Rush to book 1999 holidays

A Dublin travel agency, Falcon Holidays, has said that due to consumer demand following this year's bad summer it will publish its summer 1999 brochure tomorrow. Mr Damian Breen, Falcon's marketing director, said consumers had been "inundating travel agents with requests to book next summer's holidays". The company said it had experienced a 10 per cent increase in traffic this year and expected a further 10 per cent next year, with more than 500,000 people travelling on sun holidays.