Minoan Air to Operate New Route from Dublin
A new route from Dublin to Oxford will be operated by regional carrier Minoan Air. The new route will be introduced from 6th March 2013, initially operating twice daily on Wednesdays and Fridays and once on Sundays.
Frequency on the route will increase from 10th...
TravelCube Adds 170 African Properties in 12 Countries
TravelCube has introduced 170 3-star to 5-star hotels from 12 countries in Africa – Algeria, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Tunisia and Zambia – as well as 44 in South Africa and 35 in Morocco, two of TravelCube’s most popular destinations.
More than...
Nominations Invited for Aer Lingus Viscount Awards
High-flying companies are being invited to take part in the 5thAer Lingus Viscount Awards, which seek to honour Northern Ireland’s best business operations across a wide spectrum of specialist areas.
From the inception of the Viscount Awards five years ago the emphasis of the competition...
Air China to Launch Geneva – Beijing Service
Star Alliance carrier Air China is to launch four times-weekly services between Geneva and Beijing from 7th May 2013. The non-stop services will operate on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, using a two-class A330-200 aircraft.
Flights will depart Beijing at 13.30, arriving Geneva at 18.25,...
Travelodge Unveils New Room Design
Travelodge has unveiled a new room concept as part of a £223 million investment in the brand this year.
The new design centres around a king-size Sleepeezee bed that Travelodge describes as “the ‘Rolls Royce’ of beds”, and which features an 800-pocket sprung mattress, with...
Former Bali Tourism Chief Jailed
Bali’s former tourism chief, Gede Nurjaya, has begun a prison sentence in the island's Kerobokan jail after being found guilty of corrupt use of state funds. The charges against Nurjaya involved funds allocated for the island’s promotion at World Travel Market.
Nurjaya had been arrested...
Crystal Cruises Offers Exclusive Excursion Collection
Crystal Cruises is launching a new, exclusive collection of ‘Boutique Adventures’ – shore experiences only available to Crystal guests and not available with any other cruise line. Beginning this spring with its Mediterranean cruises, the intimate Boutique Adventures take guests inside private and enigmatic estates,...
Fastjet Signs MoU With Jetlink of Kenya
Tanzania-based fastjet has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kenyan airline, Jetlink. Under its terms, fastjet and Jetlink are working together to create a joint venture that will give a platform for the launch of the fastjet brand in Kenya.
The MoU is subject to...
Travelport Signs New Agreement with Scoot
Travelport has today announced a new agreement with Scoot, Singapore Airlines’ budget arm that offers low-cost, no frills airfares from Singapore to eight cities in China, Australia, Japan, Taiwan and Thailand.
Both companies have undertaken a seamless integration of Scoot’s content on to Travelport’s GDS...
JacTravel Unveils New Extranet for Hoteliers
JacTravel, the UK-based wholesaler of online hotels and inbound travel services, is unveiling a totally revamped supplier extranet at FITUR 2013, the international tourism fair taking place in Madrid from 30th January – 3rdFebruary 2013.
The extranet, aptly named JacExtra.net, is a place where hotels...
Business Travel Moves Online, Says Amadeus Report
According to a traveller insights report commissioned by Amadeus, 47% of travellers lack full comprehension of corporate travel policy and 34% of travellers went ‘off-plan’ in 2012.
The report, ‘Amadeus Business Travel Insights: the 21st Century Business Traveller’, charts the behaviour and aspirations of business...
New Coastal Passage Route by Rocky Mountaineer
In 2013, Rocky Mountaineer will introduce Coastal Passage as a new route, connecting the iconic cities of Seattle, WA, and Vancouver, BC to the majestic Canadian Rockies. Coastal Passage will become the company’s fifth rail route and the first time it will depart from...
CAR Renews a Travel Agency Licence
The Commission for Aviation Regulation has updated its website following the renewal of a lapsed travel agency licence.
TA licence 0630 for French Freedom Holidays, trading as Welcome France, expired on 31st October 2012, but it has now been renewed and is valid from 22nd...
Sonia Limbrick Teams Up with Cruise Broker
Sonia Limbrick, Azamara Club Cruises’ Business Development Manager, will be joining with the team at Cruise Broker on stand K8a at the RDS Simmonscourt tomorrow as the preferred agent partner to answer any cruising questions.
She will highlight the winning features such as recent makeovers...
First Class Rail Passes to Be Won
If you are going to the RDS this weekend you could win one of two prizes for First Class rail travel.
Hand in your business card to RailShop.ie on stand K8 and you could win a First Class InterRail Global Pass, valid for 10 days’...
Etihad Records Profit for Second Year Running
Etihad Airways was profitable again in 2012. The airline’s President and Chief Executive, James Hogan, made the announcement during his keynote address at the Global Airfinance Conference in Dublin.
The 2012 result follows Etihad’s maiden profit in 2011 of US$14 million. During his speech to...
Royal Caribbean and United Partner for Agent Incentive
Royal Caribbean International has partnered with United to offer a bumper agent incentive that includes the chance to win a cruise in the Caribbean for two with flights for any Royal Caribbean booking combined with flights on United between 25th – 30th January 2013....
Ryanair Offers Aer Lingus Cuts for EU Approval
Ryanair has offered to surrender half of the Aer Lingus short-haul business as it seeks European Union approval to buy its Irish rival, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Ryanair submitted its latest concessions to the European Commission last week and they were sent to...
DAA Police / Fire Service Save 19 Lives Through Defibrillation
In the decade since defibrillation was introduced at Dublin Airport, the Dublin Airport Police and Fire Service have saved the lives of 19 people who were suffering cardiac arrest at the airport.
One such grateful person, 85-year-old Jack Healy, was only too happy to return...
US Airways Reports Highest Annual Profit Ever
US Airways has reported its fourth quarter and 2012 financial results. For full year 2012, the company reported a record net profit of US$537 million, or $2.79 per diluted share, which excludes net special items totalling a credit of $100 million. This compares to...
