IF YOU book a seven-night holiday in Bermuda with Project Travel by the end of this month and travel before 16 April . . . that includes Easter weekend . . . you will get two free nights hotel accommodation at selected hotels plus a discount on the airfare.

One of the featured hotels is Cambridge Beaches Resort (voted, apparently, the Best Place to Fall in Love in Bermuda) with prices from 2,060 per person sharing for seven nights on a half-board basis, including flights from Dublin. There is a flight supplement on dates after 6 April. Contact 01 2108391, www. projecttravel. ie for more details about this specific offer or for other available options.

Sailing in Portugal with West Galway School

IN THE market for acquiring sailing skills? Or just fancy holidaying at sea in Portugal? Then check out the West Galway School of Navigation, one of the country's well-established sea schools that, since last autumn, has had a programme of sail training operating out of Lagos on the southwest corner of the Algarve. They are the only school to offer ISA and RYA accredited cruising training outside Ireland. But if all that training sounds too much like hard work and what you really want is just a relaxing sailing holiday then you'll be happy to learn that that is on the agenda as well. Up to four people can charter one of the boats in Portugal and can sail, if they wish, with a qualified skipper on board. Contact John Roberts on 095 23569 or visit www. serioussailing. com

Battle of the Somme anniversary events

THIS summer will mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme and a host of exhibitions, films, conferences and other events are already in the pipeline to commemorate the historic occasion with a major exhibition being organised by the Historical Society of the Great War and running from April until the end of 2006.

The key date, 1 July, falls this year on a Saturday and will be marked with a host of ceremonies in France. For details check out www. somme-battlefields. com or contact the French Government Tourist Office on 1560 235 235, www. franceguide. com

Special offers for the ski slopes in March

SPECIAL offers for the ski slopes in March include a number of tempting breaks in destinations as varied as Austria, Norway, Italy, Bulgaria and France. Prices start from 399, per person sharing, for seven nights on a B&B basis in Kaprun in Austria, departing from Dublin on 11 March. Meanwhile 479 will get you seven nights, half board, in the three-star Hotel Panorama in Bulgaria's Pamporovo, departing on the same date.

Get more info or book online at www. directski. com or ring 1890 201 205.

Brehon Hotel joins Luxury Lifestyle group THE Brehon Hotel in Killarney, opened since August 2004, has joined the Luxury Lifestyle Hotels & Resorts umbrella group. With 125 bedrooms, a number of suites, and an Angsana Spa, the Brehon joins the group that incorporates more than 50 hotels in nine different European countries. Check out the hotel's facilities on www. thebrehon. com or www. luxurylifestylehotels. com