Meet the Hertz Travel Sales Team
Hertz would like to introduce its new Travel Sales team of Paul Manning and Shauna Mullery, who will be giving dedicated support to the Irish travel trade. Shauna has been with Hertz for the past four years managing corporate accounts and Paul is new...
Etihad Increases Flights to India and Sri Lanka
Etihad Airways is substantially increasing and upgrading flights to key cities in the Indian subcontinent. Starting from 1st January 2013 flights to the southern Indian city of Kozhikode will more than double, increasing from three to seven a week. The Sri Lankan capital of...
Janice Leaves Wings Abroad
Janice Lecane has decided to leave Wings Abroad after two years with the company. She sends the following message to the Irish travel trade: “Dear friends in the Irish travel trade,
“It is with a very heavy heart that I send this e-mail. It has...
Christmas Countdown with TravelCube
TravelCube is getting ready for 2013 with a festive promotion to boost agents’ business and drive travel in the first quarter of the New Year. The dedicated agent booking site has launched a special Christmas Countdown as figures show top seasonal destinations being searched...
Deutsche Bahn Launches English Language Facebook Page
After its success with Facebook fanpages in Germany (191,000 likes), Italy (7,000) and France (1,000), Deutsche Bahn has launched an English language Facebook fansite for the UK, Ireland and overseas. The company has also linked up with the German National Tourist Office in London...
Tourism Ireland Launches 2013 Marketing Plans
North America and Mainland Europe hold the key to tourism growth next year, according to Tourism Ireland, as it launched its marketing plans for 2013. The plans will see visitor numbers to the island of Ireland increase by 5% to 7.6 million in 2013, contributing...
Flexibletrips Gets Into the Season of Giving!
From next Monday, 3rd December, Flexibletrips will be giving away a €50.00 Brown Thomas voucher each day until Friday 7th December – and all agents need to do to win is log on to the website and answer a question, with no booking required....
KFC on JAL
Japan Airlines (JAL) will be serving Kentucky Fried Chicken onboard selected international flights from 1st December 2012 to 28th February 2013. KFC is widely popular in Japan, particularly during the Christmas season.
During this period, customers traveling in Premium Economy and Economy Class on JAL...
Ryanair Introduces 2% Credit Card Fee
Ryanair has announced that, “in order to comply with the UK Office of Fair Trading’s recent ruling on credit card fees”, it will introduce a 2% credit card processing fee on all new credit card bookings made from 30th November 2012, to cover credit...
Shannon Plan Zones Landbank for Aviation Business
Clare County Council will launch the first ever stand-alone town plan for Shannon at Shannon Airport on Monday 10th December. The launch of the Shannon Town and Environs Local Area Plan 2012 – 2018 coincides with the impending separation of Shannon Airport from the...
Azamara Club Cruises All-Inclusive for 2013
Azamara Club Cruises is developing how it is positioned to agents following feedback from trade partners who want to sell the cruise line as an all-inclusive holiday. This follows the addition of select standard spirits, wines and international beers into the main cruise fare,...
New City Planned within Dubai
A new project announced for Dubai — Mohammed bin Rashid City — will have four key components, including a family tourism centre in collaboration with Universal Studios and the largest shopping mall in the world.
The tourism sector in Dubai is growing by 13% annually,...
United’s New Washington DC Flight Gets Agents Support
United’s non-stop flight from Dublin to Washington DC has been really well received by Irish travel agents, according to Yvonne Muldoon, Sales Manager - Ireland, speaking with Irish Travel Trade News in Washington DC. In fact, the carrier is now getting more than 70% of their business from...
“Let Agents Be Agents” ABTA Tells EU
In anticipation of important changes to the Package Travel Directive, to be published in spring 2013, in its latest meetings in Brussels ABTA has been making a strong case for preserving the diversity of business models. This includes ensuring that whatever range of holidays...
WTM 2012 Achieves 3% Visitor Increase
World Travel Market 2012 experienced an overall accumulative 3% increase in visitors, with each of the four days attracting more visitors than in 2011, and generated £1,653 million in industry deals. Overall, WTM 2012 attracted almost 29,000 travel trade visitors, according to unaudited figures.
The...
Emirates SkyCargo Wins Air Cargo Carrier of the Year 2012
Emirates SkyCargo has been named Air Cargo Carrier of the Year, at the 2012 Global Freight Awards held in London. The awards, formerly known as the IFW (International Freighting Weekly) Awards, recognise excellence in the freight and logistics industry.
This is the sixth time that...
Etihad Offers 2-for-1 Pearl Business Class Fares
Etihad Airways is offering customers in Ireland the chance to buy two Pearl Business class tickets for the price of one. The offer is available to travellers who book tickets before 12th December 2012 and all outbound travel must be taken before 1st June...
Marble City Travel Wins Kilkenny ‘Business of the Year’
Congratulations to Tom Britton and his team at Marble City Travel in Kilkenny, which recently won ‘Service Provider of the Year’ and the overall ‘Business of the Year’ at the annual Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce Awards.
These follow hot on the heels of three awards...
New Falcon Pirates Village Opens for Summer 2013
Falcon Holidays has launched a new and unique holiday concept for families this summer in Majorca. A significant investment has been made in the Gran Santa Ponsa Pirates Village, which is exclusive to Falcon in Ireland.
The resort has been designed to look like a typical...
VisitBritain Appoints New Director of Marketing
VisitBritain has appointed Joss Croft as its Director of Marketing as the national tourism agency rolls out the next phase of its GREAT marketing campaign, focussing on 21 key inbound markets to help ensure the unprecedented publicity generated by the Diamond Jubilee and Olympic...
