THE Island’s first online events booking service is launched today as tickets for the highlight of the 800th anniversary celebrations of the Channel Islands’ constitutional status went on sale on the internet.

As an added incentive to book early for the three-day Jersey Revels medieval extravaganza, for the next month discounts and prizes are being offered to Jersey residents.The chairman of the 1204-2004 committee, Nigel Quérée, said: ‘The internet is a tremendous tool for the organisers of the Jersey Revels, enabling us to provide a very sophisticated ticketing system with a very low administrative overhead which can reach an international audience – but we have designed it in such a way that we can offer local people very attractive special offers.’Bookings can be made on www.1204-2004.je by clicking on events, then purchase online and entering the special promotion code – PRIDE – before placing orders.