Expedia and Decolar.com Strengthen Partnership
Expedia and Decolar.com, the Latin American online travel company, have expanded their partnership to include deeper co-operation on hotel supply and a $270 million minority equity investment by Expedia.
Expedia has invested $270 million for a stake of under 20% of Decolar and has broadened...
Champa Magesh Appointed MD for Amadeus UK & Ireland
Amadeus IT Group has appointed Champa Magesh as Managing Director for UK and Ireland, effective 1st June 2015. Champa will be based at Amadeus UK’s head office at Gatwick Airport, replacing former Managing Director Diane Bouzebiba, who has been promoted to Director of Distribution Strategic...
Etihad Launches ‘Flying Reimagined’ Global Brand Campaign
Etihad Airways has launched a new global brand campaign with the worldwide premiere of a new television commercial in Abu Dhabi, attended by Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman, who is both star and narrator. The feature will be shown on global TV stations and social...
Audrey Headon Wins 2014 ITTN/TIGS Golfer of the Year
The first TIGS outing for 2015 at Portmarnock Links was the venue for the presentation of the 2014 ITTN / TIGS Golfer of the Year.
The best four scores from outings in 2014 saw Audrey Headon (28 points) winning by a narrow margin from Eileen...
New Stena Superfast X Launches on Dublin-Holyhead
Stena Line has officially launched a new ferry on its Dublin-Holyhead route from Dublin Port. The Stena Superfast X (pronounced ‘ten’) will operate an all-year-round sailing schedule for Stena Line on its expanding Dublin-Holyhead service, one of the key tourism and freight gateways between...
VLM to Fly Waterford to London Luton
Flights on the Waterford - London Luton route are set to resume at the end of next month, with Belgium-based VLM Airlines to fly 12 times a week in each direction.
Bookings can be made immediately through www.flyvlm.com with twice-daily Monday-Friday flights, as well as a Saturday and...
The Loop Opens New €8m Retail Area
A new The Loop €8 million retail area has opened in Terminal 1 at Dublin Airport, comprising more than 18,300 sq ft of new and improved stores.
“Featuring the best of Irish design and Irish and international products, this new retail area will create a...
Three New Ships for CroisiEurope in April
Cruisescapes, CroisiEurope’s preferred sales agent in Ireland, has announced that CroisiEurope will be launching three new ships in April 2015 that will cruise on the Loire, Rhone and Douro rivers. Cruisescapes has also combined two of CroisiEurope’s most popular routes to create a brand...
Cork Airport Unveils New Brand Identity
Cork Airport has today, Tuesday 10th March, unveiled its new brand identity to staff, passengers and travel partners. The new brand identity underlines the importance of differentiating what makes Cork Airport unique: its network of routes, its award-winning customer services and its position as the...
Irish Overnights in Germany Increase by 22.3 Per Cent
The volume of international travel to Germany reached a record high for the fifth year running in 2014, with a total of
75.6 million overnight stays by foreign visitors. Overnight stays by visitors from Ireland increased by 22.3 per cent – with December recording...
New Tenerife Tourism Logo Promotes ‘100% Life’
The Tenerife Tourism Corporation has unveiled a brand new slogan and the redesign of its traditional ‘X’ logo to accommodate the new positioning of Tenerife, which attracted 93,000 Irish visitors last year. The ‘100% Life’ motto replaces the previous ‘Enjoy it all’, together with...
Turkish Airlines New Route to San Francisco
Turkish Airlines adds its second destination in California and the eleventh in North America with a new route from Istanbul to San Francisco.
With existing services to Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Toronto, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, Boston and Montreal, Turkish Airlines adds...
World Responsible Tourism Awards and WTM Announce Regional Awards Programme
The World Responsible Tourism Awards at World Travel Market, the leading awards scheme recognising achievement and innovation in responsible tourism globally, has announced the expansion of its programme in partnership with World Travel Market’s worldwide portfolio.
The Awards, celebrating 12 years at WTM London next...
Knock Travel: Ulster Travel Agency of the Year
Doreen McKenzie, Managing Director, Knock Travel, talks to ITTN’s News & Features Editor Neil Steedman about the agency, her best and worst decisions, the state of the industry in Northern Ireland – and celebrating 25 years in business. Knock Travel has two offices in...
Passengers Will Experience the Best Lufthansa Ever in 2015
“This the biggest innovation in the history of Lufthansa,” said Jens Bischof, the airline’s Chief Commercial Officer, at a press conference at ITB Berlin when a wide-sweeping range of initiatives by the airline were announced for 2105.
“As an airline, we are once again where...
New Eurowings Set for Takeoff with €99 Fare to Dubai
Lufthansa Group choose ITB Berlin to announce the latest changes to its ever growing airline family within the aviation world.
The new-look airline will operate under the Eurowings brand but will be flown under the air operator certificate (AOC) of Sun Express Deutschland using the...
ITB Berlin Just Gets Bigger and Better
Anyone in the travel trade who is serious about growing their business and keeping up to date on the latest trends just has to visit the ITB Berlin show every year.
The 2015 ITB Berlin, which came to an end on Sunday, was able to...
Maria Targa Introduces New Salou Holiday Experience Programme
Maria Targa Montserrat, Director General, Salou Tourist Board, along with Xavier Graset, President, La Pineda Tourist Board, and Coro Miguel, PortAventura, came to Dublin to promote the new Salou Holiday Experience programme to the travel trade.
Included in the new Salou Holiday Experience are return shuttle...
New BarrierFree Holiday Guide to Germany
The German National Tourist Office UK & Ireland has launched a new accessible holiday guide. Cycling holidays for blind people, ‘free climbing’ in mountain regions, rugby games, quad tours or canoeing for wheelchair users, plus darkened ‘sensory’ tours are just a few of the activities...
Irish Ferries Unveils +1 Free Offer to Britain
Irish Ferries has announced a special ‘+1 Free’ deal to Britain on all car, motorhome, van and motorcycle bookings made before 17th March next.
Valid for travel on the Irish Sea on any date, ship and sailing up to 17th December 2015, the offer, which represents a...
