MSC Europa joins hands with Irish Trade partners in Doha
The future of cruising is here for sure as Irish trade and media partners joined Antonio Paradiso (Managing Director UK & ROI), Steve Williams (Sales Director UK and Ireland) and Suzanne Rowe (Head MSC Ireland) at the naming celebration of MSC WORLD EUROPA in Doha.
Jacinta Mc Glynn (Travelbiz Senior Reporter) attended the 17th Travel Centres 2022 conference in the splendid surrounds of Killashee House Hotel in Co. Kildare. Dominic and Bernie Burke once again pulled out all the stops delivering an amazing event with speed dating workshops and professional presentations for the first half of the day.
Irish Travel Counsellors shine as record breaking turnover and more investment announced at Travel Counsellors Global conference.
Congratulations Jamie Thomas, Mandy Walsh, Lorraine Lawless and Sarah McCarthy and with Sarah winning the overall award for top performing TC Ireland. The Irish contingent including the Cork head office team attending the conference came away motivated and positive for the year ahead.
A record-breaking global turnover of £800 million for 2022 was announced by Steve Byrne (CEO) of leading independent travel company, Travel Counsellors at the company’s first annual conference in over three years, held this weekend in Liverpool.
Congratulations Paul Manning and Team Hertz Ireland
Hertz Ireland has been voted as Irelands leading Car Rental Company for a 4th year in a row at the 2022 World Travel Awards.
World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the travel, tourism and hospitality industries.
Dublin Airport Celebrates 100 Million + Welcomes at Terminal 2
More than 100 million passengers have now passed through Dublin Airport’s Terminal 2 (T2) following its opening twelve years ago on 19 November 2010.
The addition of Terminal 2 has positively transformed the passenger experience at Dublin Airport over the past 12 years, enabling the addition of many exciting new routes. Home to Aer Lingus, Emirates, Delta Airlines, American Airlines, United Airlines and Norwegian, the multiple award-winning passenger terminal facilitates flights to 73 destinations (45 European, 12 in Britain, 14 in North America, one in the Middle East, and one in Ireland), including the likes of Dubai, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, New York and many more.
Travel Centres gala night themed on the roaring 20’s was simply a roaring success. A fitting end to a superb conference, the gala night was splendiferous to say the least! Headline Sponsors, Silversea and Royal Caribbean should have been justly proud of the incredible exposure and the generosity of other sponsors: Air Canada, Bedsonline, Hertz, ISME, Stuba, Sunway, MSC, TUI, United and Melia was thoroughly appreciated. Dominic and Bernie worked incredibly hard to bring this all together, so take a well deserved bow. The glitter, glamour, sequins and sparkle surpassed anything Killashee House had ever witnessed. There were more Jay Gatsby figures, Al Capones, gangsters, Peaky Blinders, Victorian style bathers (Do Something Different!), Daisy Buchanan lookalikes and stunning flapper girls than you could shake a boa feather at!
TravelbizTV – Located in the heart of the Mediterranean, Malta is a year-round destination with something for everyone!
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Malta is just a 3 ½ hour direct flight from Ireland and Irish visitors now have two options when flying to Malta. Passengers can fly directly from Dublin or Shannon Airport with Ryanair. The Shannon route was launched in March 2022 and was the first ever scheduled Ryanair service to Malta from Shannon Airport.
There are currently three flights from Dublin to Malta per week and two flights from Shannon Airport per week.
Visit USA Committee Ireland certainly know how to celebrate Thanksgiving and on Thursday 17th November, Tony Lane (Chairperson Visit USA Committee) hosted a wonderful get together for members, airlines, tourist boards and attractions and Radisson Blu, Golden Lane was the venue. Of course, Travelbiz was there. No show without punch! It was a busy night, and the buzz was on. The stars and stripes were flying high, and the atmosphere was electric. Tony and the Visit USA Committee members always showcase the best the US can offer, and this year was no exception.
Star Alliance named the World’s Leading Airline Alliance at the World Travel Awards 2022
Star Alliance Los Angeles lounge also named North America's Leading Airport Lounge.
Both awards have been won for the third consecutive year.
Star Alliance has been named the World’s Leading Airline Alliance at the World Travel Awards for the third consecutive year. At the North America 2022 edition of the awards held in August, the Star Alliance Los Angeles airport lounge also retained the award for North America's Leading Airport Lounge for the third year running.
Malta Wins Lonely Planet’s Top Destination to Unwind Award
Global travel authority Lonely Planet has unveiled its top destinations to visit next year with the release of Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2023, and Malta has been awarded the ‘Top Destination to Unwind’ Award, alongside destinations such as Halkidiki in Greece and Jordan, with Lonely Planet saying that Malta has been “much-loved by European visitors for decades”, adding that it “is attracting more visitors from around the world, beckoned by its prehistoric temples, fantastic scuba diving and buzzy Valletta, its beautiful capital”.
Travel Centres Trade Partner Roaring 20’s Pics of the night.
Jacinta McGlynn (Travelbiz) brings us some more amazing pictures from the Travel Centres conference gala night where delegates, trade partners and all concerned made an incredible effort, as always, to shine on the night. Congratulations to all on the night! Amazing, fun filled celebration in true Travel Centres style.
Travel Suppliers Network unveil 2023 dates and Grand Prize Draw of a holiday for 2 to Jordan
The TSN Grand Prize final live draw will be made exclusively here at Travelbiz on Friday 9th December.
The Travel Suppliers Network are delighted to unveil their 2023 schedule of Roadshows. These are great events, with top tier suppliers, informative presentations, great audience participation and fantastic prizes.
Make sure to put the dates below in your Travelbiz diary. The 2023 events are going to be bigger and better than ever (More details to follow):
Jim O’Brien (Travelbiz) received An Garda Siochana Centenary Medal.
So proud of our very own Jim O’Brien (Technology Director Travelbiz Group) who retired from the Garda Reserve in 2015, having served in the Bridewell and Store Street Stations in Dublin, receiving his Centenary Medal from Assistant Commissioner Angela Willis.
Visit Brazil Travel Association held a fun and informative evening in Wigwam restaurant & bar in Dublin. Glauco Chris Fuzinatto (VBRATA Chairman) was delighted with his packed venue and welcomed a host of travel agents to learn all about the delights of his wonderful country. Brazil is huge with many amazing points of interest. It’s not all Rio de Janeiro, carnival, Christ the Redeemer and Copacabana beach ya know!
Emirates Confirms Appointment of new Country Manager for Ireland
Emirates has announced Thani Al Ansari as the new Country Manager for the airline in Ireland.
A UAE national, Al Ansari has worked with Emirates for 12 years where he has had roles as Country Manager for Emirates in Kuwait and Iraq and for Egypt and Libya.
Thani Al Ansari succeeds Enda Corneille who joined Emirates in 2014 and stepped down from the position last month. Enda Corneille has overseen some of the airline’s significant milestones in the Irish market including the launch of Emirates’ double daily service from Dublin.
Obeo win Leisure Supplier of the Year at Travel Counsellors conference
Absolutely thrilled to hear Rannveig and her team won 'Leisure Supplier of the Year' at the Travel Counsellors conference in Liverpool last weekend.
ASM Ireland are so proud to represent Obeo since their inception in 2016. Rannveig and her team truly offer a personal, professional service without compromise.
Well done team Obeo.