Heathrow Customer Charges Must Be Capped – IAG
International Airlines Group has welcomed the UK Government’s decision to expand London Heathrow with a third runway and is pleased that the Government has recognised that the cost to customers must not increase from today’s level if the airport is to have a future.
Willie...
New Worldwide Exhibitors at WTM London 2016
WTM London 2016, for which Irish Travel Trade News is the Official Trade Media in Ireland, has attracted more than 150 new exhibitors, including Sudan’s Ministry of Tourism, Antiquities & Wildlife, which will showcase the vast country’s visitor attractions, including the impressive Pyramids of Nuri,...
Silver Muse Preview by Silversea for Top Agents
Luxury cruise line Silversea Cruises currently operates eight ships, soon to become nine with the arrival of Silver Muse in April 2017, so Silversea briefed their top Irish agents at a reception and preview presentation in the Morrison Hotel, Dublin.
The Silversea sales team, led...
Aer Lingus Promotes Shannon to Boston Route
Aer Lingus joined forces with Patricia Purdue, Massachusetts Office for Tourism, and Declan Power, Shannon Airport, to promote the Shannon - Boston route to agents in Cork and Limerick.
In Limerick the agents were hosted to lunch in One Percy Square, while the Cork promotion...
10 Days Left to Vote and Win a Golden Triangle Tour
There are now just 10 days left for travel agents throughout Ireland to vote in the 26 Award Categories in the 2016 Irish Travel Trade Awards at www.grantthornton.ie/Irish-Travel-Trade-Awards – and you could win the Voter’s Prize of a seven-night Classic Golden Triangle tour in India, courtesy...
Visit USA Goes to the Movies
A nice treat for the travel trade and public was provided by Brand USA and Visit USA at the Imax Theatre in Parnell Street, Dublin.
The showing of the 3D film ‘America Wild’, about the National Parks of the USA, was a spectacular experience. Directed...
Travel Trade Deals – 25th October 2016
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.
BookaBed is offering all-inclusive at the BH Mallorca from €104 per person...
A Relaxing Bangkok Stay Without Traffic
When visiting Bangkok, choosing a hotel to minimise involvement with the city’s traffic can be a good idea – and if sightseeing and shopping are the main objectives, then the 5-star Pathumwan Princess Hotel above the MBK shopping centre should be on a sortlist...
CityJet Has New Look for Staff and Crew
CityJet has launched its new look for its staff and cabin crew with the roll-out of an exclusive new uniform that is guaranteed to turn a lot of heads across the airports of Europe.
The new look follows months of work behind the scenes by...
Aegean to Operate Dublin – Athens for Summer 2017
Aegean Airlines’ new summer 2017 timetable includes the return of a direct scheduled service between Dublin and the Greek capital, Athens. These flights will open up the weekend breaks market as they will operate three days a week on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Following the...
CAR 3Q16 Quality of Service Monitoring Report for Dublin Airport
The Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) has published the results of quality of service monitoring of Dublin Airport for 3Q 2016. The report summarises the results, with data reported for security queue times, baggage-handling facilities, as well as passenger survey results. There were no...
Ireland Voted Best International Destination in the World
Ireland has triumphed at this year’s Group Leisure Awards in Britain, after being voted Best International Destination by thousands of readers of ‘Group Leisure’ magazine.
Above, Stuart Prosser, Jet2.com, and presenters Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag of Strictly Come Dancing, present the award for...
11 Days Left to Enter Travel Photographer Competition
Irish travel agents have just 11 days left to enter the ITTN+EMIRATES Travel Photographer of the Year competition – and win a €200 voucher, an invite to the Silver Jubilee Irish Travel Trade Awards gala dinner, and win two tickets to anywhere on the...
Emirates Reveals Details of World’s Largest Kitchen
Emirates has today revealed what goes on behind the scenes to feed its 52 million passengers in the sky in the world’s largest kitchen, infused with Irish touches.
More than 520 chefs freshly prepare an average of 180,000 meals each day working to 1,548 different...
Court Rules in Jet2.com Favour… Again
Jet2.com has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling disruptive and abusive behaviour on flights after obtaining successful court judgments against two passengers to recover losses incurred as a result of their unacceptable onboard behaviour.
Sunderland County Court has ordered Claire Sanderson to compensate Jet2.com for losses incurred as...
Industry-Leading Research and Reports at WTM London 2016
World Travel Market London 2016, for which Irish Travel Trade News is the Official Trade Media in Ireland, will unveil an array of research in to a variety of sectors within the global travel industry when it opens its doors between Monday 7th –...
Dublin Airport Welcomes SAS Expansion in 2017
Dublin Airport has welcomed the announcement by SAS – Scandinavian Airlines that it is to significantly expand its services at Dublin Airport next year. The airline’s overall capacity to and from Dublin will increase by 11%. Seat capacity on the Dublin-Stockholm service is expanding...
Tourism Ireland Welcomes News that Irish Hotel is Best in World
Ballyfin Demesne, Co Laois, is the best hotel in the world – according to more than 30,000 readers of Condé Nast Traveler, the US travel magazine. Three Irish hotels have been named in the world’s Top Ten in the magazine’s latest Readers’ Choice Survey:...
CAR Issues One New Travel Agent Licence
The Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) revised its website listing of travel agent licences on 5th September 2016 to include one new licence and two additional trading names to one other.
Licence number 0771 was issued on 1st September 2016, with an expiry date of 30th April 2017,...
Book with Turkish Airlines and Win Tickets
Turkish Airlines has launched a competition open to all travel agents on the island of Ireland. The airline is offering two return Economy Class tickets to anywhere in the world on the Turkish Airlines network of 293 different destinations,every week during the period of...
