Christine Donnelly Hosts Farewell Party
Bidding farewell to her Dublin friends in the Grafton Lounge last Thursday, Falcon Holidays’ Christine Donnelly spoke of her highs and lows (mostly highs!) over many years since the start of Falcon with Freddie O’Neill, Gabrielle Malone and Billy Smith back in the 1980s.
There...
Tour Operators Offer Value and Security – ITOF
Irish tour operators are emphasising the value of holidays and the added security offered by the bonded package holiday, according to the President of the Irish Tour Operators Federation, Philip Airey, when speaking at a function hosted by the Spanish Tourism Office.
“In these difficult...
Aer Lingus Regional to London Southend
Aer Arann has announced the opening of a new Dublin – London route. From 10th May 2012, Aer Lingus Regional operated by Aer Arann will fly three daily return services between Dublin and London Southend. Fares start from €24.99 one-way including taxes.
The 1h35min flights...
United Airlines Brings Home Oscar Winners
Oscar-winning director Terry George and his daughter Oorlagh, who produced the Oscar-winning film The Shore in the live action short category, flew home to Belfast International Airport with United Airlines.
Yvonne Muldoon, United Airlines’ Sales Manager – Ireland & Northern Ireland, said: “We were thrilled to...
Aer Lingus Cork Summer Schedule
Aer Lingus will operate a total of 84 weekly departures this summer from Cork Airport to the UK and continental Europe, including a new three times weekly service to Brussels and extra frequencies on Faro and Amsterdam.
Fourteen destinations will be served directly from Cork,...
Travel Counsellors Expands into UAE
Travel Counsellors has announced its expansion into the UAE after officially launching in Dubai this month. The operation will be a joint venture partnership with dnata, the world’s fourth largest air services provider and Middle East travel experts.
Travel Counsellors, which now has over 1,100...
APD a Detention Tax, Says PATA
At yesterday’s PATA Exchange event in London, Martin Craigs, Chief Executive of the Pacific Asia Travel Association, told Neil Steedman, ITTN’s News and Features Editor: “The UK Air Passenger Duty has become a detention tax – a tax against freedom of movement. PATA is...
CWT Presents Charity Cheque
Lisa Whelan, Ireland Manager, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, recently presented Our Lady’s Hospital for Children Crumlin with a cheque for €4,273.52. The money was raised by CWT staff in 2011 through various activities, including marathons and bake sales.
Our Lady’s Hospital is again CWT’s designated charity...
Lowcostbeds Pre-Season Summer Sale
Lowcostbeds.ie has just launched a pre-season summer sale to help agents boost bookings between now and the end of May. It has dropped prices across a wide range of popular destinations, including the Algarve, the Canaries, Majorca, Costa del Sol, Costa Daurada and the Costa...
Emirates Daily Dublin Service One of Most Successful Route Launches Ever
Since 9th January Emirates has been flying daily from Dublin non-stop to Dubai – and already there’s a demand for even more seats! Early load factors were so high that within three weeks Emirates had announced that it will introduce a 360-seat Boeing 777-300ER...
Dedicated Irish Dubai Update Newsletter
In December the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing launched a dedicated Irish version of the popular Dubai Update tourism newsletter. It initially went to more than 400 travel professionals in Ireland – and this number is growing. If you are an Irish...
Ian Dempsey in Travelmood for Dubai!
Popular radio presenter Ian Dempsey is in the mood for Dubai as he presents a 90-second video, Definitely Dubai with Travelmood, which is on YouTube here.
Introducing Travelmood as “the home of exotic and unique holidays” and Dubai as “one of the world’s most sought...
Irish Agents Vote Dubai ‘Best Middle East / Africa Destination’
At the 20th Irish Travel Trade Awards, presented at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin on 25th November 2011, Irish travel agents throughout the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland voted Dubai as the Best Middle East / Africa Destination for the sixth year in...
Ian Scott in DialAFlight’s Red Chair
Ian Scott, Director UK and Ireland for Dubai Tourism, recently took to DialAFlight’s Red Chair. During a question and answer session with Peter Stephens and Clemmie Harvey, Ian deals with some myths about the emirate, explaining that Dubai is a lenient, tolerant multi-cultural city,...
The Foodie’s Guide to Dubai
Dubai Tourism has created the Foodie’s Guide to Dubai, which is full of recipes, restaurant recommendations and offers top tips from the head chefs of some of Dubai’s best restaurants, including the Ivy at Jumeirah Emirates Towers and Al Iwan at Burj Al Arab.
Dubai’s...
WTM Latin America Launches Hosted Buyer Programme
World Travel Market Latin America has announced its hosted buyer programme for the launch event on 23rd – 25th April 2013.
The inaugural event, taking place in São Paulo’s Transamerica Centre from 12.00 pm–8.00 pm across all three days, will have 200 senior buyers hosted...
British Midland Cancels Tripoli Flights
British Midland International has cancelled flights to and from Tripoli up to and including 30th April 2012.
Passengers holding tickets for BD services between London Heathrow and Tripoli for tickets issued for travel on or before 30th April 2012 are permitted one change free of...
Roland Runs in Paris Marathon
Roland Monsegu of Camino Ways will be running in the Paris Marathon on Sunday 15th April 2012 to help raise funds for the Special Olympics. If you would like to help him in this good cause, visit mycharity.ie.
Amanda Wins Two Nights in Downtown Dubai
Amanda Hynes from the Dublin office of American Holidays was the lucky winner of the dedicated Irish Dubai Update February competition. The prize is two nights’ stay for two people at the Southern Sun Qamardeen Hotel in Downtown Dubai.
If you are not already signed...
Twitter brings Virgin together
As is often the case Richard Branson was browsing his Twitter feed yesterday morning, when he came across one tweet that instantly bought a smile to his face and made him press retweet.
@BecciChute: "@RichardBranson Me when I was three...And now you're my boss :)"
The tweet, accompanied with the above...
