Expert Reveals Top Tips for Planning 2024 Disney World Holiday on a Budget
Considering the various expenses associated with Disney World vacations, including park tickets, accommodation, flights, meals, and other potential unforeseen costs, it’s clear that Disney vacations can quickly become costly. Fortunately, Disney travel planning experts MagicGuides have compiled their top tips on how to get...
Travel Counsellors Reports Record Breaking Sales for Peak January Booking Period
Travel Counsellors has reported record-breaking sales over the peak January booking period.
Group sales for January hit £125m, up 12% on the previous year and up 68% on pre-pandemic levels, marking it as the best January and best ever sales month in the company’s 30-year...
Tourism NI Taps into ‘Vibe’ Trend to Attract Visitors
Tourism NI has tapped into one of this year’s biggest travel trends by analysing 50,000 social media posts to highlight the ‘vibe’ of Northern Ireland, according to Instagram users.
'Fun’ and ‘stunning’ topped the vibe checks for the region, as people marvel at the jaw-dropping...
Newpark Hotel Kilkenny Named Ireland’s Favourite Family-Friendly Hotel
Newpark Hotel Kilkenny has been named Ireland’s Favourite Family Friendly Hotel, clinching the gold at the esteemed Virgin Media Business Gold Medal Awards this week.
The Gold Medal Awards, recognised as the apex of excellence in the Irish hospitality sector, acknowledges outstanding contributions and innovations...
Global Air Passenger Traffic Back to 94% of Pre-Covid Levels in 2023
Global air passenger traffic grew by just under 37%, year-on-year, in December; dragging levels back up pre-Covid territory, new figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show.
According to IATA’s stats, December’s passenger numbers were back to 97.5% of the same month just before...
Attraction World Introduces 2024 Ibiza Rocks Pool Party Event Tickets For Trade Partners
Attraction World confirm their expansion of exclusive products with exciting new partner Ibiza Rocks. Attraction World continue to focus on providing a wider range of products to their trade partners, ensuring they truly have something for every type of traveller.
Ibiza Rocks is the No.1...
Ryanair Passenger Numbers Up 3% in January
Ryanair carried 12.2 million passengers across its route network in January; representing a 3% year-on-year increase.
On a rolling 12-month basis, the airline carried 182.1 million passengers up to the end of last month, which was 10% up on a year-on-year basis.
In January of this...
IHG Hotels & Resorts to Open 2 New Hotels in Belfast
IHG Hotels & Resorts – which owns the likes of the InterContinental and Holiday Inn brands – is opening two new hotels in Belfast, as part of a sizeable expansion in the UK and Ireland of five of the group’s brands.
The expansion covers IHG’s...
Experiencing Icon of the Seas Firsthand – ITTN’s Shane Cullen Reports
Icon of the Seas is a vibrant floating resort designed to stimulate all your senses. There is an entire water world and kids' paradise onboard. This takes the form of 7 pools at sea plus an entire neighbourhood dedicated to tikes to keep them...
G Adventures’ Change Makers Reward Programme for UK & Ireland Agents Returns
Adventure travel company G Adventures is bringing its popular UK and Ireland travel agent reward programme, Change Makers, back this year.
It means 15 agents from the UK and Ireland will earn a space at the community tourism pioneer’s third Change Makers GX Summit, which...
Ryanair Joins Cohort of Airlines Resuming Israel Flights
Ryanair has resumed flight services to Israel – as of today – in a reduced capacity.
The airline flies to Tel Aviv from a number of eastern, central and Mediterranean European countries.
Already; Air France, Lufthansa and Etihad have resumed some flights to Israel; with more...
Belfast International Airport Returns to Pre-Covid Health with 5.9 Million Passengers in 2023
Belfast International Airport has recovered to pre-Covid health, with newly-released figures showing it served 5.9 million passengers last year and started 2024 with a growing list of destinations.
Included within annual traffic results for parent company VINCI Airports, Belfast International’s figures represented 95% of its...
Shannon Airport Introduces Mobile Passport Control App for US-Bound Passengers
Shannon Airport has introduced a new Mobile Passport Control (MPC) app to allow for an easier travel experience for US-bound passengers.
The announcement comes less than a week after Dublin Airport announced the introduction of the same app for US-bound travellers out of Dublin Terminal...
Flights to and from Germany Disrupted by Airport Workers’ Strike
Passengers flying to and from Germany today are expected to encounter significant delays and disruption, with many flights set to be either delayed or cancelled due to a 1-day strike by airport staff nationwide.
The strike has been taken by the Verdi trade union, which...
Boeing Halves Losses, but Safety Record Remains Under Spotlight
Boeing has posted a strong set of annual financial results, but the real focus is still on the planemaker's safety levels.
Boeing posted a 17% rise in revenues to $77.8bn; and halved its net losses from just over $5.05bn, in 2022, to $2.24bn for last...
Claire Stirrup to Head Celebrity’s UK & Ireland Sales as Part of EMEA Overhaul
Celebrity Cruises has announced a new structure for its EMEA business under the leadership of Giles Hawke, VP & Managing Director Celebrity Cruises EMEA.
As part of the new structure, Claire Stirrup has taken on an extended remit as Senior Sales Director EMEA, overseeing all...
OneWorld Alliance Celebrates 25th Anniversary
The OneWorld airline alliance is celebrating its 25th anniversary, having carried nearly 9 billion customers since 1999.
The alliance was founded by American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and Qantas in order to increase connectivity and flexibility for passengers and to reward frequent flyer customers.
It...
Travel Nevada Appoints Rafael Villanueva as First Ever Chief Executive
Travel Nevada, the agency tasked with the promotion and marketing of Nevada as a tourism destination, has appointed Rafael Villanueva as its first chief executive.
Mr Villanueva will direct and supervise all administrative and technical activities of the Division of Tourism (Travel Nevada). This includes...
Portugal Visitor Numbers Outshine Pre-Covid Levels
Portugal’s tourism product has fully recovered from the Covid crisis, with latest UN Tourism figures showing more than 18 million people visited the Iberian country during 2023; officially a record number for a single year.
The 18 million figure represented a 19% increase on the...
Ireland Attracted 445,200 Inbound Visitors in December
December saw 445,200 overseas visitors in Ireland, according to latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
According to the CSO, 42% of inbound visitors in December came from Britain, with 12% from the US and 8.6% from Spain and/or Portugal.
The visitors stayed on average...
