NEWS: SPECIAL OFFERS & LATE AVAILABILITY

Dolce Hotels & Resorts is running a prize-draw for a year's use, on weekends, of a private suite in one of their six European hotels.

Dolce is an American company with a portfolio of large hotels and conference centres in the USA (mostly) and Europe (6), so it is both a 'hospitality management company' and, for the leisure market, a 'collection' of 4-star hotels.

The prize-draw competition is for the use of a private suite for one year (shareable with up to 10 friends & family on weekends when you can't go) at one of their hotels in Barcelona, Paris, Brussels, Provence, Munich or Frankfurt.

All you have to do is go to their dedicated website: www.dolceprivatesuite.com and fill in a simple online application. Competition closes 29 April 2010.

Gap Adventures (£) (Nothing to do with gap years. It stands for 'Great Adventure People') are offering a 50% discount on the following selected European voyages:

• Celtic History Voyage (Trip code: XVCHNX)
  
  
• Explore the Azores (Trip code: XVEANX)
  
  
• United Kingdom Heritage (Trip code: XVUKNX)

This offer is valid for new bookings made online before 17th June, quoting ATLXP241.

Also, GAP Adventures are still running their Create Your Own Adventure competition. The idea is, you submit your own idea of a perfect adventure holiday itinerary for you and two friends. There are assorted prizes (and prize draws just for entering) totalling over £10,000 and the overall winner gets their perfect holiday free.

Hotels.com (£) have launched their first ever 72-Hour Sale with room prices cut by up to 50%. The sale runs from today to Thursday 11th March.

GolfPlanet Holidays have been sending golfers to Hardelot - famous for its two beautiful, pine-lined courses, and its huge beaches - in northern France for 30 years, so they have launched a 30-year celebratory offer based at the 3-star Hotel du Parc...

• 3 nights’ bed and buffet breakfast
• A welcome dinner
• Up to five rounds of golf on the two Hardelot courses
• Four-in-a-car Eurotunnel travel

Price: £349 per person (Valid Monday to Friday all year)

Invitation to Tuscany (020 8444 9500) have cut (till 7 May) 15% off the price of an old village house in Tuscany with "never-ending views of wooded mountain slopes".

Weekly rental is down to £425 (saving £75), and £547 (saving £96) over Easter.

Throughout March and April the National Trust’s Antony House in Cornwall will be putting on a range of Alice inspired adventures, making the most of its role as the filmset for Tim Burton’s latest blockbuster, Alice in Wonderland, which opens in cinema's today.

On weekends and bank holidays a series of Mad Hatter’s tea parties will take place, on 16 March visitors can discover the rooms featured in the film, including Alice’s bedroom, and from Friday 02 April to Thursday 09 April children can explore an elusive White Rabbit Easter trail around Antony Garden where they’ll be enchanted by a larger than life caterpillar, a clock and even Alice herself; and where they can discover the natural beauty of a huge Cork Oak tree decorated with potion bottles, and a fantastic yew cone where they might even see the cunning Cheshire Cat.

Self-catering specialists, Blue Chip Vacations (£), have got deals on two nearby period properties close to Anthony House.

Blue Monkey and Lyndale Cottage, six miles away from Anthony House, are offering week-long stays until 27 March at a 20% and 10% discount, respectively. Both are set in the pretty and historic Rame Peninsula fishing villages of Cawsand and Kingsand known for their colour-washed cottages, narrow streets, friendly pubs, restaurants and shops.

• Like Antony House, Blue Monkey, a beautiful Grade II 18th century house that "has been lovingly refurbished to provide a luxurious stay for families, pets and holiday makers looking for a peaceful retreat, is a historic property in its own right.
  
  Blue Monkey was formerly the village pub known as 'The Blue Anchor' and was regularly visited by Lord Nelson who could often be seen dancing the night away up in the first floor front room. Its name derives partially from this period, but also from the time when the house was used as the cannon ball store supplying the fort; 'Monkey' was the name given to the triangular formation made by the cannon balls when they were stacked, hence Blue Monkey.
  
  Awarded the 4-Star Visit Britain status, Blue Monkey comprises four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a pretty sun-trap garden (with BBQ) and a delightful open plan living/dining area with exposed stone walls, and a roaring open log fire. As well as a complimentary bottle of wine on arrival, guests have free use of two kayaks, and the beach is only 30 metres away."
  
  Blue Monkey sleeps eight and is available for a short break from 08-11 March, and for seven night stays from 14-27 March at the discounted rate (20"). A three night stay can be booked from £481 and for seven nights from £547 (saving £132, including discount), or £68.50 per person.
  
  
• "Lyndale Cottage is a delightful Grade II listed cottage that is full of character and is situated on the beautiful and romantic Rame Peninsula, in the historic village of Kingsand.
  
  The cottage is the second oldest in the village and was built from parts of a ship that had been wrecked on the Eddy Stone Rock. It even has an original ship’s door in the house.
  
  Inside, Lyndale has a cosy living area with a lovely wood burning stove and a second living area with access to a fabulous sun terrace and courtyard garden. The traditional cottage kitchen is full of character with a beamed ceiling and its very own an Aga-style cooker. Upstairs are three bedrooms, one of which has a feature four-poster bed that is set within a stunning beamed bedroom."
  
  Lyndale Cottage sleeps up to six and can be booked for three nights from £390. Seven nights can be booked from £496 or £83 per person (saving £53, including discount). Available from 06 March-20 March at discounted rate.

