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Ireland Promotes at ITB Berlin 2013

This year, 22 tourism organisations from across the island of Ireland visited ITB Berlin, including Aer Lingus, Irish Ferries, hotels, B&B Ireland, visitor attractions,...

Extra Cork-Bristol Flight for Cheltenham

Aer Lingus Regional, operated by Aer Arann, will add an extra flight to Bristol from Cork Airport on 16th March 2013 to meet the...

Aer Lingus to Acquire Boeing 757s

Irish Travel Trade News has learned that Aer Lingus is in contract discussions to lease up to three Boeing 757 aircraft for four years....

Club Travel Staff Do the Harlem Shake!

Staff from Club Travel claim to be the first travel agency in Ireland and the UK to do the Harlem Shake! 

It was a...

Investment Approval for AirAsia’s Indian Budget Airline

Malaysia-based AirAsia has been granted approval by India’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board to set up an Indian budget airline. This comes after the Indian...

Tourism Australia’s ‘Best Job in the World’ Returns – Sixfold!

Tourism Australia is teaming up with industry and State and Territory tourism partners in a new A$4 million campaign targeting the international youth market...

Emirates Goes Triple Daily to Perth

Emirates has increased its flights from Dubai to Perth from 19 to 21 per week, offering an extra 1,440 seat capacity between the two...

‘France for Less and a Friend Goes Free’ Offer from Irish Ferries

Irish Ferries has launched a ‘France for less and a friend goes free’ fare offer aimed at attracting those able to avail of off-peak...

Thomas Cook to Cut 2,500 Jobs in UK

Thomas Cook UK plans to axe up to 2,500 jobs – 16% of its workforce – and to close 195 stores in Britain as...

RCL Cruises Spring Agent Incentives

RCL Cruises is driving springtime demand for 2013 cruise holidays with a double-header of seasonal campaigns for the Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises...

Travel Industry Companies Win Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards

The winners of the 2012/2013 Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards Programme have been announced at an awards gala dinner in the Burlington Hotel. Twenty...

Family Fun Day on Sunday 1st September

This year’s Travel Trade Family Fun Day, in aid of Pieta House and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, will take place from 1.00pm on Sunday 1st...

St Patrick’s Weekend Prize Draw with Onholiday.ie

In the lead up to St Patrick’s Day, Onholiday.ie is running a competition with travel agents throughout the island of Ireland to enter a...

SAA Launches Online Training Programme for Agents

South African Airways UK has launched its first
 ever Online Travel Training (OTT) programme to educate agents about the 
national airline and increase knowledge...

ITB 2013 Opens in Berlin

A fully booked ITB 2013 opened in Berlin today, with 
10,086 exhibitors from 188 countries covering 160,000 square metres, a record number of two-tier...

Thalys Selects Amadeus to Expand Distribution through Agencies

Amadeus and Thalys, the international high-speed rail operator connecting Paris and Brussels with Germany and the Netherlands, have announced a partnership agreement to distribute...

WTM Launches Futuretravelleaders.TV

World Travel Market has launched Futuretravelleaders.TV, a dedicated channel featuring travel and tourism’s “rising stars of today and tomorrow’s industry leaders”. FutureTravelLeaders.TV follows on from...

Ex-Cork Seats for Summer 2013 Exceed 2m

A record two million-plus seats are available from Cork Airport to more than 50 destinations across the UK and Europe for summer 2013. Ryanair recently...

DAA Launches ‘The Big Welcome’ Competition

To celebrate The Gathering Year 2013, Dublin Airport Authority has launched ‘The Big Welcome’ competition, which will offer winners the opportunity to fly friends...

Top Ten Short-Haul Connecting Destinations from Dublin

The top 10 short-haul connecting destinations from Dublin Airport for 2012 were as follows: 1. Helsinki 2. Moscow 3. Billund 4. Stockholm 5. Luxembourg 6. Berlin 7. Kiev 8. Hamburg 9. Hannover 10. Venice

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