ITTN Industry Achievement Award
The recipient of the inaugural ITTN Industry Achievement Award will be announced at this year’s Irish Travel Trade Awards on 28th November.
As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, Irish Travel Trade News is introducing an Industry Achievement Award to honour the innovation and contribution to the...
ITTN Travel Agency of the Year Awards
Four winning travel agencies, one from each province, will be announced in October – and the overall winner announced on 28th November.
The winning agencies will be selected as follows:
1. Each sponsor of the 23rd Irish Travel Trade Awards will be invited to nominate two travel agency...
ITTN Budding Travel Writer of the Year
This year’s overall winner of the ITTN Budding Travel Writer of the Year Award will receive a cheque for €1,000 at the Irish Travel Trade Awards.
Irish Travel Trade News has launched its 2014 Budding Travel Writer of the Year competition. If you work for...
23rd Irish Travel Trade Awards Categories
ITTN has announced 23 categories for this year’s 23rd Irish Travel Trade Awards. Voting will open for travel agents, North and South, in September.
This year, dynamic packaging systems, which have had their own category award in previous years, will now be contenders for the Best...
Glamorous Oscars Night for the Industry
Prize draws for tickets for two to exotic locations, music, entertainment, awards, pre-dinner drinks, great food and complimentary wine are all on the evening’s menu.
The 23rd Irish Travel Trade Awards and Christmas Party – the Irish travel industry’s ‘Oscars Night’ – is the networking event...
Sponsorships for the Golden Globe Event
Nine companies have already signed up for the sponsorship and support opportunities at the Golden Globe Irish Travel Trade Awards.
They comprise Amazing Thailand, Andalucia Tourist Board, DoubleTree by Hilton, Spanish Tourism Office, Falcon Holidays, Grant Thornton, Hertz Ireland, Señorío de Nevada, and Tourism...
World Travel Market’s Travel Perspective Programme
Two of the biggest social media brands - Buzzfeed and Twitter - are already confirmed as keynote speakers at World Travel Market 2014, the leading global event for the travel industry.Both companies are presenting as part of the WTM Travel Perspective programme that will...
Message to Irish Travel Trade from Malaysia Airlines
Weng Chi Lee, Area Manager – UK & Ireland, Malaysia Airlines, sends the following message to the Irish travel trade.
“Firstly, let me share with you how devastated we are at the tragic loss of MH17. We extend our deepest condolences to the families of the passengers...
Lowcostbeds / Blue Sea Summer Sale and Incentive
Lowcostbeds has launched a summer sale with Blue Sea properties with savings of up 30% across a wide range of properties in Spain, Malta and Morocco.
In conjunction with the sale, lowcostbeds is giving away one week’s accommodation to a lucky sales consultant. Simply make...
Emirates Recruitment Drives in Galway, Cork and Dublin
Emirates is returning to Ireland this August with three new recruitment drives in three locations to help fulfil the airline’s growing cabin crew requirements.
The recruitment events will take place as follows:
Galway: 23rd August, Harbour Hotel, New Dock Road, Galway City
Cork: 28th August, Clarion Hotel Cork City,...
New Flyboarding Experience from DoSomethingDifferent
DoSomethingDifferent.com has added flyboarding to its portfolio of experiences in the UK. Just like something out of the movies, flyboarders take to the air using strong water-powered jets fitted to a type of hover-board.
Fully prepped and kitted-out, boarders are blasted up to 10 metres...
Viceroy Hotels and Resorts Offer Ultra Luxury
Viceroy Hotels and Resorts came to Dublin to promote its range of ultra-luxury properties, with Jane O’Shea, Regional Directer of Sales, hosting some top agents to lunch.
Described as a midtown oasis with downtown allure, the New York Viceroy is located on 12 West 57th...
BookaBed Signs Deal with UK Freedom Travel Group
BookaBed has signed a deal with the Freedom Travel Group and Co-operative Personal Travel Advisors, strengthening the company’s presence in the UK market.
Darren Hall, Business Development for BookaBed in the UK, said that the account was a key objective for the company and that...
Fairmont Palliser Celebrates Centenary with Amnesty – and Seeks Return of a Gargoyle
The Fairmont Palliser Hotel in Calgary, Canada, opened its doors on 1st June 1914 and part of its centenary celebrations is an amnesty programme to collect hotel memorabilia that were ‘borrowed’ by visitors over the past 100 years – including a bird-like gargoyle that ‘flew...
Cathay Pacific Named World’s Best Airline
Cathay Pacific Airways has been named the World’s Best Airline in the 2014 World Airline Awards, which were held in front of a packed audience of airline industry leaders at this month’s Farnborough International Airshow.
“These 2014 World Airline Awards coincided with the 25th anniversary...
KLM First to Offer Customer Services through LinkedIn
Effective Monday 28th July 2014, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will offer 24/7 customer service via LinkedIn. Passengers with general and flight-related queries on topics such as seat reservations, rebooking a ticket or making arrangements for extra baggage are now able to contact the KLM...
Shannon Welcomes Increased Ryanair Winter Schedule
Shannon Airport has welcomed Ryanair’s announcement that it is to strengthen its winter schedule with the addition of further capacity from the end of October. The airline will add a daily Manchester service, replacing a three times weekly Liverpool service, and a weekly Kaunas (Lithuania)...
Clodagh and Rhona from FCm Win Flights with Etihad
It was certainly party time as Etihad Airways celebrated the launch of double daily flights between Dublin and Abu Dhabi by hosting the Irish travel trade at a really spectacular cocktail party in the award-winning Koh restaurant in Dublin.
Over 300 guests, who included RTE’s...
Two New Sunway Product Managers
Sunway has appointed two new Product Managers - Barry Hammond and Dawn Conway.
Dawn will be the Cruise Product Manager and will operate from Head Office in Dun Laoghaire.
Barry Hammond is well-known within the travel trade and has over 20 years’ experience. Barry has joined Sunway...
Emirates Launches Summer Promotion for Dublin Route
Emirates has launched a summer fares promotion from Ireland to multiple destinations on the Emirates network, across Economy, Business and First Classes, including €504 to Dubai and €812 to Perth.
The ex-Dublin fares must be booked before 4th August for outbound travel between 4th August 2014...
