… and here are 100 of them in photos from last Friday’s ‘Oscars’ night at the DoubleTree by Hilton Dublin – and you can watch all the fun on video at http://youtu.be/Ki15mEEOCvg
Winners of the Hertz competition for a chauffeur-driven transfer to the Irish Travel Trade Awards, Raymond Lee and Stephen Sands of Riviera Travel, arrive in style at the DoubleTree by Hilton Dublin and are met by Paul Manning (left) and Terry McKernan, HertzSarah Slattery, The Travel Expert; Donna Kenny, The Travel Corporation; and Ger Hurley, Cassidy TravelTanya Airey, Sunway, with Jean Cusack, Icon TravelViennese lady with Jens Bachmann, Eamon Flanagan and Eileen Penrose, Air CanadaMaria Targa, Salou Tourist Board; Bettina Haltmayer, Click&Go.com; Natalia Bel, Salou Tourist Board; and Imma Bernabeu, Spanish Tourist BoardAlex Incorvaja, Malta Tourism Authority; Sharon Plunkett, Plunkett PR; and Godfrey Lydon, Club TravelJoanne Madden, Travelport; Gordon Pullen, GPS Travel; and Sinead Reilly, TravelportJeanette Taylor, Sunway; Richard Cullen, Killiney Travel; Mary Denton, SunwayAndrew Hughes and Liza Hammond, Etihad AirwaysEllie Finane and Laura Jean Tyrell, BookaBedYvonne Nolan, Etihad Airways, with Graham Aldren, British AirwaysIngrid Aagesen, Dubai Tourism (centre), with Filippo Rocchi and Stephen Davitt, EmiratesColleen Butler, BookaBed, with Roy Lee, Stephen Sands and Katherine Morrison, Riviera TravelAlice Fitzsimons, Atlas Travel; Carole Smyth, CityJet; and Deirdre O’Brien, Louis Fitzgerald HotelOrla Tooher, GoHop.ie; Liz Kildare, Affordable Car Hire; and Fabolia Portalanza, GoHop.ieAnita Kelly, Jeanette Taylor, Deirdre Sweeny, and Mary Denton, Sunway, with Sinead McGrane, GoHop.ieFilippo Rocchi, Emirates; Bepi Gaidoni, BCD Travel; Tom Kiernan, Ask SusanCaroline O’Toole, Fahy Travel; Joe McHugh, Studio 5; and Maura Fahy, Fahy TravelKathryn McCarthy and Jacynta Mullen, Abbey TravelAnita Thomas, Emirates, and Beverleigh Fly, BookaBedAdam McKnight, A2B Transfers, with Dympna Crowley, Lee TravelMary King, Travelsavers Ireland, and Tony Bond, Ark Travel GroupKathryn Morrison, Riviera Travel; Claire Somers, American Holidays; Orlagh Hogan and Amanda O’Brien, Travelmood; and Karen Whyte, American HolidaysLorraine Quinn and Nicki Tempest-Mitchell, Celebrity CruisesJulija Petraidyte, Fiona Cullen, Jane Igoe, and Arjona Kocana, DoubleTree by HiltonMaria Targa, Salou Tourist Board; Clare Dunne, The Travel Broker; and Natalia Bel, Salou Tourist BoardCharlotte Brenner and Antoinette Young, Falcon HolidaysJose Espartero, Ryanair; Gonzalo Ceballos, Spanish Tourism Office; and Ivan Beacom, Aer LingusJohn Grehan, Just Sunshine, with Trish O’Leary, AmadeusDonna Kenny, The Travel Corporation; David Hayeems, Trailfinders Ireland, and Sharon Jordan, The Travel CorporationAnita Gackowska, Cork Airport; Mathias Richter, CityJet; and Jan Halliday, Southampton AirportRuth Andrews, Incoming Tour Operators Association; Tracey Coughlan, Failte Ireland; Yvonne Donohue, Shelbourne Hotel; and Susan Nolan, advantage pcoShauna Harding and Arjola Kocana, DoubleTree by Hilton
