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Killarney National Park from six to 11 days. Tours are offered at a net price to travel agents, who build their mark-up into the package price. Call John Ahern, coowner (011-353-66-712-8733). Go Ireland (www.govisit The most romantic is number 3, which has an ornately carved four-poster bed. Suites 14 and 15 have a sitting room and kitchenette downstairs and two bedrooms upstairs with views over the front garden. There’s a 10 percent Presidential Suite, number 224, has a sitting room in a turret, dining area, balcony, an antique bed draped in Italian linen and oversized marble bath. Rooms are commissionable at 8 percent. Contact John Brennan, managing director (jbrennan@parkkenmare.com). The Mustard Seed Country House and Restaurant (www.mustard commission. Ask for John Edward Joyce, manager (011-353-69-68508). Destination training: Agents must complete four informational modules to earn Shamrock Specialist status through Tourism Ireland’s online educational program, the Shamrock Club. Agents must complete three educational modules to become an Emerald Partner with Sceptre Tours. Both programs provide destination updates. Sign up for Failte Ireland’s e-newsletter at ireland.com) offers guided, independent, women-only and solo walking tours, from easy culture walks covering a maximum of six miles a day to avid hiking trips of up to 12 miles a day. Standard agent commission is 10 percent. The agent liaison is Jean Curtayne (800-721-4672). To enhance packaged walking tour commissions, agents can upgrade lodging from family-run guesthouses to upscale hotels where possible or add a castle stay to the end of the trip. Lodging: Types of accommodation in the country range from bed-andbreakfasts and farmhouses to small inns, luxury hotels, historic manor houses and castles. Foley’s Townhouse (www.foleys seed.ie) in Ballingarry was built as a country manor house in 1884 and opened as a four-star hotel in 1996 with 18 rooms furnished with antiques. www.failteireland.ie. — KMM Resources: I Tourism Ireland (travel trade): 800669-9967, www.tourismirelandinfo.com I Tourism Ireland walking web site: I Forest park trails: www.coillte.ie I Killarney National Park: townhouse.com), in the heart of Killarney, is a charming, 18th-century, family-run hotel. There are 29 rooms; numbers 30 and 48 are suites with a sitting room and Jacuzzi. There’s a 10 percent commission. Call owner Carol Hartnett (011-353-64-31217). Built in 1897, the family-owned Park Hotel Kenmare (011-353-6441200, www.parkkenmare.com) is in an excellent location for walking. A member of The Small Luxury Hotels of the World, it has 46 rooms individually decorated with antiques; some feature canopied beds, while others showcase views of Kenmare Bay. Deluxe rooms connect for family convenience. The www.killarneynationalpark.ie I Irish Heart Foundation’s Slí na Sláinte trails and walking club list (national park trails): www.walking.ireland.ie I Northern Ireland Tourist Board (travel trade): 011-44-28-9023-1221, www.nitb.com I Northern Ireland trails: www.npws.ie/nationalparks I Pilgrim Paths: www.walkni.com I Northern Ireland walking clubs: www.heritagecouncil.ie/walkways/ pilgrim_paths.html I Walking World Ireland magazine trail article archive: www.ufrc-online.co.uk, www.walkingandhiking.co.uk I Walking maps: Republic of Ireland www.walkingworldireland.com I Waterway Walks: www.osi.ie www.osni.gov.uk Northern Ireland http://walks.iwai.ie/main/index.shtml I Waymarked Ways of Ireland and walking event list: I Ballyhoura Mountain Park: www.ballyhouracountry.com I Beara Peninsula and Bere Island: www.bearatourism.com www.walkireland.ie, www.irishheart.ie/iopen24 SEPTEMBER 2007 Home-BasedTravelAgent 39 http://www.govisitireland.com http://www.govisitireland.com http://www.mustardseed.ie http://www.mustardseed.ie http://www.failteireland.ie http://www.coillte.ie http://www.tourismirelandinfo.com http://www.foleystownhouse.com http://www.foleystownhouse.com http://www.killarneynationalpark.ie http://www.walking.ireland.ie http://www.nitb.com http://www.npws.ie/nationalparks http://www.walkni.com http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/walkways/pilgrim_paths.html http://www.ufrc-online.co.uk http://www.parkkenmare.com http://www.walkingandhiking.co.uk http://www.walkingworldireland.com http://www.osi.ie http://www.osni.gov.uk http://walks.iwai.ie/main/index.shtml http://www.ballyhouracountry.com http://www.walkireland.ie http://www.bearatourism.com http://www.irishheart.ie/iopen24

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