Amadeus Acquires UFIS Airport Solutions
Amadeus has announced that it continues its expansion into the Airport IT space with the acquisition of UFIS Airport Solutions, a leading airport information technology player.
The acquisition of UFIS Airport Solutions significantly enhances Amadeus’s existing position within the Airport IT industry. UFIS brings to...
ClickandGo Seeks Long-haul Sales Person
ClickandGo.com is looking to fill the post of
Long Haul Sales and Business Development, with the successful applicant reporting to the Head of Sales (for sales duties) and the Chief Executive (for business development duties), starting in
February/March 2014. The deadline for receipt of applications is...
John McKibbin Joins GetaBed
UK-based bedbank GetaBed.co.uk, which already operates in Northern Ireland, has now commenced operations in the Republic of Ireland and has appointed John McKibbin as Sales Manager Ireland as of 27th January 2014.
The Irish Travel Trade News team wish John, who was previously with TravelCube...
SkyTeam Launches Promotional RTW Fares
SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, has launched a discounted fares promotion on its Go Round the World product. SkyTeam is offering a 10% discount off tickets up to 26,000 miles purchased between 23rd January and 31st March 2014. Tickets must be purchased seven days...
Deirdre Wins iPad Air with SAS
Throughout December 2013, the SAS Advent Calendar offered Irish agents the chance to win spot prizes on selected days during the month, right up until Christmas Eve. Every agent who correctly answered the daily question was also entered into a draw to win an...
Lufthansa Reports Record Numbers from Dublin
Lufthansa enjoyed its most successful year ever in Dublin during 2013 with passenger figures of over 369,676, beating the previous record set in 2012 by 6.75%.
The figures also show that almost three-quarters of Lufthansa passenger from Dublin are taking advantage of the quick and...
MSC Cruises Appoints Giles Hawke as Executive Director for the UK, Ireland and Australia
Giles Hawke, Managing Director for MSC Cruises UK and Ireland, has now been appointed Executive Director for the UK, Ireland and Australia. MSC also plans to halt its ex-UK sailings for 2015 and to increase its fly-cruise capacity to the Mediterranean.
In his new role,...
Rosemarie Fernández Appointed Marketing Director for Amadeus UK & Ireland
Amadeus IT Group has promoted Rosemarie Fernández to Marketing Director for UK and Ireland, effective 1st February 2014. In her new role, Rosemarie will be based at Amadeus UK’s head office at Gatwick Airport.
Rosemarie will be responsible for marketing and communications strategies across all...
74 Macau Establishments in Michelin Guide 2014
Seventy-four establishments in Macau – 18 hotels and 56 restaurants – have been included in the Michelin Guide Hong Kong & Macau 2014. The inclusion of 10 new restaurants and two new hotels demonstrates Macau‘s diverse food scene and reinforces its reputation as one of...
Bermuda Tourism Authority Appoints Chief Executive
The newly created Bermuda Tourism Authority has appointed Bill Hanbury as Chief Executive, effective 27th January 2014. He is an industry veteran with over 25 years of senior management experience.
From 2009-2013 Bill was Chief Executive of the United Way of the National Capital Area,...
ArrivalGuides and Opera Launch On-demand Travel TV App
ArrivalGuides has formed a strategic content partnership with Opera Software to feature ArrivalTV’s online video channel as an app in the Opera TV Store. ArrivalTV joined the Opera TV Store through Opera TV Snap, a technology that transforms online video channels into ready-to-run apps...
CAR Updates Licence Lists
The Commission for Aviation Regulation updated its lists of tour operator and travel agent licences on 23rd January, adding one new licence to each list.
Just Sunshine Ltd, 27 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, T: 01 969 5566, was issued with tour operator licence number 264...
Etihad Seeks Sales Manager and Sales Representative for Dublin
Etihad Airways is now looking to hire in Dublin and is seeking candidates for a Sales Manager and Sales Representative roles in Dublin. Applicants need to apply before 29th January 2014 at careers.etihadairways.com Sales Manager – Dublin
Job Description
The successful candidate will be responsible for generating...
First Class Fares Promotion by Emirates
Emirates has today announced a First Class fares promotion today, with the prices available until 14th February for travel during 2014.
With 140 destinations on the Emirates network from which to choose, customers from Dublin can:
Travel First Class to Dubai from €3,159
Connect with Melbourne with...
ASEAN Tourism Forum Kicks Off in Sarawak
The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak, speaking to delegates as he formally opened the ASEAN Tourism Forum, said that future tourism growth potential for the ASEAN countries is brighter than the global level. Tourist arrivals to Southeast Asia are projected to...
Visit Malaysia Year 2014 – ATF
This year has been designated Visit Malaysia year and Tourism Malaysia is targeting 28 million international visitors and US $23.3 billion in tourist receipts.
Malaysia is a country that has charm, culture and warm hospitality. Beyond Kuala Lumpur there is much to discover and delight...
Amazing Thailand – ATF
When it comes to tourism, Thailand continues to attract amazing numbers of international visitors: from January to November they had a record total of 24.13 million, up by 21% over the same period last year.
For 2014 the Tourism Authority plan is ‘Higher revenue through...
It’s More Fun in the Philippines – ATF
The tag line of ‘It’s More Fun in the Philippines’ must be working as they greeted 4.228 million tourists up to November 2103, a 10.39% increase over the same period in 2012.
From an Irish market perspective, the return last November of Philippine Airlines to...
Singapore Hosts Women’s Tennis Association – ATF
Singapore will host the Women’s Tennis Association for 2014-2018 WTA Championships, the most prestigious event on the WTA calendar. Under terms of the record-setting five-year agreement, the Top 8 singles players and - for the first time - the Top 8 doubles teams will compete for a...
Tourism Global Trend – ATF
According to the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, the first nine months of 2013 saw a record of 845 million international arrivals worldwide, some 41 million more than in the same period of 2012, equivalent to a 5% increase in growth.
All regions shared in this...
