Consumers who attend the Holiday World Show in the RDS Simmonscourt over the three days from Friday January 23rd to Sunday January 25th will have a unique opportunity to engage with experts in all fields of travel at a series of travel talks, hosted by Eoghan Corry.
They include top industry leaders, representatives of the passport services, key people from tour operators, tourist boards, hotel groups and cruise lines.
Visitors to the show can engage in the conversation with questions and observations of their own. New dedicated sessions for 2026 include the fast cruise river cruise market, as well perennially popular sessions dedicated to the airports, traditional ocean cruising, solo travel, adventure travel, family holidays and region specific sessions for our favourite holiday destinations.
Eoghan Corry shared: “In the age of artificially generated content, it is important that consumer have an opportunity to meet face to face with the real experts, the people who live and breathe travel and who live or spend extended time in the destinations we love to go to. One of the delights of the show for me is to bring so many of these to the top of the hall for the Travel Talks sessions. I always learn a lot and my pledge to the consumer is that if we cannot answer their direct question during the session we wilk do so before they leave the exhibition hall.”
The full programme:
FRIDAY 23 JANUARY
1.15pm Asia 2026
2pm Dublin Airport: Routes & Choices
2.45pm Hotels: Finding Deals, Luxury and Comfort
3.30pm Sail Into Cruise Deals – Ocean & River
SATURDAY 24 JANUARY
11.30am The Essentials When Travelling
12.15pm Winter wonderland: Ski and Snow deals
1.15pm Big Skies & Big Cities: An American Odyssey
2.15pm Holidays with children
2.45pm Going further: long-haul destinations
3.30pm Active Family
4.15pm Homes in the Sun
SUNDAY 25 JANUARY
12.00pm How to get cruise deals
1.30pm Aviation – Ryanair: Q&A Session
2.15pm Aviation – Aer Lingus: Q&A Session
3.00pm Beautiful island: Home holidays
3.45pm Top travel trends: Escorted & Solo Holidays
