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Follow the Camino Has Been Recognised In TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards For 2024

Follow the Camino is thrilled to announce that it has been recognised in TripAdvisor’s® Travelers’ Choice® Awards for 2024. The award honours businesses that consistently earn great reviews from users of Tripadvisor, placing Follow the Camino among the top 10% of tourist and hospitality...

Irish National Stud and Gardens Ranked in the Top 10% of Things to Visit Worldwide

The Irish National Stud and Gardens has received a huge global award that recognises the Co Kildare tourism attraction as being in the top 10% of things to do worldwide. The prestigious Travellers Choice world award given by Tripadvisor recognises travellers’ favourite attractions globally...

American Airlines: ‘Net Zero by 2050 is the Right Plan, But it Won’t Be Easy’

American Airlines has released its 2023 Sustainability Report, documenting its work to advance the company's strategy to address climate change and accelerate the broader solutions needed to decarbonise aviation, and sharing progress on other issues important to the company and its stakeholders — including...

Wendy Wu Tours Launches Inclusive Cruise & Tour Holidays

Wendy Wu Tours, the leading specialist in Asia travel, has announced a major first: the launch of its exclusive, fully inclusive Cruise & Tour holidays. This pioneering offering combines top-tier ocean cruises with Wendy Wu’s award-winning land tours, providing travellers with a unique and immersive...

Crystal Ski Holidays Announces New Winter Flights from Belfast International Airport to Salzburg and Turin

Crystal Ski Holidays, the UK and Ireland’s leading ski holiday operator, will operate a brand-new winter flight programme for the 2024-2025 season with two direct flights from Belfast International Airport to Salzburg in Austria and Turin in Italy.   If you’re planning to hit the slopes...

Bus Éireann Adds Peak Weekend Service on Expressway Eurolines Birmingham and London Routes

Bus Éireann has announced an additional peak weekend service on its Expressway Eurolines route linking Dublin with Birmingham and London. Strong customer demand has led to an additional return journey departing Dublin to Birmingham and London on Sunday and returning from London to Birmingham...

Dalata Hotel Group Brings Maldron Brand to Liverpool

Dalata Hotel Group has opened its first hotel in Liverpool. Its latest expansion in the UK is the 4-star Maldron Hotel Liverpool, which is a 268-bedroom hotel in the heart of the city centre, just 15 minutes walk from the iconic Lime Street Station. Dalata is...

Solmar Villas Adds Costa Verde, in Portugal, as New Portfolio Destination

Solmar Villas has added a new destination to its collection, with 22 properties now on sale in the Costa Verde region of Portugal. Located north of Porto, the region is less developed by tourism and offers a more tranquil, authentically Portuguese experience than the busy...

Aer Lingus Cancels Additional 76 Flights Scheduled for Next Week

Aer Lingus has cancelled an additional 76 flights originally scheduled for next week. The airline said the current ongoing industrial action underway by its pilots aligned to the Irish Airline Pilots Association (IALPA) trade union has led to the move. The announcement also comes as a...

South Africa Urged to Accelerate Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on South Africa to mobilise its experience, resources, and infrastructure to accelerate the development of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production. The call came as government and industry officials gathered in Johannesburg for the IATA Wings of Change Focus...

Air Canada to Boost Fleet with 8 Fuel-Efficient Boeing 737-8 Aircraft

Air Canada has reached agreement with BOC Aviation for the placement of eight Boeing 737-8 aircraft. "We look forward to these aircraft entering into service next year, upon the completion of some required modifications. These eight, brand-new, fuel- and cost-efficient 737-8s will provide more fleet flexibility...

Caribbean Suffers Slump in Short-Term Travel Demand due to Hurricane Beryl

Many of the most popular tourist destinations in the Caribbean region have suffered slumps in short-term visitor demand due to the ravages of Hurricane Beryl, which is now headed towards the area. The storm has become the quickest to reach Category 5 status on record...

Labour Court to Issue Fresh Aer Lingus Pay Row Recommendation Today

The Labour Court is set to issue a fresh pay recommendation regarding the Aer Lingus pilots’ dispute later today in a fresh bid to bring about some resolution to the ongoing matter, which has disrupted Irish holidaymakers’ summer travel plans in the past couple...

Ryanair Launches 48-Hour Flash Sale for July and August Travel

Ryanair has launched a 48-hour flash sale, featuring a 20% discount on flights for travel throughout July and August. The limited time sale ends at midnight Thursday (4 July) and covers more than 240 destinations across Ryanair’s route network. Ryanair’s Head of Comms, Jade Kirwan said:...

Air Cargo Services Demand Shows Double-Digit Growth for 6th Straight Month

Demand for air cargo services continued to increase in May, according to latest available data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). IATA’s latest numbers show a 14.7%, year-on-year, growth rate for air cargo services during May. This marked the 6th consecutive month of double-digit...

Menorca: The Perfect Island for Families and Couples

ITTN's Sharon Jordan was one of the lucky media brought down to experience Menorca - an island that is often thought of as Majorca’s smaller sister and Ibiza’s quieter more reserved cousin. So, when I was invited on this trip, I knew I had to find...

Dalata Hotel Group: No Impact, Yet, from Aer Lingus Dispute

Ireland's largest hotel operator has said it has not seen any negative impact, as yet, from the ongoing pilot pay dispute at Aer Lingus, which has resulted in nearly 400 flight cancellations in recent weeks. The Dalata Hotel Group is the largest hotel operator in...

Hospitality Sector Survey: Tips Help Staff Morale and Influence Customer Service; but Confusion Over Tipping Legislation

The Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI), in collaboration with URocked and Paynt, a provider of cashless tipping solutions, surveyed businesses in the hospitality and service industry to establish attitudes around tipping and its impact on both staff and the business as whole.  The survey has...

Dalata Hotel Group Eyes Strong Summer as Trading Picks Up

Dalata Hotel Group – which owns and operates the Clayton and Maldron hotel chains across Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands and Germany – has reported an improvement in trading; with all four of its geographic regions now expected to outperform their individual 2023 levels...

G Adventures Offers UK & Ireland Agents One More Shot at Taylor Swift Eras Tour London Shows

Over the past 6 months, travel agents around the world have been booking their hearts out in hopes of winning a ticket to G Adventures’ You Belong With G Experience, with 30 winners having already been announced globally. In total, 75 top sellers will...

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