American Airlines drops Shannon flights to Philadelphia
American Airlines will not resume its Philadelphia to Shannon route this summer due to continued delays in deliveries of new Boeing aircraft.
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Sneak peek of Christmas celebrations at Disneyland Paris
Disneyland Paris has revealed a sneak peek of the behind scenes of their celebration along with Mickey’s Dazzling Christmas Parade.
Disneyland Paris Ambassador Giona Prevete takes fans on a walk through the festivities of Disney’s Enchanted Christmas in the park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob4BseTG9ek&t=11s
In the video, Giona takes a stop...
jet2 launches winter 2022/23 trips
Jet2 and Jet2CityBreaks have unveiled city breaks on sale for winter 2022-23.
Services will operate in popular cities such as Budapest, Barcelona, Rome, Krakow, Prague, Amsterdam, Paris and Venice.
And a mini Christmas markets series will operate in six cities, with a choice of long weekends...
EU likely to agree nine-month limit on Covid vaccines
The EU looks likely to agree on a nine-month limit on the validity of Covid vaccines, with the rule set to be applied from 10 January, 2022.
According to a report by Reuters, three EU sources confirmed that a nine-month limit would be agreed, but...
LK Communications reappointed to Visit Belfast agency roster
Visit Belfast has reappointed LK Communications to help drive the city's tourism recovery and growth through to 2024.
LK Communications was first appointed to Visit Belfast in 2011 to help drive growth across leisure, business and cruise tourism sectors and secure its place as a...
British Airways will become first airline to use sustainable fuel
British Airways will become the first airline in the world to use sustainable aviation fuel from next year.
Thousands of tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will be produced to power a number of its flights from early 2022.
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is a lower...
Royal Caribbean’s Christmas offers
Royal Caribbean International is offering up to €300 off per stateroom and up to €150 onboard spend on all 2022 cruises booked between today (9 December) and 13 December.
Up to €300 Savings
Booking Window: 9 December 2021 to 13 December 2021
Sailing Window: All sailings departing...
JetBlue and Aer Lingus expand codeshare partnership
JetBlue has announced it is expanding its codeshare partnership with Aer Lingus.
As part of the new bilateral codeshare, JetBlue will place its “B6” code on four Aer Lingus routes between JetBlue’s Northeast focus cities and Ireland:
New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) to:Dublin...
Canary Islands to target long-stay ‘silver’ tourists
Canary Islands Tourism has launched an action plan to attract “silver-plus” tourists – people over 55 years of age who want a long stay holiday.
The objective of the strategy is to double the “silver” tourist spending on the islands to €770 million per...
G Adventures and Hostelworld to collaborate on small group tours
Hostelworld and G Adventures have joined forces to launch a series of tours for 18 to 35-year-olds, nicknamed 'Roamies.'
The new collaboration launches with a collection of 38 tours in 15 countries staying across more than 50 hostels. Tours - between five and 34...
Explora Journeys unveils new online platform for travel agents
Explora Journeys, MSC Group’s new luxury lifestyle cruise brand, has unveiled a new online platform to support travel agent partners.
Its Travel Advisor Centre features a booking tool, training resources, marketing assets and a dashboard to track bookings and commissions.
Explora Journeys said it is seeing “strong...
Electric charging station planned for Gatwick Airport
An electric charging station is to be developed at London's Gatwick Airport.
Due to open in autumn 2022, the Gatwick Electric Forecourt will enable 36 Electric Vehicles to be charged simultaneously.
The site will be supplied with low cost, 100% renewable net-zero carbon energy generated by solar farms...
UNWTO calls for end to blanket border closures
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) of the United Nations has called for an end to blanket restrictions on travel, as witnessed in recent days.
This call echoes the concerns raised by UNWTO Members during the 24th UNWTO General Assembly (30 November–3 December). Countries from all...
Finnair and Wunderdog to establish Málaga tech hub
Finnair and its software development partner Wunderdog are opening a joint technology hub in Málaga, Spain, in 2022.
Together the companies aim at building a diverse ecosystem that will support the future development of Finnair’s digital services.
“Digital services are at the heart of Finnair’s ambition to...
Belfast International Airport recognised for environmental leadership
Belfast International Airport has been awarded gold level status by the 2021 Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey.
The award recognises the airport's efforts in accelerating several major improvements in line with owner VINCI Airports’ global commitment to achieve Net Zero Emission by 2050.
The NI...
MSC Cruises expects the entire fleet to be sailing in 2022
MSc Cruises expects its entire fleet to be back sailing in 2022.
There will be 500 departures to choose from.
The cruise ship will cover a range of destinations, including
MSC Virtuosa will head to United Arab Emirates and Qatar before returning to the UK to homeport...
Air Canada’s Christmas video: tissues may be required!
https://www.youtube.com/embed/aaC_gOSv9eo
Titled 'Tis the Season to Believe, it perfectly sums up the emotions of separation and reuniting that have dominated the last two years.
The beautiful song on the soundtrack is I Saw Love, by Canadian musician Forest Blakk.
A huge thanks to Blaithin and Bernadette...
jet2 puts winter 2022/23 ski programme on sale
Jet2 has launched its biggest programme on sale for winter 2022/23 ski.
The airline will fly to 8 different destinations across 40 ski routes, including a new route to Chambery from Edinburgh.
Services to Geneva, Grenoble, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Turin, Lyon and Barcelona (Andorra) are also returning...
American Airlines CEO stepping down
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker is stepping down from the role in March.
Parker will continue to serve as chairman while Robert Isom will become the new CEO.
Parker is the longest serving US airline CEO as well as one of the most important executives...
Etihad launches green loyalty programme
Etihad's Guest programme has introduced a series of sustainability-focused initiatives to reward members for making ‘green’ choices and providing options to reduce their own carbon footprint.
Conscious Choices, the new range of sustainable initiatives offered by the Etihad Guest programme, has been created to support...
