Dublin Airport’s T2 Celebrates Fifth Birthday
Dublin Airport’s Terminal 2 celebrated its fifth birthday on Thursday 19th November. Terminal 2 has welcomed 46 million passengers since it opened in 2010 and is now home to Aer Lingus, Aer Lingus Regional, Etihad Airways, Emirates, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Airlines.
The...
ASEAN Travel Forum Returns to Manila
ASEAN Travel Forum (ATF) returns to the Philippines for the 35th year of the event. Host city Manila – the country’s capital of fun and gateway to the rest of the Philippines – is all set to welcome some 1,600 international delegates, including ministerial...
Martin and Tim Join Our ITTN+EMIRATES Travel Photographer of the Year Finalists
Martin Penrose, If Only…, and Tim Carey, The Travel Boutique, have been selected as the final two of five finalists in the ITTN+EMIRATES Travel Photographer of the Year competition – and hence have a chance to win the top prize of two return tickets...
Audrey Headon Represents Travel Focus and Cruisescapes
Audrey Headon, who recently set up Headon Representation, has commenced a nationwide run of sales calls from Monday 16th November representing Travel Focus and Cruisescapes. “I am really looking forward to getting back out to visit the agents all around the country and it’s great...
Nicola Wins Two Tickets on BA Dreamliner to Abu Dhabi
Irish Travel Trade News teamed up with British Airways to celebrate the launch of the airline’s new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flights to Abu Dhabi by offering one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of World Traveller tickets to discover the exciting capital...
Thailand/Etihad Fam Trip Takes in Phuket
The Tourism Authority of Thailand and Etihad Airways are currently hosting a Thailand/Etihad agents’ fam trip in Phuket and Bangkok.
The group got to experience the beauty of Phang Nga Bay by sea canoe on John Gray’s Sea Canoe Hong by Starlight tour. It was...
Travel Trade Deals – 17th November 2015
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 bedbanks, and the latest cruise deals.
Falcon Holidays is offering seven nights all-inclusive in the H10 Rubicon Palace in...
Emirates for the Best Wines
Every year, over 160 different wines, champagnes and ports, sourced from the best vineyards in 11 countries, are served onboard Emirates to passengers. The airline recently flew in a special cargo of some of the finest wines served onboard the Dublin to Dubai route,...
Thomson Cruises Launches Brochure for Irish Market
The head of Thomson Cruises, Helen Caron, flew into Dublin to announce the cruise line’s new Summer 2016 programme for the Irish market, leading with the announcement of itineraries for the latest addition to its fleet, to be named Thomson Discovery and sailing out...
Turkish Airlines Becomes a European Rugby Champions Cup Sponsor
Turkish Airlines has become an official partner of the European Rugby Champions Cup and Challenge Cup. The agreement with the tournament organisers of European Professional Club Rugby and the airline will run for three years until the end of the 2017/18 season.
To mark this,...
Lee Travel Offers New Packages from Cork to Menorca
Lee Travel is offering new package holidays direct from Cork to Menorca. The new flights will commence from Cork Airport on Saturday 25th June, on a weekly rotation, with the last flight on Saturday 27th August. The flights will be operated by CityJet using...
Wow Air to Fly from Dublin to LA and SF via Reykjavik
Icelandic airline Wow Air has announced new services from Dublin to the US west coast via Iceland, starting next summer. The routes will connect with daily flights to Reykjavik from Dublin, allowing travel to Los Angeles four times weekly and San Francisco five times a...
World Travel Market 2015
Despite the worst fog for more than a decade and a sudden strike by the staff of the Docklands Light Rail, this year’s World Travel Market at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London continued to attract exhibitors and trade visitors from all over the...
Travel Trade Deals – 10th November 2015
Sarah Slattery’s latest not-to-be-missed list of the top Travel Trade Deals from trade partners, including airlines’ seat sales, special offers from tour operators, hotel deals from bedbanks, and the latest cruise deals.
Royal Caribbean International is offering nine nights onboard Jewel of the Seas on...
Falcon and Thomson to Offer Costa Daurada from Ireland West Airport Knock
Falcon and Thomson, part of the TUI Group, have announced that they will offer Spain’s Costa Daurada as a new holiday destination direct from Ireland West Airport Knock during summer 2016, with a weekly flight every Tuesday from 26th June until 16th August.
Chris Logan, Head of...
Three-Quarters of ITAA Members Report Increased Bookings
A total of 76% of agents have seen an increase in bookings compared to the same period last year and another 10% said that bookings remained the same – but 14% saw a decrease, according to the Irish Travel Agents Association’s latest quarterly members...
CAR Updates Licensed Travel Agents List
The Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) revised its list of licensed travel agents on 5th November to add one new travel agent licence.
The new addition is Hotelitrip Ltd, Unit 3A, Riverside House, Main Street, Leixlip, Co Kildare, T: 046 954 3645, to whom licence 0757...
Air Canada Dreamliner on Second Daily London – Vancouver Flight
Air Canada will increase flights from London Heathrow to Vancouver next summer to double daily, adding a Boeing Dreamliner to the route.
“Air Canada is strategically increasing its international flights at YVR with a second daily flight to London Heathrow next summer in response to...
Philadelphia Named First World Heritage City in USA
Good news for the team promoting the Philadelphia region at WTM London - Greg Edevane, Marc Kaminetsky, Greg Evans, Mike Bowman, Svetlana Yazovskikh and Brian Said - came the following day when the City of Philadelphia became the first World Heritage City in the...
Dublin Airport Welcomes 15 New Firefighters
Dublin Airport has recruited and trained 15 new airport firefighters – the first intake of new airport firefighters in almost 10 years. Following a 20-week selection process, candidates embarked on a 14-week intensive training course, which included basic and advanced airport firefighting skills, breathing...
