InteleTravel advisor Lucille Furlong has landed three new group bookings which are expected to be worth up to €600,000, the company has announced.
The bookings by Dublin-based Ms Furlong, of Inclusive Travel Ireland, are all for dance classes who will be performing at Disneyland Paris as part of the Disney Performing Arts Programme.
They follow hot on the heels of Lucille’s booking earlier this year for 234 people, which included members of the Star Struck Dance Academy who will also be taking part in the programme. That sale was worth around €120,000.
The new bookings include a performing arts school in Limerick, made up of 175 dancers, plus family, friends and teachers, travelling in early 2026. The other, smaller, groups are for dance schools in Dublin, with one having 65 dancers and the other 30 performers.
As with her original booking, the groups will be staying at the Disney Explorers Hotel for three nights, on a bed and breakfast basis, and have two days’ park tickets. Some families are choosing to stay longer. At Disney, the dancers will have dance and performance classes, then rehearsals before performing a 10-minute show on the main stage.
Separately, Ms Furlong has taken three group bookings over €10,000 each in 2025 and has made €200,000 of sales in the first seven weeks of this year, already surpassing her total for the whole of 2024.
“It has been incredible and there seems to be a snowball effect with the group bookings,” said Ms Furlong.
“I have a background as a ballet teacher and that has certainly helped when dealing with the dance schools. They want someone they can trust who understands what they do and also understands travel.
“It is a great area to focus on and the rewards can be big, but it is also a lot of hard work and I have been on this for several months. The potential for my business is massive.”
