IAG to Make Cash Offer for Vueling
The Board of International Airlines Group, parent company of British Airways and Iberia, has decided to make a cash tender offer for 100% of the share capital of Barcelona-based low-cost carrier Vueling. Iberia already owns a 45.85% stake in Vueling, acquired in 2009, and...
Heineken Airport Lounge Opens in Emirates T3 in Dubai
The first Heineken Airport Lounge outside the USA has opened in Emirates’ Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport in Concourse B, near gate B27. A second venue is scheduled to open in Concourse A in the first quarter of 2013.
Business travellers can avail of...
Blue Insurances to Sponsor ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!’
Blue Insurances has announced an exclusive sponsorship with TV3 of reality show, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, on 3e.
Blue will be sponsoring the show under its main consumer brands, Multitrip.com and Gadgetinsurance.ie, and is also offering TV3 and 3e viewers...
CAR Renews Two Expired Agency Licences
The Commission for Aviation Regulation has today revised its website to show that two of the four travel agency licences that were, as at yesterday morning, expired since 31st October, have since been issued with licences to 31st October 2013. These are Manasik Tours...
Aer Lingus Regional to Suspend Waterford Routes to London and Manchester
Aer Arann, operating as Aer Lingus Regional, is to suspend its routes from Waterford Airport to Manchester, London Luton and London Southend from 6th January 2013. The airline will continue to offer services from Dublin to London Southend and from Cork and Shannon Airports...
Stormont Assembly Abolishes Long-Haul APD
The Stormont Assembly has passed the final stage of the Air Passenger Duty Bill, reducing the duty on long-haul flights from Northern Ireland airports to zero from January 2013.
John Doran, Managing Director of Belfast International Airport, said: “Given the increasing differential with regard to...
Refreshed Branding for GTA and Kuoni Group Travel Experts
Eighteen months after Kuoni’s acquisition of GTA, its Global Travel Services division is attending World Travel Market this week to cement its position among the world’s leading wholesalers of hotels, ground travel products and group tours – and to unveil two ‘refreshed’ brand identities for...
Eagle Rider Experience Evening with American Holidays
All your motorbike enthusiast clients can be part of an Eagle Rider Experience Evening at American Holidays next Thursday 8th November to find out all they need to know about the trip of a lifetime.
Finn Gillespie of the Sunday World and Ciaran Hayes from...
Jennifer and Dianne are BookaBed Winners!
The first two winners of BookaBed’s €100-a-day-this-week prizes are:
Monday: Jennifer Dineen, Abbey Travel, Killarney.
Tuesday: Dianne McCarthy, West Cork Travel, Bantry.
Etihad Increases Economy Class Baggage Allowance to 30kg
Etihad Airways has increased the baggage allowance for its Coral Economy Class to 30kg (excluding flights to/from USA/Canada, for which baggage is on a per-piece basis). Members of the Etihad Guest programme will have additional allowances, as much as 50kg for an Elite member.
Peter...
€90.9m 3Q12 Operating Profit for Aer Lingus
Aer Lingus today announced its results for the period from 1st July to 30th September 2012, with an operating profit of €90.9 million resulting in “an excellent overall performance” for the first nine months of 2012. Operating profit to date in 2012 is now...
Gaelic Games Take Over Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur did not know what hit it when this year’s Asian Gaelic Games, sponsored by Fexco, saw the arrival of more than 900 football and hurling enthusiasts, who were there to compete in this great celebration of Gaelic games, attended by Irish Travel Trade News.
The local...
Win November Friday Prizes with SAS
Each Friday from 9th to 30th November, SAS will send you a question and you simply email your answer back to be in with a chance to win the prizes below, including a Business Class return trip to Scandinavia (on 30th November). To register...
Four Travel Agency, Four Tour Operator Licences Have Expired
The Commission for Aviation Regulation has updated its Travel Trade Licence-Holders lists, following completion of the 1st November 2012 licence renewals, and as at 09.30 today, Tuesday 6th November, four travel agency licences and four tour operator licences are shown as having expired on...
US Airways to Fly Shannon – Philadelphia Next Summer
US Airways is to re-introduce its daily non-stop Shannon – Philadelphia service from 22nd May to 3rd September 2013 (eastbound dates) and flights are now on sale. Flight 777 will depart Shannon at 11.35 and arrive Philadelphia at 14.05, with return flight 776 departing...
Win €100 a Day This Week with BookaBed
In conjunction with the launch of its new website and to thank the agents for their continued support, BookaBed is offering agents a chance to win €100 every day this week.
“It’s easy, simply make a booking to any destination on the new site and...
Air New Zealand to Cancel London – Hong Kong, Forms Alliance with Cathay Pacific
Air New Zealand is to withdraw services between London and Hong Kong from 4th March 2013 as the airline focuses on returning its international network to profitability, but has also formed a strategic agreement with Cathay Pacific on the Auckland – Hong Kong route.
Chief...
Tourism and Travel Opportunities in Lithuania
Daiva Kirkilaite-Chetcuti, Head of Target Markets Division of the Lithuanian State Tourism Department, visited Dublin recently to highlight the tourism and travel opportunities in Lithuania to the Irish travel trade and media in a presentation on ‘Discover Lithuania in Four Seasons’.
The event was held...
Emirates Marquee Promotes Dublin in Melbourne
Fine Irish dining, fashion and racing action were on display at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday 3rd November, the first race day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, with Ireland being showcased inside the Emirates’ Dublin-themed marquee. On entering, guests were surrounded by scenes from the...
Irish Summer Visitors to Germany “Highly Positive”
“With the 21st Irish Travel Trade Awards approaching on the 30th November and the release of the latest highly positive statistics from the German National Tourist Board in Frankfurt for June and July, it seems the Irish tourist industry has much to celebrate,” said...
