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CAR Publishes Guidance Paper on Dublin Airport City Land Valuation

The Commission for Aviation Regulation has published a valuation of land associated with the proposed Dublin Airport City development project and a guidance paper on how the CAR is minded to treat this project in future Dublin Airport price cap determinations.    The document provides parties...

Delsey Launches Pluggage Connected Concept Bag

From December 2014 to March 2015, online users worldwide can discover, through a movie created by TBWA Paris on the dedicated website www.delseypluggage.com, the first Delsey connected concept bag.    “Who hasn’t dreamed of being able to charge their phone at any time without fighting for...

Temple Street Hospital Children Fly with CityJet to Meet Santa

Over 30 children from Temple Street Children’s Hospital in Dublin got into the holiday mood when they were guests on the CityJet Santa flight. Joined by their families, the children enjoyed an hour-long flight in the company of Santa, his elves and his little...

Carol Vorderman Urges More Women to Become Airline Pilots

Carol Vorderman is backing British Airways’ call for more women to become airline pilots. The TV personality is a qualified pilot.   While British Airways has more female pilots than any other UK airline, the carrier is determined to see that number rise. The airline runs its...

Daniel Curry Succeeds Sarah Slattery as General Manager at Skytours

John Bergin has appointed Daniel Curry as General Manager at Skytours Travel, in succession to Sarah Slattery, who has now established her new travel blog, www.thetravelexpert.ie   Sarah hosted her colleagues at Skytours and invited guests to a farewell drinks party at 37 Dawson Street on...

Air France KLM Seeks Account Manager

Air France KLM is currently recruiting an Account Manager, based in Dublin.A minimum of two years experience in account management capacity within the travel industry is required
 and the closing date for application is 9th December 2014.    The successful candidate will be responsible for growing...

Hertz Recognised as Best Car Rental Company Among Top Industry Awards

In addition to winning ‘Best Car Rental Company’ at the Irish Travel Trade Awards 2014, Hertz, the world's largest general use car rental brand, has also been recognised as 'Best Car Rental Company of 2014' in three other top-tier travel industry awards: Business Traveler...

Etihad Introduces Inflight Enhancements to All Three Classes

Etihad Airways has introduced new inflight products and enhancements to its long-haul cabins, including a luxury hotel-style reception service in First Class, cotton loungewear, mattress and turndown service in Business Class, and a new ergonomic pillow that converts into a neck pillow in Economy...

Click&Go Seeks Product Administrator

Click&Go.com currently has a job vacancy for a Product Administrator, who willsupport the Head of Product in maintaining a high level of quality accommodation across the full product range and also to ensure constant and good availability of accommodation in all destinations. The successful...

Silversea Brochures Showcase 2015/16 Worldwide Voyages

Silversea has released two new brochures showcasing a diverse collection of more than 300 luxury cruises sailing across the globe in 2015 and the first quarter of 2016.    The new 180-page Silversea Cruises brochure is devoted to the elegant classic voyages of Silver Cloud, Silver...

Dublin Airport Now on Google Indoor Maps

Dublin Airport has joined the group of Irish locations to be included in the launch of Google Indoor Maps in Ireland.    The interactive map tool is now available in the Google Maps app on Android and iOS. Smartphone and tablet users at Dublin Airport will...

Amadeus Launches e-Power Consolidator

Amadeus has announced the release of e-Power Consolidator, a web-based sales and booking management tool designed to enhance the operations of flight consolidators and their network of travel agents, and it is already operational in a large consolidator in Ireland.    The flight consolidator business booking...

Finnair is Santa’s Official Airline

Finnair, Santa’s official airline since 1983, has given two of its A321 Sharklet aircraft new Christmas-themed liveries and increased the number of flights to Lapland, especially from Helsinki to Kittilä, Ivalo and Rovaniemi, and with improved flight connection times from European flights.   The holiday season...

November Passenger Numbers Up 26 per Cent at Shannon

Shannon Airport has recorded another month of growth after terminal passenger results for November showed a 26 per cent increase on the same month last year, up from 77,002 to 97,292.    In keeping with trends from the summer season onwards, the biggest increase was in...

Innovative Information at Belfast City Airport

Thousands of air passengers arriving in to George Best Belfast City Airport will now be able to access the latest visitor information no matter what time they arrive, thanks to a new innovative welcome information ‘pod’ installed by Visit Belfast.   Following the successful opening of...

Sunway Fam Trip to Club Med Marrakech

Deirdre Sweeny and Michele Anderson from Sunway and Komeil Nofeli from Club Med in London hosted three travel agents – James Malone, Rathgar Travel; Catherine O’Brien, Roscrea Travel; and Zita Forde, The Travel Broker – and travel media to a four-day educational trip to...

Win €1,000 for You and €1,000 for Your Client!

The Travel Corporation has launched its new agent incentive that will be running from now until the end of February 2015. Simply book an Insight Vacations escorted tour, a Uniworld luxury boutique river cruise, a Contiki trip, or a Red Carnation hotel stay for...

Ethiopian Has New Flight to Doha

Ethiopian Airlines has announced a new route to Doha from Addis Ababa.   Ethiopian flights to Doha will bring the total number of Ethiopian international destinations across five continents to 84. The city will mark the 10th Ethiopian destination to the Middle East. With this new...

Silversea Rolls Out New ‘Silver Wave’ Offer

Silversea is offering a booking incentive for a limited time on 31 worldwide itineraries. The new Silver Wave promotion provides guests with a complimentary suite upgrade plus an onboard spending credit of up to $1,000 per suite that can be used for shore excursions,...

Amadeus and Worldpay Announce Global Agreement

Amadeus and Worldpay, a payment processing, risk management and alternative payments company, announced at the 8th annual Airline & Travel Payments Summit a global agreement to integrate Worldpay’s payment services into the Amadeus Payment Platform.   Amadeus travel customers will be able to offer more payment...

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