Let the Cirque du Soleil Show Begin!
The circus is coming to PortAventura! This summer the Cirque du Soleil will be raising its big top in the resort, making it the best family leisure destination in Europe.
From 11th July to 30th August 2014, around 2,500 people a day will be able...
Active Holidays in Beautiful Settings
The Costa Daurada offers a wide range of choices for the active holidaymaker. The mild Mediterranean climate makes it the ideal place to enjoy all types of sports and outdoor activities all year round.
Water sports, hiking and climbing are just a few of the...
Costa Daurada’s Historical Heritage
The Costa Daurada has a wealth of cultural heritage, thanks to the passing of many different civilisations over the centuries. A visit here gives your clients the opportunity to journey back in time.
The Font Major Caves of L’Espluga de Francolí show us how prehistoric...
An Ideal Destination for Golfers
With five magnificent courses (a total of seven links), seven pitch & putts, and an almost permanent sunny climate with mild temperatures, the Costa Daurada is an ideal destination for golfing holidays.
The excellent facilities are perfect for beginners and professionals alike. Good transport links,...
The Taste of the Costa Daurada
The Costa Daurada is a gastronomically privileged territory as its location and climate allow it to offer a wise combination of products from the sea and the land, to create a cuisine with a distinct Mediterranean accent.
The basis of the Costa Daurada’s cuisine consists...
Win €1,000 with Your Fam Trip Report!
Have you been on a fam or prize trip in the past 17 months, i.e. since 1st January 2013? If so, your 500-word report could win €1,000 in ITTN’s 2014 Budding Travel Writer competition. Our May winner is Kersti Costello of Grogan Travel Worldchoice...
DoSomethingDifferent.com is Travel Counsellors Business Partner of the Year
Annabel Cove, Business Development Manager, DoSomethingDifferent.com, was “very surprised and absolutely thrilled” last night when she was presented with Travel Counsellors Ireland’s Business Partner of the Year Award by Cathy Burke, General Manager, at the TCI ‘Switch On’ conference at the Lyrath Estate Hotel...
It’s Better in the Bahamas
That’s the message given to Irish Travel Trade News by Maria Grazia Marino, District Sales Manager – UK & Ireland, Bahamas Tourist Office, on her visit to Ireland last week, as investor confidence in the Bahamas grows and new hotels and attractions come on...
Agents Enjoy Fam Trip on RCI’s Liberty of the Seas
Agents enjoyed a bit of R&R on a Royal Caribbean International fam trip on board Liberty of the Seas. The five-night sailing left Barcelona on 14th May, with agents visiting Nice, Monte Carlo and Pisa.
Jessie Leaves TTC, Rosanna Joins
The Travel Corporation has announced two staff changes and has also launched Insight Vacation’s 2014/15 Autumn Winter & Spring Europe – offering guests an Early Payment Discount of up to 7.5% off selected 2014/15 Winter Europe tours when they book and pay in full...
Emma is a Lowcostbeds Happy Monday Winner
Lowcostbeds has announced the second winner of its Happy Monday trade promotion, in which every agent making a booking is automatically entered into the weekly draw to win €100 One4all vouchers – with €500 vouchers to be won in the final fourth week.
So congratulations...
IATA Welcomes US DOT ‘Tentative Approval’ of Resolution 787
The International Air Transport Association has welcomed the decision by the United States Department of Transportation to tentatively approve Resolution 787. The Resolution is the foundation document for the New Distribution Capability, a travel industry-supported programme launched by IATA for the development and market...
Hertz Renovates Newark Airport Facility
As part of an ongoing reinvention of the car rental experience, the Hertz Corporation recently completed technological and logistical renovations at its Newark Liberty International Airport facility.
Hertz plans to redesign its top 50 US airport locations, representing 70% of US airport travellers. Currently, Hertz...
Cloud Will Transform the Airport Experience – Amadeus
Airports are increasingly identifying the need to switch to next-generation cloud systems in order to improve operational efficiencies in a challenging marketplace, according to an insight paper launched by Amadeus today. ‘IT makes sense to share: making the case for the cloud in Common...
London City in World’s Top 10 ‘Stunning Landings’
London City Airport is one of the world’s most stunning airport landings, according to the results of a poll conducted by the private jet booking service, PrivateFly.com. The company asked international travel experts and travel fans for their most scenic airport landings in its...
Taiwan is Open for Business
Taiwan is anxious to increase business between Ireland and the Asian island state. To this end the first Ireland -Taiwan joint business council meeting took place in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin. The MOU was signed by Dr Chi-Yuan Chin, Chairman, New Taipei City Computer...
Irish Visitors to Andalucia Continue to Grow
The great dining hall of Trinity College, Dublin, resonated to the traditional music and flamenco of Andalucia as the popular region of Spain held its annual thank you dinner and workshop, ‘Andalucia Clearly Irresistible’, for the Irish travel trade.
The stunning performance by the flamenco...
Etihad Opens Premium Lounge in Sydney, Adds GAA Memorabilia Box in Dublin
Etihad Airways has officially opened its new First and Business Class Lounge at Sydney’s Kingsford Smith International Airport – the airline’s first in Australia – and has added the first GAA Museum memorabilia box in the world, outside of the GAA Museum in Croke...
Travel Counsellors ‘Switch On’ in Kilkenny
Travel Counsellors and supplier sponsors prepared themselves last night for today’s ‘Switch On’ conference at the Lyrath Estate Hotel in Kilkenny with a barn-storming Rock ‘n’ Roll Bingo session led by Bob Conway of Today FM.
The winners of the overall top prize of a...
Orla is First Lowcostbeds Happy Monday Winner
The first winner of the Happy Monday’s trade promotion by lowcostbeds.ie – and hence winner of a €100 One4all voucher – is Orla Tooher, GoHop.ie.
The competition is into its second week. Make a booking with lowcostbeds and the booking will automatically be entered into...
