Hotel Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region
There are 2,501 hotels with a total of 578,114 rooms Under Contract in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the December 2015 STR Global Pipeline Report. This represents a 7.5% increase in rooms Under Contract compared with December 2014 and a 0.6% year-over-year increase in...
ITTN Launches TheTravelDirectory.ie
Irish Travel Trade News’ new online product for 2016, TheTravelDirectory.ie, has been officially launched with over 1,000 free listings in 25 categories.
Travel agents (north and south), tour operators, tourist boards and other industry suppliers are invited to check their listing on www.TheTravelDirectory.ie and to...
Malaysia Promotes Niche Products in 2016
Tourism Malaysia is using a company page on TheTravelDirectory.ie to promote niche products to the Irish market in 2016, including ecotourism and street food.
Isabel Oliveira, Marketing Manager for Tourism Malaysia in Dublin, said: “I congratulate Irish Travel Trade News on launching TheTravelDirectory.ie, which will...
Hello Emirates for 2016 Photo Competition
Irish Travel Trade News is delighted to announce that in 2016 we will again be partnering with Emirates for the ITTN+EMIRATES Travel Photographer of the Year competition.
Full details will be published later in the year, but the prize for the overall winner next summer...
10 Special Features in ITTN Publications
Irish Travel Trade News will be including the following special features in print publications over the next 12 months.
Neil Steedman, ITTN’s News & Features Editor, says: “These features have been chosen to highlight key sectors of the travel industry that are of special interest...
New Online Offers and Social Media in 2016
Commencing 1st February 2016, ITTN will be offering two new promotional packages for online advertising.
Combined with our eNews, social media, print and TheTravelDirectory.ie, these packages offer suppliers the most effective and comprehensive means of promoting their 2016 products and messages to the travel industry in...
Diary Date: Irish Travel Trade Awards 2016
Friday 25th November 2016 is the date for the 25th Irish Travel Trade Awards – the Irish travel industry’s ‘Oscars’.
The venue for the Gala Dinner will again be the DoubleTree by Hilton Dublin – Burlington Road. In addition to the coveted Irish Travel Trade Awards, the...
Worldchoice Ireland Appoints Carol Anne as Commercial Manager
Worldchoice Ireland has appointed Carol Anne O’Neill as the new Commercial Manager.
Carol Anne will take up the position in the near future following the resignation of Don Shearer as Chief Executive in October 2015. Don has agreed to work with the board ensuring business...
Karen Keogh Joins Sunway
Sunway has announced that Karen Keogh has joined the Sunway team. She will be working in the ‘niche holidays’ area of the business dealing with all Club Med and AMA river cruise enquiries.
Karen has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the travel business and is...
Amazing Thailand Roadshow Coming to Belfast and Dublin
Thailand Tourism is bringing some of Thailand’s finest hotels, airlines, destination management companies and tour operators for evenings in Ireland. Each event will include ‘workshop-style’ speed dating, great Thai food, beer, wine and soft drinks – and a prize draw for a place on...
Record 25m Passengers for Dublin Airport in 2015
Dublin Airport had its busiest ever year in 2015, as a record 25 million passengers travelled through the airport during the past 12 months. Passenger numbers increased by 15% with an additional 3.3 million people using Dublin Airport during 2015. The expansion was fuelled...
Celebrity Cruises Annual Travel Agent Appreciation Awards
Luxury cruise line Celebrity Cruises has thanked travel agents and trade partners from across the UK and Ireland at its annual Travel Agent Appreciation Awards. Rewarding their hard work throughout 2015, winners included Readers Offers Ltd, Iglu.com, Thomas Cook and Trailfinders.
The event took place...
Travel Trade Deals – 19th January 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.
Celebrity Cruises is offering flights and transfers for €99 on selected cruises....
Philippines Makes an Impression With New Highs at ATF 2016
The Philippines, host of the 35th ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2016 currently taking place in Manila, is pulling out all stops to make an impression on its 2,620 delegates comprising ministerial and NTO delegates, Travex suppliers from across ASEAN, international buyers and media, who include...
Talbot Hotel Adds ‘Stonebridge’ Building to its Wexford Portfolio
The 4-star Talbot Hotel Collection has announced the addition of the ‘Stonebridge’ building on Paul’s Quay in Wexford town to its hotel portfolio. The building features 73-luxury apartments located less than 100 metres from the 4-star family-owned Talbot Hotel on Wexford’s quayside. It will,...
400,000 Additional Seats Available Ex-Cork in 2016
2015 marked a real positive change in the fortunes of Cork Airport as it returned to growth in the second half of the year and celebrated 12 new route announcements and four new airline customers – with nearly 400,000 additional seats available in 2016.
New...
Ad Campaign Promotes Booking With Travel Agents
The Irish Travel Agents Association, in partnership with Cork Airport, is running an advertising campaign throughout January, February and March. The focus of the campaign is to promote booking holidays through local travel agents across Munster from Cork Airport.
The advertising will run across the...
Cork Airport’s New Responsive Website Takes Off
Cork Airport has launched a brand new website making it more user friendly. The new site features the range of available destinations from Cork Airport more prominently and is responsive, being designed for use on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.
Replacing a site that has...
Madrid, the Latest Spanish Destination from Cork Airport, is Magnífico!
Spain’s capital, Madrid, is the latest destination added to the bumper summer schedule for 2016 from Cork Airport. The service will be operated by Iberia Group’s low-cost carrier, Iberia Express, twice-weekly, every Saturday and Wednesday.
The new service takes off from 18th June and will operate...
