Middle East Hubs are Driving Force – James Hogan
“Middle East hubs and airlines are leading the way to confront and overcome the serious challenges to global aviation growth and stability and bring about positive change in the industry.”
That was the message given by James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ President and Chief Executive, in...
John Devereux is New ITOF President
John Devereux, General Manager of American Holidays, has been elected as President of the Irish Tour Operators Federation at their annual meeting in Alicante, Spain.He told Irish Travel Trade News: “The principal function of the Irish Tour Operators Federation is to speak with one...
Amadeus Launches Mobile Booking App and New UI for AeTM
Amadeus has launched its new User Interface (UI) and presents its mobile booking application. The online corporate travel booking tool, Amadeus e-Travel Management (AeTM), used by over 6,000 corporations in 59 markets, helps corporations reduce costs and gain total control of every aspect of...
Modern Luxury on Celebrity Reflection
The sun was shining as the magnificent new addition to the Celebrity fleet, the 126,000 ton Celebrity Reflection, slipped her moorings from the Port of Eemshaven and sailed on her pre- inaugural sailing to Amsterdam. Onboard were more than 2,500 travel trade and media, who...
DB Bahn Hosts Agents at Aviva
Oliver Schmidt, Deustsche Bahn’s Director International Sales UK, Ireland and Northern Europe, was admirably restrained in his enthusiasm as Germany pounded Ireland to a 1 – 6 defeat at the Aviva Stadium on Friday, no doubt being sensitive to the feelings of the two...
New Appointments at The Travel Department
The Travel Department has appointed Sean Ryan as Finance & Commercial Director. Sean worked as a business and financial consultant in Ireland and the UK for the past two years and from 1998 to 2010 held the position of Finance Director at Falcon Holidays.
Gina...
Air Botswana Signs Full Content Agreement with Travelport
Travelport has signed a new global full content agreement with Air Botswana. Effective immediately, the multi-year agreement provides all of Travelport’s Galileo, Worldspan and Apollo-connected travel agents worldwide with access to the carrier’s full range of published fares and inventory.
From its hub in Gaborone,...
Emirates Increases Flights to the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia
Emirates is increasing its services to three of its destinations in South East Asia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. From 3rd December 2012, there will be an increase in the number of flights on the Dubai to Kuala Lumpur route from three daily to...
Royal Caribbean Cruises Cuts UK Commissions
Royal Caribbean Cruises has decided to cut the rate of commission paid to UK travel agents to a base rate of 10%. The change will take effect from 1st January 2013. The decision was made to encourage agents to stop discounting. However a spokesperson for the cruise line...
Passenger Rights Extended to Ferries
Passenger rights are being extended to people travelling by ferry or other seagoing vessels, who will enjoy the same rights as air and rail passengers under a new measure being brought in by the Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Leo Varadkar. The National Transport...
Sara and Vincent Marry in Madrid
Heartiest congratulations from the Irish Travel Trade News team to Sara Rivero, Media Co-ordinator at the Spanish Tourism Office in Dublin, and Vincent Lenoir, Systems Engineer for Amadeus Ireland.
Sara and Vincent got married in Madrid on Saturday. Sara had told ITTN earlier this...
Business Travel Market to Co-locate with WTM at ExCeL in 2013
Reed Travel Exhibitions has announced that its specialist corporate travel exhibition, Business Travel Market, will be co-located alongside World Travel Market in 2013, which will take place at ExCeL, London, from Monday 4th – Thursday 7th November.
The fifth edition of BTM will remain a...
TUI Chairman Michael Frenzel to Speak at WTM
TUI AG Chairman Dr Michael Frenzel is the headline speaker at World Travel Market’s Captains of Industry Lunch on the first day of the 2012 event. He will take part in a question and answer session in front of an invite-only audience of more...
Emirates Officially Opens New Dublin Office
Richard Jewsbury, Emirates’ Senior Vice President Commercial Operations Europe and Russian Federation, and the UAE Ambassador to Ireland, HE Khalid Nasser Rashid Lootah, joined Margaret Shannon, Country Manager Ireland, and her team last night for the official opening of Emirates’ new corporate hub and...
Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio de Janeiro to Go Green for St Patrick’s Day 2013
The iconic Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil will ‘go green’ for the first time ever, to mark St Patrick’s Day in 2013. The announcement was made yesterday by President Michael D Higgins, the Archbishop of Rio...
Winter Breaks from American Holidays
American Holidays has some new offers for winter getaways, whether it’s a Thanksgiving shopping trip, a Valentine’s romantic getaway or just an excuse for a holiday.
Thanksgiving Boston Shoppers Weekend
: Four nights at the 4-star Royal Sonesta Boston from €699pp, based on four people sharing....
Mallow Travel Wins 1STS Best Dressed Window Competition
After much debate and deliberation, One Stop Touring Shop has announced that Mallow Travel, Co Cork, is the overall winner of its Best Dressed Window competition.
Carole Carmody, Marketing & PR Executive of 1STS, said: “Gearóid pushed it over the edge by dressing as a German at...
Statesman Migrates Commodore to Travelport
Travelport and the rapidly expanding Statesman Travel Group have announced the successful migration of Commodore International’s business travel division, which was acquired by Statesman in October 2011.
“This has been a hugely successful migration that was achieved in an ambitious timescale,” said Sarah Bark, Director...
Etihad Expands Commercial Team in Ireland
Etihad Airways has expanded its commercial team in Ireland with the appointment of four additional sales positions. The team recently moved to new spacious and modern offices in Dublin 2.
Liza Hammond has been appointed Account Manager, Northern Ireland. Liza, who will be based in...
Celebrity Reflection Joins Solstice Class Fleet
The sleek Celebrity Reflection yesterday officially became part of Celebrity Cruises’ fleet. Today the new Solstice Class ship begins a two-night promotional cruise for an invitation-only audience of European press and travel partners, including Irish Travel Trade news, from 10th – 12th October, ending...
