Princess Cruises Unveils 2025 Alaska Cruise and Cruisetours Season
Princess Cruises has unveiled its 2025 Alaska cruise and cruisetours season, featuring three captivating roundtrip itineraries and an exclusive new National Parks Cruisetour.
Cruises are available for booking starting today (August 3).
New Adventures and Extended Journeys Await, including a Departure from LA:
New for 2025...
Shannon Company InflightFlix Enters Strategic Alliance with Destinations International
Shannon-based company InflightFlix has teamed up with Destinations International - the global trade association for convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs) and tourism boards.
Through a new strategic alliance, the two companies will provide an innovative new inflight communication channel for destinations to communicate with airline...
USAirtours Rejoins TIPTO Supplier Member Network
USAirtours has rejoined the TIPTO supplier member network after a break of nearly 6 years.
TIPTO – which acts as a tour operator support group in the UK and Northern Ireland - has been celebrating its 25th anniversary with a number of clients wins of...
VisitPITTSBURGH Appoints Emily Hatfield Director of Communications and Public Affairs
VisitPITTSBURGH has appointed Emily Hatfield as the region’s new director of communications and public affairs.
In this role, Ms Hatfield – who brings nearly 10 years of public affairs experience to the role - will work closely with senior leadership to align marketing and communication...
Etihad Adds Boston to US Destinations Roster
Etihad Airways has added Boston to its roster of US destinations, making the city its fourth US stop; after New York, Washington DC, and Chicago; while it also flies to Toronto in Canada.
Etihad will start four weekly flights from Abu Dhabi to Boston...
Cliffs of Moher Ranked 9th Best Natural Wonder of the World in Survey
Ireland’s Cliffs of Moher have been ranked inside the top 10 natural wonders of the world worth paying a visit to, in a new international survey.
The Co Clare attraction outranks Milford Sound in New Zealand and Angel Falls in Venezuela in the survey by...
Explora I – Ocean Front Suites Onboard MSC Explora Journeys with ITTN
ITTN's Shane Cullen reports from the launch of MSC's Explora Journeys - Explora I. This is the first ship in a fleet of six targeting the ultra-luxury cruise market.
In the Bedroom - 461 Ocean Front Suites
461 oceanfront suites all have floor-to-ceiling windows and private...
Around 463,000 Passengers Set to Pass Through Dublin Airport this Bank Holiday Weekend
Dublin Airport is expecting approximately 463,000 passengers to travel through its doors over the August bank holiday weekend.
Sunday is expected to be the busiest day of the period with just under 119,000 passengers arriving and departing from Dublin Airport, while Friday and Monday will...
Ottawa Tourism Launches ‘Visit Ottawa Pass’ as Easy Way to Enjoy Canada’s Capital
Ottawa Tourism has launched the Visit Ottawa Pass, a virtual attractions pass which rolls admission to seven attractions into one price point and easy to use virtual ticket.
Visitors can choose between the 1-Day Visit Ottawa Pass, valid for 24 hours after first use,...
Ryanair Adds Extra Seats on Dublin-Manchester and Dublin-Liverpool Routes for Premier League Kick-Off
Ryanair has added extra seats on its Dublin-Manchester and Dublin-Liverpool routes ahead of the new Premier League season kicking off on August 11.
EXTRA FLIGHTS ADDEDMan United vs Wolves (Aug 14 @ 20:00)Dublin – Manchester (14 Aug) Manchester – Dublin (15 Aug)Liverpool vs Bournemouth (Aug...
Iberia Launches Flash Business Class Promotion for Madrid-Bogota Service with Dublin Connection
Iberia has announced that – as of the beginning of November – it will be offering 3 daily flights from Madrid to Bogota, Colombia; with connections to and from Dublin.
Iberia will start flying the new service from November 1.
To celebrate the additional flights, Iberia...
Iberia Announces Madrid-Bogota Flights with Connections To/From Dublin
Iberia has announced that – as of the beginning of November – it will be offering 3 daily flights from Madrid to Bogota, Colombia; with connections to and from Dublin.
Iberia will start flying the new service from November 1.
To celebrate the additional flights, Iberia...
British Airways Doubles Inflight Entertainment Content
British Airways has doubled the content available for customers to watch through its inflight entertainment system since the start of the year, offering a wide range of brand-new content on board; including boxsets, movies, music, podcasts, children’s programmes and more.
British Airways expects more than...
Lorraine Wynne of Travel Counsellors Ireland Wins ITTN’S National Travel Agent Day Competition
National Travel Agent Day UK & Ireland took place on Friday 21 July 2023 and to mark the day, ITTN hit the road visiting agents in Dublin, Wicklow, Kilkenny and Waterford delivering lots of ITTN sustainable merchandise and yummy treats!
As part of the celebrations,...
Grand Central Hotel Launches ’48 Hours in Belfast’ Visitor Package
The 5-Star Grand Central Hotel Belfast – which is part of the Hastings Hotels group – has launched a new ’48 Hours in Belfast’ tour package for visitors.
Located in the heart of Belfast, the Grand Central Hotel Belfast is a luxury base to explore...
Ryanair Passenger Numbers Jump 11%
Ryanair carried 18.7 million passengers across its route network in July, latest monthly traffic figures for the airline show.
The July total represented an 11% year-on-year increase on the 16.8 million passengers carried in the same month last year.
Load factor – which measures how full...
August Entries for Photographer of the Year Competition Now Being Accepted
We'll reveal July's winner in the next couple of weeks, but a new month is upon us so we're not officially accepting entries for the August edition of ITTN's Photographer of the Year competition, in association with Air Canada.
Now is your chance to get...
Finnair Finds Novel Uses for Old Cabin Crew Uniforms
Finnair is accelerating its positive newsflow around its 100th anniversary, by announcing its intention to recycle staff uniforms in novel and unique ways.
The airline is to give old crew uniforms a new lease of life, by recycling them or even turning them into outdoor...
UNESCO Warns Venice ‘At Risk’ From Overtourism
UNESCO has recommended Venice be listed as an “at risk” world heritage site, due to damage done by overtourism.
UNESCO said Venice is lacking strategic vision to tackle overtourism, even though the city has restricted cruise ship and day trip activity.
It said, a mix of...
CLIA UK & Ireland to Hold RiverView Conference 2024 in Amsterdam from March 11-13
Industry group, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) UK & Ireland has announced its RiverView Conference 2024 will take place from March 11-13 in Amsterdam.
The event, the 12th to be held, will highlight the latest river cruise ships, information and selling advice. It is open...
