CityJet Expands Dublin-London City Frequency
CityJet has today announced a 25% expansion of its Dublin to London City route and will put on up to nine flights every weekday as of 26th October 2014. CityJet will also start operating the earliest flight out of London City Airport with an...
Win VIP Transfer for Four to Irish Travel Trade Awards in Hertz Jaguar
One lucky winner will win a luxury one-way transfer for up to four people from within a 20km radius of Dublin City centre. The winner will be picked up at an agreed address and delivered right to the door of the Irish Travel Trade...
Win With Voyages-SNCF this Autumn
Voyages-sncf.eu, the UK and Ireland’s provider of European rail tickets and passes to the travel trade, is offering agents the chance to win one of three pairs of rail tickets to any French destination this autumn. Entries must be submitted by 2nd November 2014.
With...
Aer Lingus Announces New Business Class Service
Aer Lingus has announced details of its new Business Class that will be launched on transatlantic flights from March 2015. The service aims to provide a unique differentiator for Aer Lingus and ensure that customers experience the best of smart travel with high levels...
Spain Still Top Destination for Irish Holidaymakers
It’s official: over one million Irish residents travelled to Spain between January and September this year, according to figures just released by the Spanish Statistical Institute and the Spanish Tourism Office. Gonzalo Ceballos, Director of the Spanish Tourism Office in Ireland, said that he...
Fairytales in New York with DoSomethingDifferent.com
DoSomethingDifferent.com has added to its extensive collection of experiences in New York this winter, with tickets now available for ice skating at the iconic Trump Rink in Central Park and a number of new tours and Broadway Shows offered from this winter.
DoSomethingDifferent.com is the only...
Equistone Invests in Travel Counsellors
Travel Counsellors has announced that Equistone Partners Europe, one of Europe’s leading mid-market private equity firms, has invested a stake in the company to facilitate an MBO.
Founded in 1994 by David and Maureen Speakman, Travel Counsellors’ concept of enabling travel professionals to work from...
Irish Agents on DB Fam to Berlin
Believe it or not, this year marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, so it was most appropriate that DB-Deutsche Bahn (German Rail) hosted a most informative educational trip for Irish agents to the capital city of the Federal Republic....
China Southern Airlines Promotes in Ireland
The biggest airline in Asia, China Southern Airlines, which has 600 aircraft in its fleet with an average age of 6.8 years, came to Dublin to support Paul Weir and Fredi Aravena of APG, who are the GSA for the airline here in Ireland.
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Travelport Launches Enhanced Version of Smartpoint
Travelport has today launched a new version of Travelport Smartpoint, its agency desktop technology. The latest version marks the global rollout of Travelport’s Rich Content and Branding merchandising solution alongside numerous other new features aimed at making booking travel easier and more profitable for...
Willie Walsh Launches Dublin-London City Route
Obviously British Airways is putting a lot of effort into its new Dublin to London City Airport route, as a very confidant Willie Walsh was in Dublin for the launch to the trade. The event was compered by the TV personality, Eamon Holmes.
Willie Walsh...
Lorraine Connolly Wins Trip to Portugal
Lorraine Connolly from Kanes Travel in Longford was the lucky winner of two flights to Faro by Aer Lingus along with accommodation from 5-star Pestana Hotels and green fees at a Pestana golf course in the Algarve.
A tourism delegation led by Carlos Silva e...
CAR Issues New Travel Agency Licence
The Commission for Aviation Regulation has updated its list of travel agencies, having issued a new licence to a major UK-based group.
Licence number 0744 has been granted to the Gold Medal Travel Group plc, The Trident Centre, Port Way, Ribble Docklands, Preston PR2 2QG,...
Travel Counsellors Announce Venue for Ireland 2015 Conference
Travel Counsellors Ireland will celebrate its 10th anniversary with its biggest conference to date. The company has revealed the venue for its conference next year as the 5-star Carton House Hotel in Co Kildare.
The conference will take place from Thursday 16th – Friday 17th April 2015 and...
South African Airways Moving to T2 at LHR
South African Airways is undergoing final preparations ahead of its move to the new Terminal 2 at London Heathrow this Wednesday, 22nd October 2014.
Terminal 2, The Queen’s Terminal, is the new home of Star Alliance at London Heathrow and will offer SAA’s passengers an unrivalled...
Sunway Seeks Groups Consultant
Sunway Holidays is currently recruiting a full-time or part-time Groups Consultant – “a vibrant individual with excellent travel knowledge / background. Applicants should send their CVs to [email protected]
The successful candidate will:
Create proposals for imaginative, award-winning incentive travel programmes through sourcing partners and destinations, DMCs,...
Lufthansa Goes Daily on Dublin-Munich for Summer 2015
Lufthansa is continuing to expand flights between Dublin and Munich by announcing that the service will become daily for the first time during summer 2015.
Announcing the extension of the service, Christian Schindler, General Manager UK & Ireland said: “This further increase in our flights between Dublin...
WestJet to Recommence St John’s – Dublin Service and Introduce New Halifax – Glasgow Route
WestJet has announced that it will resume its successful service between St John’s, Newfoundland, and Dublin on 1st May 2015, six weeks earlier than in 2014. The airline will also commence new daily non-stop flights from Halifax to Glasgow on 29th May 2015, until 23rd October 2015,...
Dublin Airport Welcomes 19 Extra Winter Routes
Dublin Airport will have 950,000 extra seats available across its route network this winter, a 10% increase in capacity compared to last year.Nineteen additional services will operate from Dublin Airport this winter, comprising nine new routes and 10 summer services that will operate this...
Switzerland a Unique Destination
Fade Street Social took on a very Swiss atmosphere as Heidi Reisz of Swiss Tourism, Corin Ursprung of Swiss Travel System, and Helen Fyfe of Swiss International Airlines introduced their latest products to the Irish trade and media.
This year is the 150th anniversary of...
