Tips and deals of the week: 17/10/2010

Save £440 on a week in the Alps

Alpine Elements is offering a seven-night break at the Hotel Genepi in Les Deux-Alpes, France, from £567.50 per person, including return flights to Geneva, transfers, half-board, and free lift pass.

Go to alpineelements.co.uk

Get a half-price holiday to Dubai

Departing Wednesday, Hayes & Jarvis is offering 52 per cent off a five-star break in Dubai. Priced at £499, the deal includes return flights, transfers, and three nights' B&B.

Go to hayesandjarvis.com

Two for the price of one in Mozambique

Turquoise Holidays has cut 50 per cent off seven nights for two sharing at the Azura resort, Mozambique, in November, to £1,540 per head, all-inclusive, including flights and transfers.

Go to turquoiseholidays.co.uk

The event

Learn how to be a travel photographer at a special masterclass hosted by Insight Guides at Stanfords Travel Bookshop, 7.30pm, 26 October.

Go to stanfords.co.uk

The festival

Make a date for a family day out at the fifth Herefordshire Food Festival, at Hereford Racecourse, 23-24 October.

Go to visitherefordshire.co.uk

The hotel

Just open on Kenya's Lamu Island, the Red Pepper House offers a luxurious taste of Swahili life with five suites in traditional houses, called nyumbas.

Go to theredpepperhouse.com