notable highlights of the offers announced for the year 2008 include Kids go cheap all year round, free hotel upgrade for Christmas and Bonfire spectacular breaks, a couples special offer of up to £70 discount over room accommodation, a special offer for grandparents with a saving of £20 per grandparent. All these offers aim at providing holistic enjoyment for families in an involved family holiday.

In a significant move, Eurostar, the high-speed passenger train service of the UK is to introduce new extra services for the summer connecting St Pancras International/Ashford International and Disneyland Resort Paris, with effect from Thursday, the 18th July 2008. Interestingly, these extra services are to add about 33,000 seats over the existing number to and from the resort. The tickets are to go on sale from 18th March 2008.

The direct services operated on daily basis to Disneyland Resort Paris have always enjoyed a great popularity. In addition, the demand has further increased with the opening of St Pancras International. In addition, the launch of High Speed 1, the UK's first 186 mph line, during last November has further boosted the traffic in this route. The new extra direct trains are scheduled to run on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday with departures from London St Pancras International/Ashford International. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the services will depart from Disneyland Resort Paris.

Simon Montague, Eurostar's Director of Communications, observed, "These extra services will make it even easier for families and friends to visit Europe's leading tourist attraction during the summer holidays. The midday departure times are ideal for travellers living in towns and cities beyond London, who can buy through fares and use domestic rail to St Pancras International, King's Cross and Euston to connect with Eurostar high-speed trains".

Teaming up with England Rugby Travel, the official travel company for England Rugby, Eurolines, the international coach operator and part of National Express offers a fantastic deal for England rugby fans zealous of welcoming the team's return at Paris for the first time since the commencement of Rugby World Cup finals last autumn.

Since the match has already sold out, Eurolines has a limited number of tickets. However, the company offers a guaranteed ticket for the RBS Six Nations match against France along with a return travel just for £210. The coach service is a direct link between Victoria Coach Station and the Stade de France.

The special overnight service departs from Victoria Coach Station on 22nd February. Once it arrives in Paris, there will be plenty of time to enjoy the pre-match atmosphere. The overnight return trip will head to Paris late evening, arriving on the morning of 24th February.

Announcing a brand new service between Aer Lingus Group plc is to operate a brand new daily service connecting Belfast International and Paris, Charles de Gaulle with effect from 30th March. The one-way fares for this service will be as low as £25 including taxes and charges. This a very good news for passengers looking to fly to Paris.

From today, bookings can be made through the airline's website www.aerlingus.com.

Dermot Mannion, Aer Lingus CEO commented, "Our market research has shown strong demand for Paris, Charles de Gaulle while Northern Ireland is increasingly popular with French visitors. We are delighted to be able to capitalise on this demand by launching Aer Lingus' low-cost, superior service offering on this route."

Without having any reliable information, it is a common belief that Rome was the place where St. Pancras was born and his uncle raised him young and when he was 14 years old, he was executed for his faith. Now, how pertinent that one should begin a journey to Rome from the new St. Pancras International station.

You can settle back comfortably in your seat as the journey to Paris starts on the UK's first High Speed line, and after a station's change you will be heading to Geneva, from where a direct overnight train will take you to Rome.

As you have a reservation for a two-berth cabin, you can have your dinner at the restaurant as you travel through the Alps before you set down for your overnight journey.

L'Hôtel, the original Hip Hotel is ideally located on Paris's Left Bank, just minutes away from the rich cultural centers and literary heart of St Germain-des-Près. Exquisitely designed by the most renowned designer Jacques Garcia, the recent refurbishment program has restored the complete set of original features to this legendary hotel. Constructed with a twist of British native charm, L'Hôtel provides a truly Parisienne feel.

Even minute details such as Wedgewood crockery, British-tailored uniforms and Vera Wang crystal are incorporated in to its making rendering a sort of British flair. Over and above, all the staff are highly fluent in French and English. The highly convenient location of L'Hôtel in the 6th arrondissement places it just moments away from the Louvre, Musee d'Orsay, the Boulevard St Germain, the River Seine, and Notre Dame.

