Trish Helps Raise Funds for Action Breast Cancer
Over 750 participants took part in the first Kinsale Pink Ribbon Walk on Sunday 4th March, raising €80,000 for Action Breast Cancer, a programme of the Irish Cancer Society.
Following a major sponsorship and promotional drive, Kinsale had turned ‘pink’ for the weekend with a...
Upgrade a Wings Abroad Holiday for €1pp
Wings Abroad is offering an upgrade on packages to Gumbet this summer from only €1pp. A stay in the Sami Beach Hotel can be upgraded from B&B (€319pp) to half board (€320pp) for just €1pp. This is a family-run hotel on the beach and...
Babies on Board for 2012 Cruises with Thomas Cook
Thomas Cook Ireland is catering for all ages with its 2012 cruise programme, including families with infants as young as six months.
The Thomas Cook Cruise Ireland line-up of Royal Caribbean International cruises ensures parents can quickly switch into holiday mode, relaxed in the knowledge...
Irish Olympic Hospitality House for London 2012
Central London will become a haven for Irish celebrations this summer, with the announcement that the Irish Olympic House will be opening its doors in Kings Cross to coincide with the start of the 2012 Olympic Games. thg Sports Tours, in association with the...
Etihad Offers Free Stopover Night in Abu Dhabi
Etihad Airways will offer one night’s free accommodation to passengers stopping over in Abu Dhabi for a minimum of two nights before 1st December 2012. The Essential Stopovers offer, part of the Essential Abu Dhabi programme, can be redeemed at 25 hotels, ranging from...
Disneyland Paris Celebrates 20th Anniversary
It was really a good news day yesterday as Disney announced a contract with an Irish animation company that will generate 75 new Irish based jobs. Coupled with this was the launch of the Disneyland Paris 20th anniversary plans to the Irish travel trade...
Yseult Joannet R.I.P. – a Message from John Kinane
John Kinane, Managing Director of Thomas Cook (Ireland) has this afternoon sent the following message to the Irish travel trade:
“It is with great sadness that I have to advise you of the untimely death of our friend and colleague Yseult Joannet, following a short...
Congratulations Avril – Twice!
A lucky travel agent got more than she bargained for recently at the Wings Abroad roadshow in Galway – when she received a holiday voucher and a baby in one night!
Avril McGrath of Corrib Travel, who was eight months pregnant at the time, put...
Irish Ferries Poses Questions for Travellers to France
What’s got three restaurants, two lounge bars, two cinemas showing latest Hollywood releases, 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-star rooms, one piano bar, one children’s play area, mall-style shopping, café, gaming area, hair and beauty salon, wi-fi Internet access, free children’s entertainment, nightly cabaret performances,...
Global Accident Rate Reaches New Low – IATA
The International Air Transport Association has announced that the 2011 accident rate for Western-built jets was the lowest in aviation history, surpassing the previous mark set in 2010. The 2011 global accident rate (measured in hull losses per million flights of Western-built jets) was...
Niki Cosgrave of Donabate Travel/Cruise2 and Emma Taffe of Freedom Travel to Trek Up Kilimanjaro
Last Thursday night, 1st March, there was an exclusive travel trade fundraising event at Lillies Bordello, sponsored by Amadeus.
Niki Cosgrave (Stanford) of Donabate Travel/Cruise2 and Emma Taffe of Freedom Travel are going to trek up Kilimanjaro in aid of very good causes (Irish Cancer...
Shannon Airport Offers €1,000 Summer Holiday Prize
To celebrate the launch of its summer season schedule, Shannon Airport website is offering the public the chance to win a prize worth €1,000 towards their summer holiday from Shannon.
Shannon Airport today announced its summer season schedule with 34 direct destinations on scheduled and...
Uniworld River Queen Voted First Choice in Luxury Cruising
Uniworld ships have been ranked #1 and #2 in river cruise ships, and #1 and #3 in all categories of cruise ships in the world, in Condé Nast Traveller’s 2012 Readers’ Poll.
“Both the #1 and #2 slots were awarded to Uniworld, and not only...
Win a Qantas Ticket to Australia!
Tourism Australia and Qantas Airways are hosting “fun filled evenings of all things Australian” in Dublin on Tuesday 27th March and Cork on Wednesday 28th March – with the promise of some fantastic prizes at both events.
‘Australia on Tour’ will be at The Morrison...
BA Adds Extra Heathrow – Hong Kong Service
British Airways will commence a three times weekly London Heathrow – Hong Kong service on 25th March 2012. The B777-300ER will include BA’s new First Class cabin. The flights will operate until 28th April, then from 27th May to 3rd September, and from 3rd...
56 New Hilton Worldwide Hotels in Europe
Hilton Worldwide has issued new figures showing that one in six of all rooms under construction in Europe carries a Hilton Worldwide brand. Across the hotel industry there are currently 54,587 rooms under construction in Europe, with Hilton Worldwide representing 18.2% of the total...
A Future for the ITAA?
In a statement issued last week, Michael Doorley, Managing Director of Shandon Travel, who has been proposed and seconded for the position of Treasurer of the Irish Travel Agents Association and which is to be determined by ITAA members on 14th March, highlighted the...
Boogie Bollywood Style!
Thursday 29th March is the date and the Mezz VIP Lounge at Samsara in Dublin’s Dawson Street is the location. Yes, it’s One Stop Touring Shop’s Big Bollywood Night when you can don a sari, get a traditional henna tattoo and learn how to...
Incredible !ndia Comes to Dublin
Incredible !ndia offered the travel trade incredible food at last week’s cocktail-dinner reception in Dundrum Town Centre’s Ananda Restaurant hosted by India’s Ambassador to Ireland, Debashish Chakravarti, and Raj Sunani, Assistant Director of the India Tourist Office in London.
In his presentation, which included a...
