in brief

in brief

&#42 Cresta discounts aim to make your money go further

Cresta is offering a range of discounts on specific routes in its latest ‘Make Your Money Go Further’ campaign with British Airways. Reductions of up to £80 per person on a three-night break in Stockholm, £59 per person on a two-night break to Helsinki, and £60 off per person on a three-night break to Oslo are available for travel between May 15 and June 30.

&#42 FAROES get on the map with stansted to torshavn flight

The Danish Faroe Islands are to be put on the holiday map with a new Atlantic Airways summer connection from Stansted to Torshavn. The direct flight will depart every Saturday from June 16 until mid-August.

&#42 enjoy a christmas stay at Sweden’s most historic inn

Norvista is offering Christmas stays at Sweden’s oldest inn which dates back to 1609. The Gripsholm, on Lake Mälaren, 38 miles from Stockholm, is renowned for itsChristmas buffet. Two-night packages including accommodation and dinner lead in at £174 per person.

&#42 tickets for rehearsals of eurovision now available

That last bastion of Europop, the Eurovision Song Contest, is taking place this year at Parken, Copenhagen, on May 12. Tickets for the rehearsals are available by calling 45 3315 1012.

&#42 fjord line to promotes norway summer cruises

Fjord Line is offering two and three-night summer cruises between May 19 and September 19 to Norway with adult prices starting at £98 for two nights and £118 for three nights. Children under 16 travel for £49 and £59 respectively.

&#42 radisson SAS teams up with avantor to run new hotels

Radisson SASHotels and Resorts has teamed up with with Avantor ASA, one of Norway’s biggest property companies, to build and manage a new hotel in Nydalen, greater Oslo. Construction will start this spring and is due to be completed by June 2003.

&#42 wallace arnold offers nine-day copenhagen tour

Coach operator Wallace Arnold is offering a new nine-day tour this summer taking in Copenhagen and the historic Hanseatic Ports. The tour leads in at £579 between May and September including eight nights’ half-board accommodation, luxury coach travel and ferry crossing.