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.

Japan Sees Immediate Tourism Bounce from Reopening Borders

Japan has reported a doubling in tourist visitors for November, with more than 934,000 people entering the country compared to just under 499,000 in...

Ambassador Cruise Line Cancels Canary Islands Christmas cruise

UK cruise company Ambassador has cancelled a second of its planned Christmas cruises, according to reports. The company has, apparently, offered refunds to customers after...

Ryanair Adds Shannon-Porto Route to Summer 2023 Schedule

Ryanair has announced a new route from Shannon to Porto as part of its Summer 2023 schedule, operating twice weekly from April 2023. The airline...

Norwegian Low-Cost Airline Flyr Applies for US Charter Licence

Low-cost Norwegian airline Flyr has applied for a permit to operate non-scheduled charter and wet lease flights in and out of the US. The application...

Premier Inn Targets Significant UK and Ireland Expansion

Budget hotel chain Premier Inn is looking to grow its UK and Ireland bedroom stock and is targeting a 17% share of the combined...

MSC Cruises UK and Ireland Announces Summer 2024 Itinerary from Southampton

MSC Cruises UK and Ireland has announced its Summer 2024 itinerary details. The Summer season running from April 2024 through to October 2024 offers a huge...

Supplier of the Week: Travelmarvel Cruises Into 2023 with its New Year Sale

Our Supplier of the Week, APT Travelmarvel, has been creating best-in-class travel experiences for some of the world’s most inspiring destinations. The attention to detail, personalised...

Another Chance to Win a €100 One4All Voucher by Signing up to ITTN’s Travel Directory by December 31

Sign up to Ireland’s one-stop-shop for all trade contact details, webinars, downloadable assets and competitions and incentives before 31 December and you could be...

Boston Tourism Marketing Body Rebranded as Meet Boston

The Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau (GBCVB) - which markets and promotes the famous US city as a tourism and convention location -...

Shannon Airport Expects Busiest Christmas for Three Years, with 75,000 Passengers Due Through its Doors

Shannon Airport is expecting to welcome almost 75,000 passengers through its doors from now through to New Year’s.  This will be the airport’s busiest Christmas season...

Intrepid extends booking incentive – Sell 3 Travel Free*!

Intrepid Travel has extended its agent booking incentive until 31 Jan 2023. All you have to do is book 3 small group adventures on...

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...

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