Dublin Airport Had 2.1m Passengers in June
More than 2.1 million passengers used Dublin Airport in June, a 6% increase on the same month last year.
Almost 1.2 million passengers travelled on routes to and from continental Europe, a 4% increase on the previous year. Almost 640,000 passengers took flights to and...
Silversea Debuts New Haute Couture Uniforms
Silversea Cruises’ newly designed uniforms were previewed in a fashion show held aboard Silver Wind in Venice. They were created by Italy’s Instituto Europeo di Design (IED) of Milan, a specialised fashion school for designers destined for global fashion brands.
The project was launched in...
Stephen Long Joins Wings Abroad
The latest addition to the Wings Abroad team is Stephen Long. He joins the company from Sunway Holidays.
Joan Scanlon, Head of Sales & Operations, Wings Abroad, said: “We are very excited that Stephen has joined us just in time to celebrate one year in...
Your Opportunity to Win Trip of a Lifetime to Orlando
Aer Lingus has once again teamed up with Orlando Flexticket, the ticket that allows unlimited access to six Florida theme parks with one ticket. The airline is offering you the chance to fly to Orlando with Aer Lingus for your very own Orlando Experience. The...
Three New Attractions with DoSomethingDifferent.com
DoSomethingDifferent.com has added three new visitor attractions – and has revealed its top three attractions to date in 2014.
New attractions include a 48-Hour Hop-on/Hop-off Bus and Skip the Line Entry to Colosseum, Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel in Rome, Italy, for €98 per adult,...
RCI and AwesomenessTV Launch Branded Teen YouTube Series
Royal Caribbean International AwesomenessTV, a leading multi-platform media company serving the global teen audience and one of the most subscribed to teen destinations on YouTube, have launched two new YouTube series for teens and tweens hosted by some of AwesomenessTV’s biggest teen influencers.
YoMuscleBoii's Royal...
Jeannette Goes National for Sunway
Jeanette Taylor has been appointed National Trade Representative for Sunway Holidays. Jeanette has been working with Sunway for 14 years and previously worked as agency rep for the Munster region. She will be visiting agents over the next few months and will be providing...
First-Ever Chicago Architecture Biennial in 2015
Presenting Irish travel agents with a good opportunity for special interest tours, the Chicago Architecture Biennial has announced that the City of Chicago and the Graham Foundation are partnering to present the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial, from 1st October 2015 until 3rd January 2016.
The...
How GOOD is Your Client’s Passport?
According to this GOOD Infographic, Irish travellers – along with those from Canada, France, Japan, Norway, Portugal and Spain – have no-visa access (or get a visa on arrival) to 170 countries.
Those from Finland, Sweden and the UK do best (173 countries), followed by...
Dublin Airport Welcomes Ryanair Dublin – Glasgow International Service
Dublin Airport has welcomed Ryanair’s announcement that it will operate a new service to Glasgow International Airport from October.
Vincent Harrison, Dublin Airport Managing Director, said: “We are delighted that connections from Dublin to Glasgow International will be strengthened by Ryanair’s decision to fly three...
Aer Lingus to Move to LHR T2 from T1
Aer Lingus will move its operations at London Heathrow to Terminal 2, to be known as ‘The Queen’s Terminal’, from Wednesday 9th July 2014. All Aer Lingus flights to and from Heathrow will operate from Terminal 2 from that date.
One of the main benefits for...
Ethiopian Plans to Fly to LAX via DUB
Ethiopian Airlines, which already operates a daily flight between Addis Ababa and Washington DC, is planning a new Los Angeles route that would be the second destination in the USA for the airline. Such a long flight would require a stopover, and the carrier is planning to...
ITTN Walks on Air in Canada
Today is Canada Day and Irish Travel Trade News was recently ‘walking on air’ in Canada – when visiting the newly opened Glacier Skywalk in Jasper National Park in Alberta.
Following a fam trip to St John’s in Newfoundland and Halifax in Nova Scotia (of...
Delta Air Lines Defrauded of US$22m
Delta Air Lines employees Michael Yedor and Paul Anderson have been indicted by a US federal grand jury on charges that they participated in a long-running scheme to defraud Delta Air Lines of millions of dollars. Yedor was arrested in San Diego, California, on...
BA to Offer Old First Class at Club World Prices
Always innovative are the marketing gurus in British Airways. The airline currently has in service a small number of Boeing 747s that are still fitted with the old First product. Now BA has announced that it will no longer offer a First product on...
New York State Much More than a City
A New York State delegation recently visited Dublin as part of a European sales mission and took the opportunity to brief the trade and media.
New York State stretches across tens of thousands of square miles of spectacular lake and mountain scenery, and has much...
RCI Brings Agents to the Movies
This past Sunday, Royal Caribbean International and upwards of 150 Irish travel agent partners and their families got into the ‘WOW’ spirit at a private screening of Dreamworks’ ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ to help promote the cruise line’s partnership with Dreamworks onboard...
NYC Business Card Exchange at No. 25
Breakfast at Tiffany’s – not quite, but No. 25 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin, was the spectacular venue for the New York City breakfast.
Reg Charlot, Senior Director, NYC & Co, welcomed tour operators and agents to the Business Card Exchange and the visitors from New York...
Innstant Focuses on Delivering Products and Tools for Increasing Agents’ Profits
Innstant Travel has one of the largest inventories of unique totalling in excess of 240,000 properties worldwide, including hotels, apartments, holiday homes and villas. In addition, Innstant has 50,000+ transfers, 10,000+ tours, 1,000+ car hire options, 1000’s of sports tickets, 24/7 support and loyalty...
Etihad Celebrates Delivery of its 100th and 101st Aircraft
Etihad Airways last week celebrated a major milestone as the fastest growing airline in commercial aviation history, when it took delivery of its 100th and 101st aircraft on the same day.
The 100th aircraft, a new Airbus A321-231 (registration A6-AEC), was delivered from the Airbus Finkenwerder facility in...
