Emirates Launches Global Sale and First Class Companion Fares
Emirates has announced its New Year Global Sale – and it’s a big one, with the sale running until Monday 23rd January and with fares including Dubai from €399, Hong Kong from €489 and Australia from €929. Emirates has also announced a First Class Companion Fare...
Great Value Travel Trade Deals – 17th January 2017
Sarah Slattery compiles a list of the top Travel Trade Deals from trade partners, including airlines’ seat sales, special offers from tour operators, hotel deals from bed banks, and the latest cruise deals.
Falcon Holidays is offering all-inclusive deals in February to the Canary Islands....
Celebrity Cruises Annual Travel Agent Appreciation Awards
Celebrity Cruises recently held its third annual Travel Agent Appreciation Awards. The awards celebrate and reward travel agents and trade partners from across the UK and Ireland for their support and efforts throughout 2016.
Above is Sandra Corkin of the winner of Top Travel Agency...
SuperBreak Launches Free Deals Campaign with Iceland Incentive
SuperBreak has launched a new marketing campaign for agents to promote with a range of free added-value offers, and the opportunity to win a three-night short break to Iceland for two. A great hook for agents to offer potential customers looking for a short...
Air Transat Seat Sale from Dublin to Canada
Air Transat has a seat sale on its flights from Dublin to Canada. Book by 30th January for selected travel dates in 2017. Flights from Dublin to Toronto and Montreal will operate from 18th April to 27th October inclusive, with an increased connecting service during the summer...
India Tourism Appoints New Assistant Director for UK & Ireland
India’s Ministry of Tourism has appointed C. Gangadhar as Assistant Director at the India Tourism Office in London. He succeeds Raj Sunani, who had established a strong working relationship with the UK and Ireland travel and tourism trade.
Mr Gangadhar has an extensive background in...
An Taoiseach Helps Promote Ireland in Spain
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD; Trevor Martin, Iberia Express; Joanne Murphy and Niall Gibbons, both Tourism Ireland, announced in Madrid that Iberia Express will expand its service between Madrid and Cork for summer 2017, helping to boost leisure and business travel from Spain to Cork...
Falcon Holidays Has New Head of Ireland
Belinda Vazquez, currently Head of Ancillaries & Commercial Business Development for TUI UK & Ireland, has been appointed as Head of Ireland for Falcon, Thomson and Crystal Holidays, where she will assume responsibility for the management of the TUI business in Ireland. Belinda will...
Catherine Grennell-Whyte is Honoured by SIBA
At the SIBA (Swiss Irish Business Association) agm held at the Swiss Embassy in Ballsbridge, outgoing Chairperson Catherine Grennell-Whyte was honoured to receive Honorary Life Membership of the Association in recognition for her Trojan work over the years. Her courageous determination and energy contributed...
Finnair Appoints General Manager for UK, Ireland & Benelux
Finnair has announced its new General Manager for UK, Ireland & Benelux. Based in London, Andrew Fish oversees sales and marketing teams across the region, including the strategically important gateways of London Heathrow, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin, Brussels and Amsterdam.
Andrew, formerly Finnair Sales Director within...
Ross is Blue Insurance Polo Magnifico December Winner
Blue Insurance has announced that the winner of the December ‘Polo Magnifico’ draw is Ross Waters, Tour America.
‘Polo Magnifico’, in association with Frank Keane Volkswagen, started in April 2016 and runs until March 2017. The competition is giving one lucky travel agent or broker...
Orr’s Travel Holds Travel Show in Holywood
The Culloden Estate & Spa in Holywood was the venue for Orr’s Travel’s first travel show of the year on Saturday 7th January along with Celebrity Cruises, G Adventures, and Tailor Made Holidays for Southern Africa.
Joyce McCullough, Manager, told Irish Travel Trade News: “We hold...
Dublin Airport Sets New Record with 28m Passengers Last Year
Passenger numbers at Dublin Airport increased by 11% to a record 27.9 million last year – more than four times the population of the island of Ireland.
Last year’s traffic performance exceeded the previous record, which was set in 2015, by more than 2.8 million...
Las Vegas Announces Record Breaking 2016 Visitor Numbers
For the third consecutive year, Las Vegas continued historic visitation growth, setting a new all-time record. The ‘Entertainment Capital of the World’ welcomed 42.9 million visitors in 2016, surpassing 2015’s record-setting 42.3 million. In 2017, the Las Vegas CVA is projecting another record, surpassing...
Aer Lingus Announces Earlier Shannon – London Heathrow Service
Aer Lingus has announced that its daily morning service from Shannon to London Heathrow will depart at the earlier time of 07.30 from 26th March 2017 and will offer enhanced business connectivity from the region.
“We are delighted to announce a more business-friendly schedule for...
Trip Cancellation and Illness Top Reasons for Irish Travel Insurance Claims
Trip cancellation is the number one reason for Irish travel insurance claims, according to an analysis of data by Allianz Global Assistance Ireland. Medical reimbursement is the second most common reason for travel claims, reflecting the importance of adequate insurance cover when clients take...
Darach Culligan is On the Move
After more than 30 years of trading on Dublin's Camden Street, Darach Culligan has moved his travel agency business, Travelworld, to the upmarket North Dublin suburb of Malahide.
The phone number remains the same, 01 478 3611, and the new address is Unit 4, Broomfield...
Silversea Tempts Agents with Chocolate Bars in Silver Ticket Incentive
Silversea is giving its trade partners the chance to win various prizes with silver ticketed chocolate bars. This month, Silversea will tempt agents with sweet treats and even sweeter prizes with a new incentive. During the month of January, Silversea’s Regional Sales Managers will be...
Amazing Thailand Workshops in Dublin and Cork in February
Thailand Tourism is bringing together some of Thailand’s finest hotels, airlines, destination management companies and tour operators for unmissable evenings in Dublin’s Gresham Hotel and the Clayton Hotel Cork next month, on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd February respectively.
These entertaining nights will include ‘workshop style'...
Adam McKnight Joins BookaBed
BookaBed has appointed Adam McKnight to the role of International Business Development Manager. “Adam is joining us at the perfect time to help increase our distribution internationally and to push our ever-increasing exclusive rates, direct contracts and connections to the major hotel chains to...
