Emirates Reaches 1m Facebook Fans in Eight Months
Emirates is on the runway to Facebook fame after reaching one million fans globally in just eight months. The remarkable traction of Emirates’ Facebook page positions the airline as one of the most rapidly developing social media players around.
The airline launched its Facebook page...
New CEO for Stena Line
Stena Line’s CEO, Gunnar Blomdahl, will be finishing after 10 years as CEO on 1st January next year, and will be succeeded by Carl-Johan Hagman, who currently has responsibility for all shipping operations in the Stena Group.
Gunnar Blomdahl took over as Stena Line’s CEO...
US Airways to Commence Daily London – Charlotte – Miami Service in March
US Airways is to commence a daily non-stop service from London Heathrow to its hub at Charlotte in March 2013 using an A330 aircraft that will originate in Miami and offer Envoy Business Class including fully lie-flat seats and restaurant-style meals.
Doug Parker, US Airways...
Christmas Choirs at Cork Airport, Céilí Music Celebration at Shannon
Passengers at Cork Airport will be in for a special festive treat in the busy build-up to the Christmas period with choirs from Cork City and County putting on daily performances at peak times in Arrivals. Meanwhile, the festive season will get a rousing...
SAS and Aer Lingus Sign Interline Agreement
Scandinavian Airlines and Aer Lingus have signed an interline agreement to enable more convenient connections between Ireland and Scandinavia.
The agreement is effective from 1stNovember and will allow travellers to use the services of Aer Lingus between UK and Ireland when connecting onwards with...
SkyTeam Welcomes Xiamen Airlines
SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, today welcomes China’s Xiamen Airlines as its 19th member. Xiamen Airlines is also the fourth member from Greater China. The airline strengthens SkyTeam’s footprint in China and its overall #1 position in the Greater China Region by adding three...
WTM 2013 to Increase Focus on Travel Technology, Luxury and Business Travel
The new-look World Travel Market 2013, which will take place from Monday 4th – Thursday 7th November next year, will see:
The Travel Technology region become its own event within WTM called The Travel Tech Show at WTM
World Travel Market is also launching a dedicated Luxury...
Advantage Adopts Reuben’s Retreat Charity
Advantage Travel Centres, to which Northern Ireland’s Consort Travel Group is affiliated, is supporting Reuben’s Retreat charity in its bid to raise £1 million for a retreat and counselling centre in memory of Reuben Graham who died of a rare cancer.
Established by Reuben’s parents,...
Virgin Atlantic Plans for Short-haul Heathrow Slots
Virgin Atlantic has announced that it has been offered all of the London Heathrow short-haul remedy slots available following International Airline Group’s acquisition of bmi. The airline said that its business case was based on one airline operating a package of remedy slots so...
Belfast International Airport is ‘Ready for G8’ Summit
Belfast International Airport has warmly welcomed the news that Northern Ireland is to host next year’s G8 Summit of world leaders. John Doran, Managing Director, Belfast International Airport, said the British Prime Minister’s confirmation that Fermanagh would be the venue was a “tremendous fillip”...
Appeal Panel for IAA Determination
The Aviation Appeals Panel has completed its work and referred one matter, relating to the treatment of pension costs, back to the Commission for Aviation Regulation.
The CAR has up to two months to consider this referral and either vary or affirm the determination. Relevant documents,...
Emirates to Fly Double Daily to Mauritius
Emirates has announced the addition of three frequencies to its present 11-weekly flights to Mauritius. The service to the paradise island will be double daily beginning 2nd December 2012. Flight EK3705 will depart Dubai at 10.00 arriving in Mauritius at 16.45. Return flight EK3706...
Major Growth in US-Irish Air Traffic for 2013
Next summer will see a major increase in capacity on US-Irish air services, according to the Dublin Airport Authority. New and expanded transatlantic services at Dublin and Shannon Airports will deliver almost 270,000 extra seats between Ireland and the USA next summer, which is a...
Irish Tourism Industry Visits Auckland
A delegation from Tourism Ireland visited Auckland early November for the biennial trade mission to Australia and New Zealand. Supported by Emirates, the nine representatives were joined by Niall Gibbons, Chief Executive, Tourism Ireland, and NZ Tourism Ireland representatives, Darragh Walshe and Mary Galway....
Aer Lingus to Introduce New Belfast – Palma Service
From 2nd April 2013 Aer Lingus will operate twice a week flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Palma, Majorca, every Tuesday and Saturday. Flights will go on sale on Thursday 22nd November 2012 with fares from £45.99 one-way. Aer Lingus will also...
Emirates Announces New Windows 8 Business App for HP ElitePads
Emirates today announced, at the Windows 8 launch event in Dubai, the development of a line-of-business application for Windows 8, called Knowledge Driven Inflight Service (KIS). An in-flight communication and customer relationship management device first introduced by Emirates for its pursers in 2004, the...
Turkish Tourism Industry Wows Irish Travel Agents
The Turkish tourism industry, represented by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, TURSAB the Association of Turkish Travel Agents, the Intra Turkey Tourism Group, TUROB the Touristic Hotels & Investors Association, and Turkish Airlines, demonstrated hospitality at its finest to wow the 90-plus...
Azamara Quest Sets Sail with Refreshed Spaces
Azamara Quest, the first of Azamara Club Cruises’ twin boutique ships to undergo refurbishment, has emerged from an eight-day drydock, complete with a refresh of all public spaces and staterooms and a new ‘Azamara Blue’ hull. The ships will offer new complimentary ‘AzAmazing Evening’...
Second Friday SAS Winners Announced
Irish Travel Trade News can reveal the winners of the second Friday ‘Banish the Winter Blues’ competition being run by Scandinavian Airlines.
The winner of the First Prize, a €200 One4All Voucher, is Deirdre Russell of Star Travel, Limerick.
The winner of the Second Prize, a case...
Veneto is IAGTO Undiscovered Golf Destination of the Year
Veneto in Italy has been declared ‘Undiscovered Golf Destination of the Year’ in the IAGTO Awards 2013 presented by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators at Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, on the last day of the International Golf Travel Market.
Other awards for Golf Destination...
