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.

Royal Caribbean to Return to China Next April

Royal Caribbean is to return to China in April 2024. The cruise giant will sail its Spectrum of the Seas ship – the largest and...

SAS Given Approval to Raise Emergency Cash

Financially troubled carrier SAS Scandinavian Airlines has been granted court approval to press ahead with its emergency share sale aimed at raising much needed...

Sue Perkins Dublin-Bound to Talk Travel with An Post Money and Fionn Davenport

UK television personality and travel aficionado Sue Perkins will be in Dublin later this week – Friday May 19 – where she will be...

Cork Wows Swiss Travel Writers

A group of Swiss travel writers has been exploring Cork city and county, as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. They were here...

3 Legs, No Tails – Isle of Man Becoming More Than Just a Curiosity

What with Aer Lingus Regional expanding its services to it and a new marketing push to attract more visitors from both sides of its...

Jamaica Passes 1 Million Tourist Visitor Milestone

Jamaica has reached the 1 million tourist visitor milestone for this year. The milestone came a month earlier than last year when the country was...

Aer Lingus Cleans Up in Ballymun

More than 100 Aer Lingus employees gave up their day today to volunteer and help out their local community, transforming the grounds of local...

Premier Inn to Cut Water Usage per Guest by 20% in Fresh Sustainability Drive

Premier Inn is planning on cutting water usage per individual guest by 20% by 2030 in a bid to improve its sustainability status. The hotel...

Emirates Commits $200m to Sustainability R&D

Emirates has committed $200m to fund research and development (R&D) projects focused on reducing the impact of fossil fuels in commercial aviation.  This is the...

Award-Winning Travel Documentary ‘The Last Tourist’ Launches in Ireland and the UK

"Travel has lost its way". This is the hard-hitting message from The Last Tourist - a new, award-winning documentary that pulls back the curtain...

Melco to Open ‘City of Dreams Mediterranean’ Integrated Resort in Cyprus in July

Hong Kong company Melco Resorts & Entertainment has announced that its City of Dreams Mediterranean project will open, in Cyprus, on Monday, 10 July. Bringing...

Turkish Airlines in Talks Over World Record Plane Order

Turkish Airlines is, reportedly, in talks over making the biggest ever aircraft purchase order the aviation world has ever seen. The airline is already the...

TAP Air Portugal Halves Losses

TAP Air Portugal has reported a loss of €57.4m for the first three months of this year. The result represents a good recovery and a...

Heathrow Airport Passenger Growth ‘Levelling Off’ and Unlikely to Eclipse Pre-Pandemic Levels

London’s Heathrow Airport has suggested it is unlikely to eclipse its 2019 pre-Covid passenger numbers, saying growth is slowing. April passenger figures for the UK’s...

Emirates Posts Record Profit on Post-Covid Surge in Demand

Emirates has posted record profits and revenues for 2022, boosted by the post-pandemic global surge in air passenger demand. Emirates reported a group profit of...

Virgin Atlantic Revenues Back to Pre-Covid Levels

Virgin Atlantic has said it has recovered to 98% of its pre-Covid 2019 revenues. The airline – while still loss-making – generated revenues of £2.9bn...

Government Pumps Additional €100k Into Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, Tourism and Culture Minister Catherine Martin has approved special support for Fleadh...

Overnight Tourist Visitors from the Republic to NI Top 1m for First Time

Overnight trips from the Republic to Northern Ireland reached record levels in 2022, topping one million for the first time, with huge increases also...

Visitors to Malta from Ireland Increase Significantly

Visitors to Malta from Ireland increased significantly during the first quarter of this year, according to figures from The Malta Tourism Authority. The first three...

Visit Isle of Man Appoints Business Development Manager to Boost Visitor Numbers from Ireland and the UK

Visit Isle of Man has appointed Caroline Hadfield to its newly-created role of Business Development Manager. Based in the UK, Ms Hadfield’s initial focus will...

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