A new website for holiday accommodation in the Isle of Man is launched today.

Set up by the Manx Hospitality Partnership, it offers a low cost online gateway to hotels, guest houses and self-catering providers and is available to members and non-members of the MHP.

Partnership chairman Theo Fleurbaay says it's vital for businesses to have an online presence these days, as so many bookings are taken that way (play attached audio file):

To introduce the service and its attached accommodation reservation package the MHP is holding two workshops.

The first is today, between 10am and 1pm at the Claremont Hotel in Douglas, and the second tomorrow, from 4pm to 6pm, at the Cherry Orchard in Port Erin.