Victoria's Accommodation & Travel Guide

Enjoy a luxury vacation package to Ireland this fall and save with a travel discount at the same time. CIE Tours International is offering a 5% discount on its top-of-the-line Emerald Supreme vacation package to Ireland, a 14-day/12-night trip featuring top deluxe and castle hotels, including Dromoland Castle and Ashford Castle. Ideal for a honeymoon, anniversary or a family celebration vacation, this escorted Irish tour emphasizes unique experiences, personalized attention and exclusivity, with capacity limited to 26 persons.

The British national tourism agency, VisitBritain, will host its main international travel trade event in Bangalore in 2011, it was announced during Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit Wednesday.

‘Destination Britain and Ireland 2011 or DEBI’ will enable leading firms from Britain to meet 100 of the top buyers from 15 countries across the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Australia regions, a press statement issued by VisitBritain in the capital said.

The event is expected to generate nearly pounds 10 million of tourism business for more than 70 companies that are due to take part. The companies range from Selfridges to Merlin attractions that owns Legoland, Alton Towers, The London Eye and Madame Tussauds, it said.

Southwest Airlines Co., the nation’s largest discount airline, is scheduled to report second-quarter results before the market opens Thursday.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Can the recovery in the airline industry last?

Five of the nation’s six largest airlines have already reported second-quarter figures, and they posted a $1.3 billion profit, the industry’s best quarter in three years. And that’s despite a loss at the parent of American Airlines.