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.

Hotelbeds Signs Destination Marketing Deal with iGA Istanbul Airport

Travel technology company Hotelbeds has signed a destination marketing deal with iGA Istanbul Airport. Calling it “ground-breaking”, Hotelbeds said the deal is the first of...

Stansted Airport Facing Temporary Closure Threat if Strikes Go Ahead

London’s Stansted Airport could, effectively, close operations if airport staff vote in favour of strike action, the UNITE trade union has warned. Ryanair is, by...

NCL Boss Optimistic Over Cruise Rebound

The head of cruise company Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has expressed confidence in the company’s short-term outlook, saying bookings are already better than pre-pandemic...

Much-Maligned Kingston Keeping Pace with Jamaica’s Tourism Revival

Jamaica has, this year, proven to be a blueprint for destination recovery as the global tourism industry finally begins to rebound from three years...

Aer Lingus Ranks As Airline with Fewest Delayed Flights at UK Airports

Aer Lingus has emerged as the airline with the least delayed flight take-offs from UK airports last year. Aer Lingus was the best performing carrier...

Thailand Aims for 10 million Visitors as Tourism Rebound Gathers Pace

Thailand is aiming for a full-year total of 10 million international holiday visitors for 2022, after seeing in-bound numbers pass the 4.5 million people...

Middle East Set for World Cup Travel Boon

The Middle East region looks set for a wide-reaching boon from this year’s FIFA World Cup, due to Qatar not being large enough to...

Greece Sees Visitor Demand Lasting Well Beyond the Summer

Greece has extended its traditional annual holiday tourism season beyond the summer - and well into the winter - on the back of a...

Liverpool FC Offering Global Fanbase Chance to Win Free Holiday in Mauritius

Liverpool FC has launched a competition – open to its global fanbase – offering two lucky winners a free, all-paid for, week-long holiday in...

Great News for Long Haul – Emirates Restores Non-Stop A380 Services to New Zealand and Malaysia

Emirates will restore its A380 plane to its non-stop Dubai-Auckland and Dubai-Kuala Lumpur routes from December 1. The airline currently operates to both cities with...

Uniworld Becomes First River Cruise Company to Drop Proof of Vaccination Requirement for Passengers

River cruise operator Uniworld is set to remove its requirement for passengers to show proof of vaccination against Covid-19 - becoming the first river...

Irish Ferries Owner Sails Back Into Profit as Restrictions Scrapped

Irish Ferries owner Irish Continental Group (ICG) sailed back into profit in the first half of this year, on the back of the removal...

Ryanair and Jet2.com Ranked Most Reliable Airlines

Ryanair and its smaller budget rival Jet2.com have been judged the most reliable airlines flying out of passenger chaos-stricken UK airports this summer. London’s under-resourced...

Thriving Tourism Industry Powering Greece’s Economic Recovery

It would be a huge understatement to say that Greece is used to economic peaks and troughs. But it is also fast getting to...

Killiney Travel and Donabate Travel Crowned Winners of Air Canada/Worldchoice Canada Day Competition

Congratulations to Killiney Travel and Donabate Travel who were winners in the Air Canada/Worldchoice Canada Day competition.  Killiney Travel treated passers by to a...

Japan Hints at Further Easing of Travel Restrictions as it Scraps Negative Covid Test Requirement

Japan has announced that – as of September 7 - international visitors will no longer need to show a negative Covid-19 PCR test ahead...

Barbados Anticipating More Visitors from Ireland and UK after TUI Expansion

The Caribbean island nation of Barbados expects to hugely benefit from increased numbers of Irish and British holiday visitors on the back of travel...

ITTN Awards 2022 – When, Where and Who?!

The ITTN Awards 2022 will be held on Friday 25th November in the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin 4. Last year, we had a much smaller affair due to hospitality...

US to Europe Bookings Surged in First Half of Year

The recovery in visitor numbers from the US to Europe, in the first half of the year, was better than expected with new data...

Flybe Increases Belfast Frequency in Winter Schedule

UK low fares airline Flybe will increase its flight frequencies out of Belfast City Airport as part of its winter schedule. The airline said it...

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