Shannon Airport Launches New Website and App for Mobile Devices
Shannon Airport has launched its new website and app for iPhone, iPad and android devices to provide customers with everything they need to know from the planning stages of a trip right through to boarding the aircraft at Shannon.
The information on the website is...
FlightFest to Fly 30 Aircraft through Dublin City
Thousands of people are expected to gather by the quays along the River Liffey, on Sunday 15thSeptember 2013 to experience the Irish Aviation Authority’s and Dublin City Council’s FlightFest, a once-in-a-lifetime, international aviation flypast.
Over 30 aircraft will fly through the city of Dublin as...
China Eastern Launches ArrivalGuides on Website
China Eastern Airlines has now launched ArrivalGuides ContentMax solution to offer its website visitors updated and inspirational destination content on its destination pages. The solution is live on China Eastern international websites and will go live on the Chinese website as soon as ArrivalGuides...
VisitEngland Launches New Accessibility Guide
VisitEngland has launched Speak Up!, a free online guide designed to help tourism businesses market their accessibility to disabled travellers.
Packed full of information, advice and examples of best practice, the guide covers a wide range of marketing tools from social media to promotional brochures,...
EasyJet Introduces New Rules for Cabin Bags and Free Fast Track Security for Business Travellers
From 2nd July 2013 easyJet will guarantee that any passengers who take on board a bag no bigger than 50 x 40 x 20cm will be able to keep their luggage with them in the cabin. The current maximum size permitted – 56 x...
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Wins GradIreland Diversity Recruitment Award 2013
Enterprise Rent-A-Car won the Diversity Recruitment Award in the Mansion House at this year’s GradIreland Graduate Recruitment awards. Enterprise won the award due to a range of initiatives it has implemented, including a Female Leadership and Mentoring Programme.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car is fully committed to providing...
TTS Announces Release Date of Travelport Mobile Agent for Worldspan
Travel Technology & Solutions unveiled the release date of Travelport Mobile Agent for Worldspan during Travelport e-Volve 2013 event in Las Vegas. On 15th July 2013, the new version of Travelport Mobile Agent supporting all Travelport GDSs (Galileo, Apollo and Worldspan) will be available...
Sunway Goes River Cruising with Ama Waterways
Sunway has launched a comprehensive 144-page brochure in association with Ama Waterways. River destinations include Europe,Russia, Africa, and Cambodia / Vietnam. This is a luxury niche product and is a really nice product for any agent to include in their recommended sales portfolio, and to their cruise clients.
The price...
American Holidays to Host ‘Best of the West’ Night
American Holidays will be hosting a Best of the West evning in its offices on Duke Street, Dublin 2, on 22nd May 2013 from 5.30 – 7.30pm. Some key suppliers will be in attendance to advise would-be travellers on the best things to do...
Unique Photographic Exhibition at Cork Airport
The ‘Like A Tree’ photographic exhibition has opened at Cork Airport and will continue until Sunday 23rd June 2013. All of the photographs were taken by Belgian photographer Luc Teper and curated by Ken Buckley of The Gallery in Kinsale. It is being hosted...
Irish Ferries SailRail Fare to Chelsea Flower Show
Irish Ferries is appealing to gardening groups thinking of travelling to the Chelsea Flower Show in London from 21st – 25th May and is offering a cruise ferry SailRail fare of €95 per person from Dublin to London. Prices are inclusive of all taxes...
GNTO Launches ‘Germany Rocks’ Campaign
The German National Tourist Office in London has just launched ‘Germany Rocks’ – a new multi-channel marketing campaign targeting festival lovers around the UK and Ireland.
GNTO London Director Klaus Lohmann said: “To celebrate an amazing summer of live music events we are giving everyone...
Topaz to Invest €3m in Dublin Airport Service Station
Topaz has announced details of a €3 million investment in its service station at Dublin Airport.
The upgrade will transform the station into one of the most modern and best equipped in the country, including live Departure/Arrival information.
Work on the new 100 sq m...
CAR Updates Licence Listings
The Commission for Aviation Regulation has updated its listings of travel agency and tour operator licences to show one travel agency licence expired, another not renewed, and a tour operator licence ceased trading.
As reported by ITTN on 3rd May, Accommodation Finders of Dublin’s travel...
ABBA The Museum Opens in Stockholm
‘ABBA The Museum’, a permanent interactive exhibition of the famous foursome, has opened in Stockholm, in time for the Eurovision Song Contest.
The museum gives visitors the opportunity to interact and get close to the 1970s band by experiencing what it's like to be...
Hotwire Unveils Airfare Alert Website
Discount travel site Hotwire.com has launched TripWatcher.com, a new website offering real-time alerts for airfare price drops, covering thousands of flight routes from US origins every day. For example, currently the site is offering San Francisco – Dublin for US$919 (€712).
An expansion of the...
Qantas / Emirates Welcome New Zealand Decision on Partnership
Qantas and Emirates have welcomed the New Zealand Minister for Transport’s decision to approve their partnership. The airlines applied for authorisation of the partnership in September 2012 under the Civil Aviation Act.
Welcoming today’s announcement, President of Emirates Tim Clark, said: “This is a game-changing...
Travelport and Rail Europe Unveil Enriched Ticketing Solution
Travelport and Rail Europe have launched a technological solution enabling travel agents to print train tickets on value paper (watermarked paper), in A4 format. With the new enhanced ticketing solution, Travelport-connected travel agencies in the UK no longer require specific bespoke printers as all...
Aer Lingus to Codeshare with Air Canada on Ireland / UK Routes
Air Canada and Aer Lingus have agreed a code share service that sees Air Canada’s ‘AC’ code appearing on Aer Lingus services between Ireland and London Heathrow, as well as Northern Ireland. Planned codeshare routes are as follow:
London Heathrow – Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Shannon.
Family Tourism: Beaches, Cultural Heritage and Activities
The Costa Daurada, located in the heart of the Mediterranean, south of Barcelona, is the ideal destination for a family holiday. With four towns recognised by the Regional Government of Catalonia as Family Tourism Destinations – Salou, Calafell, Cambrils and Vila-Seca – the Costa...
