Win With World Travel Centre
World Travel Centre is offering travel agents three ways to win with their airline bookings – and help with the Christmas shopping!
JV Carriers
Every ticket issued with WTC to Canada and North America on any JV carrier (UA/AC/LH/LX/OS/SN) from 19th November to 21st December 2012...
Emirates Launches 10-Day Network-wide Fare Promotion
Following its recent announcement of half-year profits of US$575 million, Emirates is offering a network-wide promotion on Economy Class fares over a 10-day period. The promotion launched on Friday 23rd November, and runs to 2nd December for travel until 30th June 2013 (*all flights...
MSC Cruises Gets it Wright
The Wright Venue in Airside Business Park, Swords, Co Dublin, was the venue for a well attended MSC Cruises’ fun night for agents, in association with Amadeus, where great fun was had by all.
Rebecca Kelly, Business Development Manager – Republic of Ireland and Northern...
Third Friday SAS Winners Announced, 45 New Routes
Irish Travel Trade News can reveal the winners of the third Friday ‘Banish the Winter Blues’ competition being run by Scandinavian Airlines, which also plans to launch 45 new routes in 2013.
The winner of the First Prize, a €200 One4All Voucher, is Peter Murphy...
Beverleigh Fly Joins BookaBed as Market Development and Customer Service Manager
BookaBed has appointed Beverleigh Fly as its new Market Development and Customer Service Manager. She will be responsible for helping to develop new markets for the company outside of Ireland and to help develop customer service operations to serve those markets.
Beverleigh brings with her...
‘Brave’ DVD Promotes Scotland
Holidaying in Scotland will be promoted overseas and in the UK on 1.5 million DVD and Blu-ray copies of ‘Brave’, which hit the shops on Monday 26thNovember with the Blu-ray containing exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of Disney•Pixar animators on research trips to Scotland.
Among a host...
14 Great Prizes for Trips Worldwide!
Do you have a seat booked for next Friday night? If you do, here is the list of the 14 great lucky draw prizes for trips worldwide that you will have a chance of winning. If you don’t, then book now at [email protected] or...
September 1992 – ITTN Launches Irish Travel Trade Awards
“Irish Travel Trade News is pleased to present the first Irish Travel Trade Awards. The Awards are designed to recognise excellence and achievement within the travel industry. We feel that the travel agents of Ireland should have the opportunity to pick the best operators...
21 Years of Award Winners
Looking back over the winners and runners-up of Irish Travel Trade Awards since January 1993, while a few companies are no longer with us – and some brands have changed hands or been subsumed into others – the vast majority continue to trade, thus...
Yvonne Wins the Luxury Trip to Malta
Yvonne Collins of Freedom Travel, Celbridge, Co Kildare, is the lucky winner of the Irish Travel Trade Awards Voter’s Prize of a luxury trip for two to Malta, courtesy of the Malta Tourism Authority.
Every agent who submitted a complete voting form, with a nomination...
Window Winners Celebrate with 1STS
Guests of One Stop Touring Shop at the 21st Irish Travel Trade Awards will include agents from Mallow Travel, Travelworld and Fahy Travel, who were the regional winners of a countrywide Best Dressed Window competition organised by 1STS.
Sharon Jordan, Business Manager, One Stop Touring...
Entrepreneur of the Year – Who Will it Be?
In addition to 25 Irish Travel Trade Award winners, Friday night’s celebrations will also reveal the winner of this year’s Irish Travel Industry Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The nominated finalists are Blue Insurances, BookaBed and CarTrawler.
The judging panel for this year’s Irish Travel...
SAS to Launch 45 New Routes in 2013
Scandinavian Airlines plans to launch 45 new routes in 2013 – and will also increase the frequency of current flights on a number of domestic and European routes.
“Many of our customers choose SAS when traveling on business and leisure,” said Joakim Landholm, Executive Vice...
DoSomethingDifferent Reaches Out to Agents
DoSomethingDifferent.com has shaken hands with 350 travel agents around Ireland since its successful launch party with a difference in the summer. The small team at DoSomethingDifferent.com have been working hard to visit travel agents and provided useful and fun training sessions at the successful Travel Centres and...
New Aer Lingus Service to Corfu
Aer Lingus has announced that it will operate a new weekly service to Corfu in Greece as part of its summer schedule next year. The airline is also planning to fly six times a week to Copenhagen.
Aer Lingus will also operate four additional flights per week...
New Orleans Voted America’s Favourite City
New Orleans, Louisiana, has been voted ‘America’s Favourite City” by the readers of Leisure and Travel Magazine.
In the annual ‘America’s Favourite Cities’ survey, 35 metropolitan areas of the USA were evaluated against criteria that make an impression on travellers. Which city has the widest...
Diary Dates for Travel Centres 2013 Conference
With the words “fantastic”, “wonderful”, “brilliant”, “fabulous” and “amazing” being the most frequently used in travel agents’ descriptions of the organisation’s recent conference, Dominic Burke, Managing Director of Travel Centres, has already fixed the dates for next year’s conference: Friday 8th - Saturday 9th...
Hertz Launches Mobile Wi-Fi Service in Italy
Hertz Corporation has launched its Mobile Wi-fi service in Italy for Hertz car rental customers, in conjunction with Wind Mobile. The move follows the success of Hertz’s Mobile Wi-Fi offerings in the UK, Spain and the Canary Islands, Australia and New Zealand.
A pocket sized...
SAS Seat Sale
Scandinavian Airlines has just released details of its latest seat sale, which features one-way fares from €51 to Copenhagen, €53 Oslo and €56 Stockholm. Bookings must be made online before 27th November 2012.
SAS passengers receive a 23kg baggage allowance at no extra cost (one...
CarTrawler Again Listed in Deloitte Technology Fast 50
CarTrawler, a finalist for last year’s inaugural Irish Travel Industry Entrepreneur of the Year Award and again this year, has been ranked 11th in the Deloitte Technology 50 fastest growing technology companies in Ireland and Northern Ireland – for the fourth consecutive year.
The Fast...