Blue Chip Vacations have a number of other properties in the area, and further down the Cornish peninsula where some other Alice in Wonderland scenes were filmed.

National Express Eurolines (£) have a Ski Season promotion. 10% off single or return journeys from London to...

• Cluses
• Chamonix
• Moutiers
• Aime
• Bourg-St-Maurice
• Tignes-Le Lac
• Tignes-Val Claret

The offer applies to bookings made until 9th April 2010, for travel up to 9th April 2010. Quote: SKITEN

KLM (£) have put together a set of special fares for return flights from London booked between now and 14 March.

For travel before 31st May 2010...

Nairobi £358

For travel before 30th June 2010...

You can spend the night for £69 when you spend £75 in the brasserie and bar between you.

But you need to commit yourself by booking now for a stay between Sunday 28th March and Sunday 18th April.

Ski Power (01737 30 60 29) is offering a week’s FREE skiing or snowboarding holiday in Val D’Isere this April to the winner of a prize draw to be made at the end of March.

To enter, all you have to do is start following @SkiPower on Twitter between now and 31st March.

The prize is seven nights' catered chalet-hotel accommodation (daily breakfast and a five-course evening meal six days a week) for two at the Hotel Gelinotte in Val D'Isere (to be taken in April 2010).

"Nestled in pine trees and just a few minutes’ walk from the centre of Val D'Isere, the hotel has just been completely renovated. With views overlooking the town centre, the chalet-hotel is ideal for those looking to get away for a relaxing break (facilities include a sauna)."

Small print: Flights and transfers extra. Holiday prize is non transferable and not redeemable for cash.

Club Med (08453 67 67 67) are offering 'Seven Day Sunshine Breaks' with savings of up to £400 off on holidays in Mauritius and Malaysia for a family of four.

• A week at Club Med's Cherating Beach in Malaysia on 20 March costs from £1,352 per adult and £925 per child, including flights - a saving of £400 for a family of four.
  
  "Perched on the east coast of Malaysia, Club Med Cherating Beach resort is a tropical paradise. Featuring bungalows on stilts nestled amid the lush vegetation, this 80 hectare resort is an oasis characterised by exotic wildlife and stunning views. Guests can adjust to the slow and relaxed pace of the resort with the Club Med Spa or unwind at the magnificent bar in this striking location."
  
  
• A week at the Club Med La Plantation d'Albion 5-Trident all-inclusive resort in Mauritius, departing 19 March 2010, costs from £1,857 per adult and £1,092 per child, including flights - again, a saving of up to £400 for a family of four.
  
  "For those seeking the ultimate in relaxation, there is the Cinq Mondes Spa with Turkish baths and sauna and for those with a daring streak, you can book scuba diving and sailing from the Resort."
  

All Club Med holidays include:

• Return flights from London and transfers between the airport and the Resort
• Accommodation in a Club Room
• All meals with wine, beer and soft drinks, open bar and snacks
• A wide range of group classes and sports activities and tuition
• Children’s clubs from 4 to 17 years

A 'family of four' is based on two adults and two children from 6 to 11 years.

Macdonald Hotels (£) have an Easter Break offer - save up to 50% off your Easter Break, plus get a £10 voucher per room for every night booked.

The promotion runs till 25th April 2010 for bookings between 31st March - 25th April 2010 inclusive. Use the promo code 'EAW'.

Asian low-cost airline, AirAsia is launching a "Big Sale" promotion offering bargain fares on flights from London to Malaysia and then onward.

The booking period for this offer is 3rd - 7th March 2010, and the travel period is 1st November 2010 - 13th February 2011.

So, the deals start with London Stansted to Kuala Lumpur fares from £189 one-way.

The sale is part of a major Asia-wide promotion including all of AirAsia's destinations from the airline’s nine hubs (Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Penang, Kota Kinabalu, Bangkok, Jakarta, Bali, Surabaya and Bandung), stretching across 20 countries and over 130 routes.

So, having got to Kuala Lumpur you can travel on to...

Malaysia
Langkawi/Penang/Kota Bahru from £2

Australia
Perth from £30
Gold Coast from £30
Melbourne from £40

Thailand
Bangkok, Krabi, Phuket from £10
Chiang Mai from £20

Indonesia
Yogyakarta/Bali/Surabaya from £20
Jakarta from £14

Singapore from £6

Vietnam
Hanoi from £18
Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) from £14

Laos
Vientiane from £14

Cambodia
Siem Reap/Phnom Penh from £14

or

Kota Kinabalu from £10

(All fares quoted are one-way)

Mauritius Luxury Holidays (020 8441 2818) has seven nights all-inclusive at the 4-star Ambre Resort and Spa for £1,182 per person (saving £336) until March 25.

The price includes direct Air Mauritius flights from Heathrow, private transfers and all meals and drinks at the hotel.

"Set beside one of the island’s best beaches at Belle Mare on the east coast, it has attractive thatched-roof buildings and a turquoise lagoon protected by coral reefs perfect for swimming and watersports".

W&O Travel (0845 277 3304) has reduced the price of a 7 night stay at Mykonos Grace, Greece, by £448 per couple for stays between 5 May and 11 June 2010 if you book by the 5th of March.

"Overlooking the sandy beach of Agios Stefanos, just north of Mykonos Town, the award winning Mykonos Grace is the ultimate in understated luxury. The elegant coexistence of traditional architectural elements and local craftsmanship with modern facilities and chic design is apparent throughout the property."

The price for 7 nights now starts from £479 per adult based on two sharing. It includes accommodation in Double Room with daily breakfast, return flights and transfers.