Dubai Hotel Offers for Emirates Online Bookings
Emirates passengers are being offered savings at five hotels in Dubai when booking via emirates.com before 10th September 2012, for travel between now until 15th October 2012.
In addition to Dubai’s iconic Atlantis The Palm Jumeirah, the discount applies to four Emaar The Address properties:...
Africa First Dreamliner Lands in Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Airlines’ first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, named ‘Africa First’, touched down at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport recently. Ethiopian is the first airline in the world, outside Japan, and ahead of any airline in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East to operate the...
International Routes Announced for United B787-9 Dreamliner
United will commence its B787-9 Dreamliner international routes on 4th December 2012 with service between its Houston hub and Amsterdam through to 29th March 2013. This will be followed by a Dreamliner service between Los Angeles and Tokyo, with daily flights beginning on 3rd...
BA Launches Video for Nervous Flyers
British Airways is launching a new instructional video for nervous flyers on its inflight entertainment system from 1st September 2012. The film, presented by BA pilot and course leader Captain Steve Allright, takes information from the British Airways Flying with Confidence course, the airline’s...
Reject Ryanair’s Offer Repeats Aer Lingus Board
The Board of Aer Lingus Group plc has repeated its message to shareholders to reject the Ryanair Offer, saying: “No new information has been provided by Ryanair in relation to the Offer since the Board last wrote to shareholders on 31 July 2012. Based...
Brand USA Reports Successful First Phase to UK Campaign
Brand USA has announced a successful start to its campaign in the UK, which launched on 1st May with a mix of 60-, 20- and 15-second TV spots, as well as digital, billboard, out of home (e.g. London Underground stations) and trade print advertisements,...
Ikea to Open Low Cost Design Hotels
Furniture retailer Ikea is looking to open a budget 'design' hotel chain across Europe. The hotels, believed to be at least 100, will not use the Ikea name and will not be run by the Swedish company but by an established hotel operator.
Budget design...
CWT Ireland Acquires AC Events
Carlson Wagonlit Travel has acquired Dublin-based AC Events International Ltd (AC Events) through its UK subsidiary, Carlson Wagonlit UK Ltd. AC Events has provided meetings and events management services to corporations since 2005 and has been working in association with CWT since 2008.
Integration of...
Travelport Rooms and More Integrates Hotelzon
Travelport Rooms and More has integrated Hotelzon’s technology that will enable travel agencies and hotel booking agents to access the Hotelzon inventory that covers over 40% of Europe’s hotel stock and 140,000 hotels worldwide.
Hotelzon’s technology uses sophisticated algorithms to understand accommodation-booking patterns and enables...
Etihad to Fly Daily to Tokyo and Casablanca
Etihad Airways will increase frequency to fly daily between Abu Dhabi and Tokyo’s Narita Airport from 2nd April 2013. The airline commenced a five-times-weekly flight in March 2010 and has since carried approximately 160,000 travellers between the two cities. Chief Executive James Hogan said:...
Qantas Cancels Orders for 35 Boeing Dreamliners
Qantas International today announced that it will cancel orders for 35 B787-9 Boeing Dreamliners as part of its five-year turnaround plan, but will retain and bring forward 50 B787-9 options by two years to 2016, thus delaying the first Dreamliner delivery by two years...
Knock Travel Achieves Investors in People Status
Knock Travel has become the only travel company in Northern Ireland to be accredited with IIP (Investors in People), having been presented with its certificate at a recent celebration event in Hillsborough Castle.
Owner Doreen McKenzie said: “I am very proud of my team and...
Aer Lingus Introduces New Car Parking Options
Aer Lingus has teamed up with the Dublin Airport Authority to offer customers Long Term and Short Term parking options at Dublin Airport. They can now purchase the Car Parking products online in three different ways:
Via a link on the homepage on aerlingus.com
During the...
Virgin to Introduce UK Domestic Feeder Services
Virgin Atlantic is to launch a three-times-daily London – Manchester service from 31st March 2013 using A319s, the first of several planned regional feeds to its long-haul service.
Chief Executive Steve Ridgway said: “Flying between Heathrow and Manchester is just the start for Virgin Atlantic's...
Ryanair to Fly Daily on Kerry – London Stansted
On 7th November 2012 Ryanair will increase its flights between Kerry and London Stansted from three return flights per week to a daily return flight. The airline already offers a daily return between Kerry and London Luton.
Stansted Airport is London’s third busiest airport and the...
New Silversea Agent Incentive
Silversea has launched a new agent incentive. Agents who book a Silversea cruise up to 31st August 2012 for any departure sailing, including Expedition, up to 31st March 2013 will receive up to €100 per booking in Love2Shop vouchers.
There is no minimum number of...
New SAS Seat Sale
Scandinavian Airlines has announced details of its latest seat sale on fares to Scandinavia, with prices starting from €62 one-way. The fares include taxes and all other charges.
Fares available before 28th August 2012 include:
Dublin to Copenhagen: €62 one-way
Dublin to Oslo: €64 one-way
Dublin to Stockholm:...
Innstant Travel Adds Hotel Content for Traveltek and Honeycomb
Innstant Travel has bolstered Traveltek’s hotel content by 200,000 properties and added 200,000 hotels into Honeycomb, The Travel Network Group’s new dynamic packaging and ATOL protection system.
Dynamic packaging specialist Traveltek has beefed up its hotel content by integrating Innstant Travel’s portfolio of over 200,000...
Uniworld Launches 2013 Europe and Russia Brochure
Uniworld is showcasing new destinations, including Italy, new itineraries and six new ships in its 2013 Europe and Russia Boutique River Cruises programme.
In 2013, Uniworld will offer river cruising in Italy, along the Po River and the Venice Lagoon. “Our clients always state that...
Free Wi-Fi at Accor Hotels in Asia-Pacific
Accor is to introduce free wi-fi Internet in all its Asia-Pacific hotels by end-2012. The group has almost 500 hotels in Asia-Pacific and currently offers free Internet in its mid-scale brands such as Novotel, Ibis and Mercure, but not in luxury brands such as Pullman...
