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London Tours by the Homeless and Luxury Safaris are Joint Winners of Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2011

  A luxury safari company, Robin Pope Safaris, and a social enterprise operating walking tours of London by the homeless, Sockmob Events/Unseen Tours, are the...

Virgin Atlantic Launches Twitter Service

Virgin Atlantic Airways passengers can now check their flight status on Twitter with a new @VAAInfo service. Tweet any flight number and departure date...

Indian Carriers Address Financial Problems

National carrier Air India has asked the government for almost €1 billion in State aid, while private full-service airline Kingfisher has cancelled 50 loss-making...

Club Travel Celebrates 40th Birthday

Club Travel celebrated 40 years in the travel business (an exceptional achievement in this day and age) at the Harbourmaster in Dublin’s IFSC on a...

New UK & Ireland MD for Amadeus

Amadeus has this afternoon announced that Diane Bouzebiba will become Managing Director, UK & Ireland of Amadeus on 1st January 2012. Diane is a...

Dublin Airport Charges to Remain Flat in 2012

There will be no overall increase in airport charges at Dublin Airport for next year under proposals that the Dublin Airport Authority has outlined...

Qatar Airways Wins World’s Best Airline Award

Over 18.8 million airline passengers from 100 nationalities have voted Qatar Airways as World’s Best Airline in the Skytrax Awards announced at the Paris...

Belfast City to Menorca with Bmibaby

Bmibaby will commence a new route from George Best Belfast City Airport to Mahon in Menorca on 15th June 2012 and will operate up...

Foundation Announces New7Wonders of Nature

The New7Wonders Foundation has announced the first count of the global vote to elect the New7Wonders of Nature. They are the Amazon, Halong Bay,...

Hong Kong Airlines All-Club London Gatwick Service

From 8th March 2012, Hong Kong airlines will operate an all Club Class daily non-stop service between London Gatwick Airport (North Terminal) and Hong...

AA and Qantas Joint Business Agreement Approved

The US Department of Transportation has given final approval to the trans-Pacific Joint Business Agreement between American Airlines and Qantas Airways. This will allow...

Etihad to Stage Grand Prix Fly-by

Spectators at the F1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday will be wowed by a low flying Airbus A340-600 shortly before racing...

Ireland Wins ‘Best Stand for Doing Business’ at WTM

World Travel Market in London closed yesterday – with Tourism Ireland taking the award for ‘Best Stand for Doing Business’! Now in its 32nd year,...

Liam Lonergan on 40 Years of Club Travel

This evening Liam Lonergan, founder of Ireland’s largest travel company, will celebrate 40 years of Club Travel with his team and Irish travel industry...

Air France KLM Big Autumn Draw

Air France KLM is running a Big Autumn Draw competition for travel agents this month. Book a ticket on AF or KL to any...

CityJet to Launch Music App, Add French Destinations

“What a novelty to have a bit of a party!” said Pat Byrne, Founder and Chairman of CityJet, when welcoming corporate guests to a...

BA Rolls Out iPads Worldwide

British Airways announced yesterday that customers worldwide will benefit from a new level of customer service thanks to specially equipped iPad 2s being issued...

Topflight Three-Day Ski Sale

From 14th -16th November Topflight is offering free lift passes and value ski holidays from €299 in top ski resorts in Austria, Andorra, Italy, France...

Smart Videoguide of Barcelona

Users of iPhones and iPads can now download from the Apple Store a videoguide of Barcelona, an innovative app launched yesterday at World Travel...

WTM 2011 First Day Visitors Up 14%

The first day of World Travel Market 2011, currently underway at ExCeL in London, was a great success with Exhibitor Invitations visitors up 14%...

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