TourCrafters is offering an eight-day/seven-night Madrid and Bilbao package for $1,099 that includes roundtrip air fare from New York and Boston on Alitalia, airline fuel surcharges, four overnights at the three-star Hotel Tryp Washington in Madrid, three overnights at the three-star Hotel NH Deusto in Bilbao (with the possibility to extend for one night free of charge), daily breakfast, a four-day car rental, hotel taxes and service. The package is valid only from March 25 to 31.

Travel experts have warned of a “ticking time bomb” for travel companies as Ireland’s biggest tour operator goes to the wall. PriceWaterhouseCoopers claim the demise of Budget Travel could herald the start of a wave of insolvencies across the sector.

British Airways is expected to bring 10,000 passengers to St. Kitts’ Robert L Bradshaw International Airport by the end of the year and the numbers are expected to significantly increase in 2010. This will be the highest number of visitors a weekly airline service has ever brought to St Kitts over a 12-month period.

Carlson Hotels Worldwide named Michael Hutchins to the position of vice president of development for Radisson Hotels & Resorts for the Eastern United States and Canada. Radisson is the flagship, full-service brand for the hotel division.

Southwest Airlines Vacations is offering a savings of $200 per reservation of three nights or more at Disney World in Orlando, Fla. Bookings of seven- to 10-day packages receive three free nights, three free days on Magic Your Way tickets of seven to 10 days and the first and second checked bags free.

Sofitel signed a management contract with Carrasco Nobile S/A, a consortium managed by the Spanish group Codere, to manage the Casino Carrasco Hotel in Montevideo, Uruguay. The brand will give the symbolic building in the Uruguayan capital a new lease on life to transform it into the region’s luxury address.