AirPlus and Amadeus Partner to Offer Virtual Payment Solution to Travel Agencies
AirPlus International, a global provider of payment and billing solutions for business travel, and Amadeus today announced their joint initiative to offer travel agencies the Amadeus AirPlus Travel Agency Card.
This is a new virtual payment solution for Amadeus travel agencies developed by the two...
Azamara Appoints New MD for UK and Ireland
Boutique cruise line Azamara Club Cruises has appointed Richard Twynam as its first ever Managing Director in the UK and Ireland. He will lead a new 10-strong team dedicated to the destination immersive travel brand.
Richard brings almost 20 years of experience in the travel...
Contiki is the Brightest 2013 Christmas Star for 1STS
Contiki Holidays for 18-35’s was the “star performer” in 2013 among One Stop Touring Shop’s four brands in Ireland, Sharon Jordan, Business Manager for 1STS in Ireland, told travel agents and media who were hosted for a Christmas lunch at the Residence in St...
Travel Counsellors Tell Agents to ‘Switch On’ at Telford Conference
A star-studded line-up and an array of special guests helped Travel Counsellors celebrate another successful year at the company’s annual conference, which took place in Telford International Centre recently.
The event was underpinned throughout by the theme ‘Switch On’, which highlighted the weekend’s focus on...
Turkish Airlines Opens New Lounge at Borussia Dortmund’s Stadium
This weekend, Borussia Dortmund and Turkish Airlines celebrated the opening of the Turkish Airlines Lounge in the club’s stadium.
The Turkish Airlines Lounge is located in the North-West section of the stadium and represents an innovation in Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park. With a capacity of...
New VisitEngland Holiday Park Gold Award
VisitEngland has launched a new Gold award for holiday parks that are assessed by Quality in Tourism. The award can be given to 4-star and 5-star holiday parks that excel in providing a quality holiday experience to tourists.
There are specific criteria to meet to ensure...
Stella is Fifth Finalist in ITTN Budding Travel Writer Competition
Stella Grant, O’Hanrahan Travel, Monaghan Town, is our November winner in the Irish Travel Trade News Budding Travel Writer competition and therefore has a 4:1 chance of winning €1,000.
Our October winner was Claire Rochford, FCm Travel Solutions (see ittn.ie/bulletins/claire-rochford-or-you-could-win-e1000), our September winner was Sarah...
Six Months Free eNett for Travelport Registrations by 20th December
Irish travel agents registering on www.enett.com/travelport up to 20th December 2013 will have access to the eNett VANS (Virtual Account Numbers) system free for the first six months – after which it is €10.00 per agency per month.
In Dubllin today for a joint presentation with Travelport...
Abu Dhabi Hotel Arrivals Top 2.2m
More than 2.2 million guests have checked into Abu Dhabi’s 148 hotels and hotel apartments in the first 10 months of this year, according to figures released by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority. The emirate saw record numbers of visitors in October, which...
CAR Adds Three Trading Names to Two Travel Agent Licences
The Commission for Aviation Regulations has updated its website to include three additional trading names for two existing travel agent licences.
Keycamp Holidays (Ireland) Ltd (TA licence 0156) now has the Eurocamp trading name, in addition to Keycamp Holdays.
Sunway Travel Ltd (TA licence 0731) now...
Anantara Bazaruto Island Opens in Mozambique
Thirty kilometres east of mainland Mozambique on Africa’s east coast, the Bazaruto Archipelago of protected national park islands lie scattered across the turquoise Indian Ocean. On the largest of these tropical islands, covering 12,000 hectares, Anantara Bazaruto Island Resort & Spa has just become...
New Travelport Smartpoint Designed with Agents in Mind
Travelport has today announced the launch of an enhanced version of its travel agency point-of-sale application, Travelport Smartpoint. Efficiency-driving enhancements include interactive graphical mapping capabilities as well as a range of new intuitive tools and functions all designed to help travel agents.
Also incorporating virtual...
Win a Trip for Two to Prague
Czech Tourism is offering you the chance to win a trip for two to one of the most beautiful historic cities in the world – Prague.
It’s so easy to enter. All you have to do is to click on the Czech Tourism ad on ittn.ie or...
24 Days of Christmas Draws with DoSomethingDifferent.com
Sing along, you know the words… “On the first day of Christmas the DoSomethingDifferent elves gave to me… a Christmas pudding and a turkey”.
Celebrate 24 days of Christmas with DoSomethingDifferent.com to be in with a chance of winning a festive treat from Santa’s sack....
Aer Lingus Regional Announces 100,000 Additional Seats in 2014 for Shannon
Shannon Airport has today welcomed another major boost for services in 2014 as Aer Lingus Regional announced 100,000 new seats across three UK routes for next year.
The announcement includes a new daily Bristol service, Manchester frequencies to increase from two to three times daily,...
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Win a Trip for Two to Old Trafford with Celtic Horizon
Sports travel specialist Celtic Horizon Tours has teamed up with Irish Travel Trade News to offer agents the chance to win a trip for two to see the Manchester United v Swansea City match at Old Trafford on 11th January 2014.
The prize includes luxury...
Helen Caron is New Managing Director of Cruise at TUI
Helen Caron, currently Director of Ireland, will now also be responsible for managing the UK and Ireland Thomson Cruise business.
In her cruise role, Helen will report into Fraser Ellacott, Customer Operations Director and commences her new role on 2nd January 2014.
Fraser said: “We have an extremely...
Worldchoice Ireland Meets in Ashbourne
The Worldchoice consortium held its bi-annual conference recently, the 47 members coming to Ashbourne to meet with its preferred suppliers and to meet newly appointed Chief Executive Don Shearer.
The well attended event had members meeting their suppliers in a day-long session, followed by dinner...
Win a Christmas Turkey and Ham with 1STS
One Stop Touring Shop has a new agent incentive for Christmas. 1STS wants to hear your Christmas Crackers – and you could win your Christmas turkey and ham!
With less than a month to go to the big day the 1STS team is looking to...
