Regent Seven Seas Cruises Announces Five New Itineraries for 2005-06 Cruise Season
Luxury ocean cruise line Regent Seven Seas Cruises has announced five new itineraries for its 2005-2006 season.
The new routes span Regent’s Seven Seas Mariner, Seven Seas Explorer, Seven Seas Navigator and Seven Seas Voyager ships and will cover five continents and 194 ports across...
TG4 on Hunt for Ireland’s Next Big Tourist Attraction
TG4 and Adare Productions are back with a new series of ‘Beidh Mé Ar Ais’, in search of Ireland’s Next Big Tourist Attraction!
Presenters Sinéad Ní Uallacháin, journalist, broadcaster and award winning podcaster. And Osgur Ó Ciardha, County General Manager for Locke Hotels, are...
Donegal’s Sandhouse Hotel Tops Winners List at Inaugural Fáilte Ireland ‘Employer Excellence Awards’
The Sandhouse Hotel, Co Donegal, received the Outstanding Employer Award at the inaugural Fáilte Ireland Employer Excellence Awards which took place in the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin recently. The awards ceremony celebrated businesses who have demonstrated their commitment to making the tourism industry an...
Azores Gets Connected with Significant WiFi Deal
The Azores has significantly enhanced its broadband and WiFi connectivity for tourists and residents alike.
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has announced that the Azores Islands Government and Tetrapi SA, a local services company, are implementing OpenRoaming™ Wi-Fi hotspots throughout its nine-island autonomous region, representing...
Air Canada Marks Earth Day with Sustainable Aviation Fuel Deal
Air Canada marked Earth Day, this past weekend, by announcing the purchase of 9.5 million litres of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
The airline continues advancing initiatives in its Climate Action Plan by strengthening its partnership with SAF producer, Neste, to power flights with Neste’s MY Sustainable...
Meet some our Corporate Travel Counsellors
Let’s get to know some of our corporate experts…
Emer McDermott
We've helped numerous travel agencies move their well-known, agencies over to the Travel Counsellors franchise just like Emer. Emer McDermott joined Travel Counsellors in 2017 and has come with a wealth of knowledge, experience, and...
Corporate Business with Ciara MacConnell
Travel Counsellors Ireland have an experienced team of accredited business coaches delivering best-in-class training, covering all aspects of running your own successful leisure and corporate business. Ciara MacConnell, Corporate Business Development Executive celebrated 15 years with Travel Counsellors this March and was recognised during...
Travel Counsellors Corporate Team
Dunshaughlin based Lorraine Lawless was Ireland’s first ever Travel Counsellor when the company launched here in 2005. Initially growing her leisure client base before moving her focus to the corporate side of the business. Lorraine explains how she has evolved her business over time....
Corporate Specialist – Kate Walsh
Kate Walsh joined Travel Counsellors in February 2022. After two years of lockdown Kate decided she was ready for a new challenge and working as part of the Travel Counsellors franchise was a new adventure for her. From a leading Corporate Travel company to...
Dalata Planning €22m Refurb of Clayton Hotel on Dublin’s Cardiff Lane
The Dalata Hotel Group has, reportedly, applied for planning permission to undertake a €22m redevelopment of its Clayton Hotel property on Cardiff Lane in Dublin’s south docklands.
Dalata is Ireland’s largest hotel group, via its ownership of the Clayton and Maldron chains.
The Cardiff Lane Clayton...
Jo Rzymowska’s Farewell Tour – ITTN & Celebrity Cruises
Jo Rzymowska and her Celebrity Cruises team hosted the “WonderFULL” lunch with Celebrity Cruises. ITTN's Shane Cullen joined 20 travel trade media from the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland for a thank-you lunch as Jo marks her departure from Celebrity Cruises....
Manchester City Planning 400-Bedroom Hotel at Etihad Stadium
Manchester City Football Club has lodged a planning application for a 400-bedroom hotel as part of the redevelopment plans for its Etihad Stadium complex.
The plans also include increasing the capacity of the English Premiership Champions’ home ground from just over 53,000, currently, to more...
London’s Hard Rock Hotel to Rebrand as The Cumberland Next Month
The Hard Rock Hotel in London is to be disappear next month under a major rebranding drive.
The Marble Arch-located hotel will rebrand as The Cumberland at the end of May, but will keep its 1,000 room size.
“London will always be a special city as...
Daa Eyeing Anti-Drone Technology at Dublin Airport Before Summer
The daa is hopeful that much-anticipated technology to tackle illegal drone flying activity near Dublin Airport will be operational ahead of the peak summer travel season.
The practice of people flying drones close to Dublin Airport and within airspace has played havoc with services in...
Ryanair Adds 51,000+ Extra Seats to France to Cover Rugby World Cup Demand
Ryanair has added over 51,000 extra seats across multiple French routes including Dublin – Bordeaux, Dublin – Paris, Edinburgh – Paris, London Stansted – Marseille, Manchester – Marseille, and more ahead of 2023’s highly anticipated Rugby World Cup taking place in September and October.
Ryanair’s...
ITAA Changes Dates of 2023 Annual Conference in Antalya
The date for the Irish Travel Agents Association’s (ITAA) 2023 Annual Conference has been moved back a week and will now take place from 17th to 22nd October in Antalya.
All ITAA members are welcomed and encouraged to attend this amazing trip to the beautiful country of Türkiye....
Loganair Gets Approval to Switch City of Derry-London Route to Heathrow
Loganair has received and welcomed formal approval from the UK government to change its current London route connections from City of Derry Airport and Dundee Airport to Heathrow.
The UK’s largest regional airline announced its intention, earlier this week, to move the City of Derry...
MSC Cruises’ Award-Winning MSC Meraviglia Arrives in New York
MSC Cruises’ award-winning Meraviglia Class ship – has arrived at her new homeport in New York City at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.
The arrival of the ship marks the first time MSC Cruises has deployed a ship in New York operating year-round sailings.
This further strengthens...
Visit California Launches Native American Showcase Website
Visit California recently launched online platform, Visit Native California, a new statewide initiative in partnership with state officials and tribal leaders designed to showcase California’s vibrant Native communities and cultural tourism experiences to travellers around the world.
California is home to more than 100 federally recognised tribes,...
Eamon Ryan Lauds Rural Transport Progress
The Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has highlighted encouraging new data on the significant progress that has been made on increasing and enhancing rural transport over the past year at the inaugural National Sustainable Mobility Stakeholder Forum, which took place in Athlone.
He was...
