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United Announces Washington DC – Doha Service via Dubai

United Airlines will launch a daily B777 service between its Washington DC/Dulles hub and Doha, Qatar, service via Dubai from 1st May 2012.

Glasgow – Toronto with Sunwing in Summer 2012

Canadian low-cost airline Sunwing Airlines is to commence direct twice-weekly flights from Glasgow Airport to Toronto in April 2012 for the summer. Amanda McMillan, Managing...

Vietnam Airlines Commences Non-Stop London Gatwick – Vietnam Service

Vietnam Airlines has commenced its London Gatwick (North Terminal) four times weekly non-stop service to Vietnam (to Hanoi on Tuesday, Friday and to Ho...

Ryanair to Open Billund Base

Ryanair will open its 48th base at Billund Airport in Denmark in March 2012 with two based aircraft and 19 routes, including five new...

Dubai Shark Reproduces Without a Male

A zebra shark in the aquarium of Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai is reported to have successfully reproduced in the absence of a...

Wizz Air Direct from Cork to Gdansk and Poznan

With the group draws recently completed for Euro 2012, Irish soccer fans will be able to take advantage of direct flights from Cork to...

Tokyo Still Most Expensive City for Expats

Tokyo has retained its position as the most expensive city for expatriates in the latest Cost of Living Survey by ECA International. Oslo is...

Sense Of Flying

This is a flight NOT to be recommended to your clients! Website rawstory.com has posted this film of a flight taken by the “Fastest...

Etihad Operates Reduced Carbon Emission Flights

Etihad Airways has successfully reduced carbon emissions by a combined total of nine tonnes on two flights from Australia to Abu Dhabi. The savings were...

Aer Lingus Passengers Up 8.8% in November

Aer Lingus has announced traffic statistics for November 2011. Total booked passenger numbers, including Aer Lingus Regional operations, increased by 8.8% in November, which...

Baggage Delivery at Dubai T3

Emirates is now offering a baggage delivery service at Dubai International Airport, Terminal 3. After passing through Immigration, dedicated Emirates staff at the baggage...

Etihad Airways’ First Class Chefs Take Flight

Qualified First Class Chefs are now officially onboard Etihad Airways flights to London, Sydney, Melbourne and Paris, and will be progressively introduced across all...

Air China London (Gatwick) – Beijing Service

Beginning on 1st May 2012, Air China will operate non-stop A330-200 flights between London (Gatwick) and Beijing. Flight CA852 will depart from Gatwick on...

Well-Being Travel Conference 2012

Registration has opened for the Well-Being Travel Conference 2012 taking place on 19th-21st June 2012 at The Phoenician luxury resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA...

Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Best Value Destinations for 2012

1. Northeastern USA 2. Japan 3. Tajikistan 4. Porto, Portugal 5. Lesotho 6. Iquitos, Peru 7. San Francisco, USA 8. Ohrid, Macedonia 9. Mekong Delta, Vietnam 10. Mérida, Mexico

New Groups Manager for Sandals Resorts

Sandals Resorts has appointed Paul Tidy as the new Groups Manager for the UK, Ireland and Europe. He was previously Business Development Manager for...

Gearoid Lynch Wins Again!

Fresh after winning Travel Agent Voter of the Year at the Irish Travel Trade Awards, Gearoid Lynch of Mallow Travel was last night presented...

Enda McNulty Motivates Worldchoice Conference

Keynote speaker Enda McNulty addressed the conference sub-theme, ‘As passionate about holidays as you are’, and got all the Worldchoice conference attendees motivated –...

Worldchoice Meet in Mount Wolseley

This year’s Worldchoice Ireland conference, ‘Flying High with Worldchoice’, is  currently underway at the Mount Wolseley Hotel, Spa and Country Club in Tullow, Co...

New Swiss Lounge at Zurich Airport

Swiss International Air Lines premium passengers using the new Dock B’s non-Schengen zone at Zurich Airport have a new 650 sq m Lounge D...

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