TCD Welcomes 10 Millionth Visitor to Book of Kells
The 10 millionth visitor to the Old Library, Trinity College Dublin, since the creation of its visitor centre in 1992 was welcomed yesterday by the Librarian, Robin Adams. The Old Library and Book of Kells is one of Ireland’s major tourist venues and attracts...
Delta to Sell Economy Comfort Seats through Amadeus
Delta Air Lines and Amadeus have expanded their commercial relationship to enable the sale of Economy Comfort, Delta’s premium economy seats offering more leg room, through the Amadeus global distribution system.
“Delta is encouraged by the direction of the technology innovation at Amadeus, and this...
LOT Signs Full Content Agreement with Travelport
Travelport and LOT Polish Airlines have signed a new global full content agreement. The new multi-year deal secures full access to all of LOT’s fares, seat availability and schedules for Travelport-connected travel agencies worldwide.
Hong Kong Airlines Cancels All-Business Gatwick Route
Hong Kong Airlines will be “suspending until further notice” its all-business class flights to London Gatwick with effect from 10th September 2012 and will re-deploy the three specially equipped, all-Business Class A330-200s that currently service the route to charter flights. The all-Club Class service...
Ryanair Free SMS Alerts for 90-minutes+ Flight Delays
Passengers who experience Ryanair flight delays of over 90 minutes will now receive free text message updates to advise them of the likely duration of the delay and their new departure time. The service has been developed in partnership with Sentient.
Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said:...
Stay.com App for Personalised Online City Guides
Oslo-based Stay.com’s new collaborative travel app allows users to effectively create a ‘city in their pocket’ by downloading their own guides and enjoying them offline, saving on international data charges. Each guide combines expert advice provided by Stay.com’s international travel experts, partner sites, input...
CWT Ireland Confirms Irish Government Contract
Carlson Wagonlit Travel Ireland has confirmed, as Irish Travel Trade News first revealed on 28th June, that it has been appointed the Irish Government’s travel management company. CWT began booking travel under the new contract on 1stAugust 2012.
The National Procurement Service managed a rigorous...
Rhona Wins Air Canada Tickets to Toronto
Rhona McCann, Reservations Manager at FCm Travel Solutions, Dublin, was the lucky winner of the pair of Air Canada tickets to Toronto.
Contestants had to answer three questions online about Air Canada’s extended summer service from Dublin to Toronto, the airline’s Executive First business class,...
Travelport Triples its Rooms and More Hotel Content
Over 340,000 hotels are now available on the Travelport Rooms and More hotel booking engine, with Hotelzon and Tourico Holidays having recently signed up to supply content. The number of hotel properties has more than tripled since the tool was launched last summer. Over...
Keep Voting for Carmel!
Carmel Aylward of King Travel, Malahide, Dublin’s ‘Eclipse to the Heart’ recipe has now moved into third place in Celebrity Cruises’ MasterChef competition. You have just three more days to vote Carmel into second or first place, so cast your vote for Ireland’s entry...
Emirates Announces Dublin as Theme for 2012 Melbourne Cup Carnival
Emirates has announced that Dublin will be the theme for its renowned Birdcage marquee at this year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival. Inspired by famous landmarks of Ireland’s capital, the Principal Partner of the Emirates Melbourne Cup will take guests on a cultural journey of Dublin....
Aer Lingus Traffic Statistics for July
Aer Lingus has announced traffic statistics for July 2012. Total flown passenger numbers, including Aer Lingus Regional operations, increased by 2.1% in July 2012 compared to July 2011.
Aer Lingus Mainline’s flown passenger load factor increased by 2.1 points on July 2011 to 86.6%. Short-haul...
New PATA Director of Operations
The Pacific Asia Travel Association has promoted ‘Mam’ Puangthip Chotipantawanon as Director of Operations effective 1st August, reporting to Chief Operating Officer Sheila Leong.
Mam is responsible for operations across all departments to provide an association-wide support structure to actively and regularly engage with members;...
US Airways Introduces DineFresh
US Airways has introduced DineFresh, a premium meal option in Economy that allows customers to treat themselves when flying internationally to Europe, the Middle East and South America. The airline is also introducing new items to US Airways MarketPlace, its selection of snacks, meals...
BudgetAir.ie Launches New Website
Online travel agency BudgetAir.ie has launched a new website for the Irish market. The online agency claims to offer competitive deals in in airline tickets,hotels, car hire and package deals. They are a newcomer to the Irish market.
According to the European Commission, Irish travellers make double the EU average...
Travelport Signs Full Content Agreement with Air China
Travelport has today announced a new multi-year global full content agreement with Star Alliance member Air China. This follows a similar deal signed with China Southern last week.
Air China has enhanced its connectivity with Travelport to the highest level of GDS functionality providing Travelport-connected...
Denmark and Sweden Most Expensive EU Countries
According to a new study by Eurostat, the EU statistical office, prices in these countries for goods and services are as much as 42% higher than the EU average in Denmark and around 28% higher in Sweden, making them the most expensive in the EU’s 27 countries.
Denmark has...
Five New Cork Routes by Ryanair
Ryanair is to introduce five new routes from Cork to Gdansk, Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw and Vilnius in November, increasing its winter 2012 schedule from Cork Airport to two based aircraft and 10 routes.
Avior Signs Full Content Agreement with Travelport
Travelport and Venezuelan air carrier Avior Airlines have today announced a new agreement that includes an upgrade to Direct Sell and Seamless Availability, which enable real-time reservation and confirmation of bookings, and allow agents to offer the highest level of service to their travellers.
Based...
Hertz Business+ for Travel Agents
Hertz have announced some exciting new products designed specifically for the travel trade in Ireland to meet all their customers’ needs, whether for leisure or business travel.
With its international Contact Centre based in Dublin employing over 1,000 people, Hertz is fully committed to the...
