Copa Airlines Signs New Global Full Content Agreement with Travelport
Travelport has signed a new global full content agreement with Panama’s Copa Airlines, which became a member of Star Alliance last June. The agreement also provides Copa Airlines with the ability to sell ancillary services through Travelport point-of-sale platforms.
Copa Airlines will also subscribe to...
Up to 30% Off in Holiday Autos 10-Day Flash Sales
Holiday Autos is offering a series of ‘flash deals’ over a 10-day period that commenced on Monday 7th January and continues to Wednesday 16th January, with from 10% up to 30% off at least one destination each day for 24 hours only.
The offer is...
Iberia Express to Add Capacity on Dublin – Madrid
Iberia Express is to expand services on its Dublin – Madrid route for the 2013 summer season.
The airline will add five extra return flights per week in July, which means that it will have a double-daily service throughout the month. For the month...
Wings Abroad Extends Shannon – Bodrum Series
Wings Abroad has extended its Shannon to Bodrum route for 2013, adding extra dates this year with the first flight out of Shannon taking off on 2nd June and with the final flight on 1st September 2013.
The tour operator has just released the following...
Amadeus and ITT Agree Two-year Exclusive Technology Partnership
Amadeus UK and the Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT), the UK’s only professional membership body for individuals employed in the travel and tourism industry, today announced an exclusive two-year technology partnership commencing January 2013.
Dr Steven Freudman, ITT Chairman, said: “ITT is dedicated to...
Sunway Launches Summersun 2013
Sunway has launched an increased programme for summer 2013 with flights from Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock and Kerry airports to 16 countries around Europe offering a choice over 50 resorts and 500 hotels to Irish holidaymakers.
A new destination for Sunway is Corfu with flights...
Lowcostbeds Trade Promotion
Lowcostbeds has launched its first agents’ promotion for 2013, with a promise of many more to follow during the year.
Earn a €5 One4all voucher for every booking made between 7th January – 14th February 2013 when booking accommodation on www.lowcostbeds.ie that includes a transfer. It’s that simple,...
Emirates Celebrates First Anniversary in Irish Market
Emirates today celebrates its first year of operation in Dublin with the news that it has made over 220,000 passenger connections on the Dublin to Dubai route. One of the world’s fastest growing airlines has also carried over 10,000 tonnes of cargo into and...
RIU to Open Fifth Hotel in Jamaica
RIU Hotels & Resorts has started building its fifth hotel in Jamaica. The Riu Palace Jamaica will be an exclusive hotel with 238 rooms, reserved for over 18s only, which will open its doors in December 2013.
The new hotel is situated next to Riu...
CAR Updates TA and TO Licences Lists
The Commission for Aviation Regulation updated its lists of current travel agent and tour operator licences yesterday to reflect changes to four licences and add one new tour operator licence.
The holder of travel agency licence 0459, formerly McNeill Rigby Travel, is now listed as...
Etihad Sets New Record for Busiest Day
Etihad Airways has started the New Year by setting a record for the number of passengers carried across its worldwide network in a single day.
The record was set on Saturday 5th January 2013 when 33,802 passengers flew with the airline, beating the previous record...
First-ever LGBT Online Training for Travel Agents
Visit Helsinki, and Tourismus & Congress Frankfurt have become the first destination tourism offices to develop targeted training specifically for travel agents and tour operators aimed at increasing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) visitors to their cities. The deals were struck at World...
January Seat Sale from British Airways
British Airways has launched its annual seat sale, offering reductions of almost 30% on seats to many long-haul destinations across the globe.
Simon Daly, British Airways
The sale, which will continue until 22nd January 2013, is giving passengers the opportunity to take advantage of great savings in British...
Virgin Atlantic Appoints Craig Kreeger Chief Executive
Virgin Atlantic has appointed Craig Kreeger as its new Chief Executive. He will take over the role on 1st February 2013 and joins from American Airlines, where he has held a 27-year career spanning commercial, financial and strategic roles in the USA and worldwide....
Record 79.6m Passengers for Ryanair
Ryanair carried a record 79.6 million passengers in 2012, making it the second largest carrier in Europe in terms of passenger numbers.
In December, the airline carried 4.84 million passengers, and its load factor was up two percentage points year-on-year to 81%. Its annual total...
Advise Your Clients on Dangers of Bali Cocktails
Travel agents sending clients to Bali or Lombok in Indonesia should advise them to ensure that they are served only genuine spirits, particularly in cocktails.
Following the death of yet another Australian tourist from drinking a methanol-laced cocktail, at a bar on Gili Trawangan off...
Pinnacle Worldwide Offers Arctic Cruise in Search of Northern Lights
Based on a direct flight from Belfast International Airport on 24th February 2013 to Tromso, Pinnacle Worldwide is offering an Arctic Highlights cruise along the northern Norwegian coast in search of the Northern Lights.
On arrival your clients will be transferred to the quayside to...
Hertz Launches Smartphone User Options in USA
Members of the Hertz Gold Plus Rewards scheme can now upgrade their rental vehicles in the USA via a smartphone. Hertz piloted the service in Los Angeles and Washington DC throughout December.
Prior to customers’ arrival at the airport, Hertz will send a text notifying...
Wendy Wu Launches Tailormade Asia Inspirations and New Orient River Cruising Programme
Wendy Wu Tours has launched a new tailormade programme called Asia Inspirations, as well as a new Orient River Cruising programme with five itineraries.
Managing Director Laurence Hicks said: “As part of our robust development plans we are launching a tailormade programme. Travel agents will...
Etihad Flies 10.29 Million Passengers in 2012
Etihad Airways surpassed its target of carrying 10 million passengers in 2012 and achieved a 22% increase on the total of 8.41 million passengers for 2011. Dublin has joined the top 10 routes for the UAE airline.
The increase in passenger numbers - up to...