The bedrooms at L'Hôtel are lavish and extremely comfortable possessing an attraction in their own right. The property is built around the six floor oval atrium, with the rooms ranging from Mignon rooms to Apartments. The rooms are exceptionally designed in 1999, each of them guaranteeing a totally unique L'Hôtel experience. Behind each door, guests will find a name, tribute and memory to a specific period. Room 16 heralds the memory of Oscar Wilde. The remarkable history of the room rests on the framed copy of the final bill that Wilde could not pay, as he died on 30th November 1900. 

When looking for a hotel or hostel online for your city break, you are always confuse as where to choose, where's best to go or how close you are to essential sights? EnGrande, Barcelona-based online reservations master provides budget hotels, hostels, bed & breakfasts and private apartments in a variety of key European cities having London, Paris, Prague and Berlin. It costs 30 euros per person per night and an impressive Search-by-Map facility is provided to their reservations websites.

The customers can directly look for the accommodations best suitable for them with the presence of attractions like clearly, briefly and immediately bookable. Originally piloted on the company's Rome reservations website, Rome30.com, the Search-By-Map facility has been made available throughout the EnGrande portfolio.

Visitors wishing to celebrate New Year in Paris can straight away approach cool accommodation options near the Champs Elysées on Paris35.com. Just check whether it is available and reserve it simply by choosing the establishment preferring to the one shown on the map.

Located very close to the airport on the outskirts of Paris, the Rungis market is the largest of its type on the entire globe. More interestingly, the best meals of Paris begin here. For most critics, the outline difference between an extraordinary meal and a mediocre meal starts with Rungis more so with the extraordinary ability of the chef to procure the finest ingredients. 

Context Paris docent Louisa Chu is to escort a group to Rungis on 26th December to tour around the market. With a remarkable experience at the Cordon-bleu under a reputed former chef of Alain Ducasse's Plaza Athenes, Chu has the credit of a wide experience in navigating across the miles of fish stalls and meat lockers in addition to the fresh fruits and vegetables that arrive in Rungis on a daily basis.

Paul Bennett, Context founder remarks, "Rungis is mecca for anyone serious about food. It's much more than just a market. It's the center of the gastronomic world in Paris. And Louisa, with her hands-on experience in some of the finest restaurants in town, is just the person to take us there."

Today, the largest inflatable rugby ball of the world joins the Eiffel Tower, one of the world's famous landmarks in Paris, France. 25 metres long and 12 metres high, the New Zealand's rugby Ball was officially unveiled this morning at le Champ de Mars during sunrise at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. 

As a kick off to New Zealand's Rugby World Cup 2011 campaign, Helen Clark, the Prime Minister officially declared the opening of the giant rugby Ball. The other officials who attended the event included Sarah Dennis, New Zealand Ambassador in France, Paris Deputy Mayor, Mr Pascal Cherki, and Michel Dumont, Mayor of the 7th Arondissement. Some of the notable international media contingent that covered the event included TF1, TV5 Monde, APT, Phoenix Satellite TV France, Reuters, France Inter and RTL radio, over eight papers and magazines, AFP, online media, and European Press Society.

Expressing his delight over the event of official opening, George Hickton, Tourism New Zealand Chief Executive remarked, "This has given us the opportunity to profile 100% Pure New Zealand, the second most well known New Zealand brand after the All Blacks, in a key international environment. We want to tell international rugby fans that a trip to RWC 2011 is a trip to rugby heaven. And to show that as well as rugby they will have a unique tourism experience no matter where they, or their team, are staying and playing throughout New Zealand."

Not satisfied with building the world's biggest golf course, Australia has turned up with one more wacky plan to attract visitors down-under. In a recent survey by a travel magazine, Sydney has been chosen as the preferred city, and no wonder that more visitors attraction could further boost the interest of tourists and visitors in Australian tours. Seemingly, Neighbours' sun drenched streets have been drawing fans from the UK so successfully that Tourism Australia is willing to film a Japanese Soap Opera in Australia, in a bit to lure Japanese fans.

The establishment now has one renowned Japanese actor signed up for the plan and is expecting to get the cameras reeling in the coming months. This could be a real enjoying item for the visitors.