Iberia Express is Recruiting Staff
Iberia Express, which commences operations tomorrow and which will launch a service to Dublin in June, is currently looking for office staff, cabin crew and pilots.
The Iberia subsidiary launches tomorrow with flights to Alicante, Malaga, Palma and Seville and will operate two-cabin A320 aircraft...
Claire Somers Wins Trip to Washington DC
Excitement is building towards the 8th June launch of United’s inaugural flight from Dublin to Washington DC. Welcoming the travel trade to an evening with delegates led by Elliott Ferguson, President and Chief Executive of Destination DC, Yvonne Muldoon, Sales Manager – Ireland for...
Kristin Skinner Wins Trip to California
Virgin Atlantic Airways’ Terry Smith and Janice Scott, along with their partners the Los Angeles and San Francisco tourist boards, invited the Irish travel trade to celebrate what’s new for the airline in 2012, with new aircraft and upgrading of the Economy Class product....
Embratur Launches YouTube Channel
Embratur, the Brazilian Tourist Board, has launched an interactive Brand Channel website called visitbrazil on YouTube that aids trip planning through interactive tools, images and detailed information on what to do in Brazil.
Marcelo Pedroso, Embratur’s Director for International Markets, said: “Travelling to Brazil is...
Kids Go Free to Britain with Irish Ferries
Irish Ferries has introduced a Kids Go Free to Britain offer on all motorist bookings, on all sailings, including DublinSwift, on every day from now until the end of the year on all bookings made by 31st March.
Coupled with the lead-in fare from €89...
Airline CEOs Respond to UK Budget
Responding to the UK Budget, Carolyn McCall of easyJet, Willie Walsh of IAG, Michael O'Leary of Ryanair, and Steve Ridgway of Virgin Atlantic, jointly said: “At a time when the Government talks about creating jobs and growth, its blinkered insistence on further increases in...
Virgin Airlines Link Frequent Flyer Programmes
Members of Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club, Virgin America’s Elevate and Virgin Australia’s Velocity loyalty schemes can now earn and redeem miles and status points when flying with either of the other two airlines.
Steve Ridgway, Chief Executive of Virgin Atlantic, said: “The enhanced frequent flyer...
Bookabed Agent Voucher Incentive
Bookabed has announced an Agent Voucher Incentive. For every €500 worth of bookings made in Bookabed between 19th March and 30th April 2012, they will give you a €5 one4all voucher (this is based on accommodation bookings and transfers only, flights are not included).
Bookings...
Travel Counsellors Ireland Agents to Hear: The Difference is You
Travel Counsellors Ireland will host its biggest annual conference yet this weekend in Stillorgan, Co Dublin, from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th March. The conference theme, ‘The Difference is You’, highlights each agent’s individual success and continued drive to be the best and to...
Phenix Developments Make it Personal for Agents
Travel Counsellors will announce a host of new developments to its in-house dynamic packaging system, Phenix, at the Travel Counsellors Ireland conference this weekend. These will make Phenix even more efficient and quicker for agents to use, as well as incorporating direct feedback from...
Relational over Transactional is the Future – David Speakman
Travel Counsellors founder and Chairman David Speakman talks about his views on the future of travel and why Travel Counsellors are going from strength to strength amidst an industry where many are still feeling the economic impact.
“Last year the doom and gloom of the...
Global Support Helped Me in My Hour of Need – Angela Woods
Dundalk-based Travel Counsellor Angela Woods has praised the support she received from the company’s global support team after she helped a customer in Australia to travel back to Ireland after a sudden family bereavement.
Angela was called at 3.00am by a distraught customer who was desperate...
Travel Counsellors Supports Agents’ Children with TC Teens and TC Kids Clubs
Travel Counsellors has launched two innovative programmes to help support its agents’ children during the school holidays and exam time. The company has devised a dedicated support scheme named ‘TC Teens’ to reduce the stress experienced by many teenagers during their school work and...
We are a Big Company with a Close-knit Family Feel – Steve Byrne
Following the launch of Travel Counsellors in the United Arab Emirates last week, Managing Director Steve Byrne reflects on the company’s international presence and the opportunities this brings for Travel Counsellors’ agents.
“Travel Counsellors is now present in seven countries across the world following our...
The February 2012 Magazine is Online Now!
The February 2012 edition of the Irish Travel Trade News magazine is now available online to read. Please click the below link:
https://ittn.ie/flickable/201202/index.html
End-March for EU Ruling on BMI Deal?
The earliest date for an EU ruling on IAG’s proposed acquisition of British Midland International from Lufthansa has now been confirmed as 30th March. BMI has always based its working assumptions on this deadline and IAG has confirmed that it is “continuing to talk...
Jet Airways to Launch JetKonnect Rebranding
India’s Jet Airways is to rebrand its two low-cost subsidiaries, JetLite and Jet Airways Konnect, as JetKonnect from 25th March 2012, with a new website going live the following day.
All aircraft of the two carriers will be given JetKonnect livery, while cabin crew will...
Airberlin Now Part of Oneworld
Airberlin has today become part of Oneworld, adding the second largest airline in Germany and the sixth largest in Europe to the global airline alliance. Niki, the Austrian member of the Airberlin group, joined Oneworld as an affiliate member at the same time –...
Etihad Extends Sabre Technology Deal to Airberlin
Etihad Airways announced yesterday that it will offer partner airline Airberlin a range of benefits from its own billion dollar agreement with Sabre Airline Solutions, which it signed in December 2011.
Last week Etihad and Airberlin announced plans to integrate their Boeing 787 Dreamliner programmes,...
Lowcostbeds European Expansion Continues
Over 10,000 agents have signed up to use the Lowcostbeds platform across Europe, according to the latest figures from the Lowcosttravelgroup. This increase in agents follows a rapid and successful programme of European launches, replicating the model of the original UK site.
With sites now active in...
