Geoff Percival

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Geoff has worked in business, news, consumer and travel journalism for more than 25 years; having worked for and contributed to the likes of The Irish Examiner, Business & Finance, Business Plus, The Sunday Times, The Irish News, Senior Times, and The Sunday Tribune.

Passenger Disruption Threat Lessened as Ryanair Signs Pay Deal with Irish Pilots

Ryanair has confirmed that it has signed a 4-year pay agreement with the Fórsa trade union and its Irish pilots under which the airline’s...

BEONx Appoints New Senior Sales Director for Europe

Gianluca Laterza has been appointed Senior Sales Director for Europe for Spain-based leading travel technology company BEONx. Based in Romeand reporting to Vikas Bajaj, Mr...

Hastings Hotels Wins Green Tourism Awards

The Hastings Hotels group has announced that three of its Belfast properties have received silver awards in green tourism for their environmentally friendly practices.  The...

Marble City Travel Re-joins Travel Centres

Marble City Travel in Kilkenny has re-joined the Travel Centres family. Marble City Travel offers exclusive flights, hotels and package holiday options for worldwide travel...

Ryanair Adds 4 New Routes from Belfast International Airport

Ryanair has continued its round of route expansions from Irish airports, for the summer 2023 season, with the announcement of four additional routes out...

P&O Cruises Takes Ownershp of New Ship

P&O Cruises has officially expanded its fleet and announced ownership of a new ship. A sister vessel to its existing Iona ship, the new cruise...

30 Global Emirates Airport Lounges Now Fully Reopen

Emirates has reopened its Emirates Lounge in Dubai International Airport’s Concourse C, in its latest round of lounge reopening following the pandemic crisis. It is...

Ryanair Adds 5 New Routes at Cork Airport, Boosting Biggest Ever Summer Schedule

Ryanair has added five new routes out of Cork, which will boost its summer 2023 schedule out of Cork to 29 routes. It marks the...

EU Countries Unlikely to Reimpose Covid Travel Restrictions

EU countries are unlikely to reimpose Covid-related travel restrictions following an update from the Council of the European Union, urging all Member States to...

No Room at the Inn – Bethlehem Back to Full Tourist Capacity This Christmas Following Covid Slowdown

Bethlehem is benefitting from a rebound in religious pilgrimage tourism this Christmas – with hotels full (as is traditional in the area for the...

Emirates and Air Canada Expand Partnership with Joint Loyalty Programme Benefits

Emirates and Air Canada have expanded their partnership to offer frequent flyer members joint loyalty programme benefits. Emirates Skywards members can now earn and...

Dalata Hotel Group Set for Record Annual Revenues as Post-Covid Recovery Continues

The Irish-owned Dalata Hotel Group – which owns the twin Clayton and Maldron hotel chains – has said its current trading levels are “ahead...

The Travel Directory – Winner Revealed!

Congratulations to Michelle Daffy from Best4Travel who has won a €100 One4All Voucher for simply signing up to the Travel Directory. Have you signed up...

SunExpress Expands Ireland-Turkey Operations with New Dublin-Antalya Route

SunExpress - the holiday specialist and joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa - will increase its flight programme from Dublin during summer 2023...

Daa Trialling Technology Aimed at Ending Need to Separate Laptops and Liquids from Bags at Security Check at Dublin and Cork Airports

The daa - which operates Dublin and Cork Airports - has started trialling new enhanced x-ray screening technology ultimately aimed at significantly improving the...

Guest Satisfaction Levels Lagging Overall Global Hotel Recovery

Guest satisfaction levels are not keeping up with the general recovery in trade being seen across the global hotel industry, a new survey claims. The...

Aer Lingus Regional Adds Cornwall and Jersey Routes from Belfast City Airport

Aer Lingus Regional has added two new routes from Belfast City Airport – to Newquay in Cornwall and Jersey in the Channel Islands. Aer Lingus...

Ryanair Adds Liverpool Route to Bumper Summer 2023 Shannon Airport Roster

Ryanair has added a Liverpool route to its already bumper summer 2023 schedule out of Shannon Airport. The new Shannon-Liverpool route will operate twice weekly...

ITAA Announces Opening of Voting for Irish Travel Industry Awards 2023

Voting has officially opened for the 2023 Irish Travel Industry Awards (ITIA), organised by The Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA). The ITAA has also announced...

Pennsylvanian Mom Names Royal Caribbean’s Newest Ship

Royal Caribbean officially named its newest ship – Wonder of the Seas – at a ceremony in Port Canaveral, Florida on Sunday night. “Wonder of...

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