The Irish Travel Industry Awards is taking place in the Mansion House Dublin Tonight the 26th of January. One of the objectives of the evening is to raise money for a good cause which is done through a raffle.
This year we lost a dear industry colleague, Robbie Smart who worked for many travel companies during his career including Cassidy Travel, Travelport, Camino Ways and most recently Bedsonline.
Robbie died suddenly and is survived by his wife and young family. As an industry we would like to support Robbie’s family and, with their permission, we have decided to donate money raised from the raffle to the Robbie Smart Fund.
Christina Black (Lord Mayor of Belfast) cut the ribbon to open the 2023 Holiday World show in the Titanic Exhibition Centre last Friday morning with Maureen Ledwith and Edmund Hourican (Holiday World, Bizex Ltd)
The opening marked the 30th year of the Holiday World show in Belfast which has gone from strength to strength attracting key destination partners form all over the world, all the major cruise lines, key retail agents from Northern Ireland, airlines, local hotels and tourist boards.
Royal Caribbean Magic with Michelle at Holiday World Show Belfast
Michelle Ryan (Regional Sales Manager Royal Caribbean Ireland) was all set for another busy Holiday World Saturday in Belfast in conjunction with Sandra Corkin (MD Oasis Travel) and the Oasis Travel team at the Titanic Exhibition Centre.
Don Shearer (Travelbiz) and Don Clarke (DCM Sales Representation) and not forgetting Bobby the dog, are delivering the all-new 2023 Travelbiz Trade Diary to trade partners in Northern Ireland who did not get copies at last weekend’s Holiday World Show in Belfast.
Don and Bobby are sharing driving duty and diary deliveries across the province and will be expecting a nice cup of tea, doggy biscuits, and a tickle under the chin for each visit they make this week!
Mary Considine, CEO of the Shannon Airport Group has described the strong recovery at Shannon Airport as having exceeded expectations. The Group welcomed over 1.51 million passengers to the airport in 2022, a 300% increase on 2021 figures, and a 88% recovery of 2019 passenger levels.
“The accelerated pace of the rebound in air travel from Shannon has exceeded our expectations and shows the pent-up desire for international travel following the lifting of pandemic travel restrictions”, said Ms. Considine.
Ryanair, Europe’s no.1 airline, this week announced its new Kerry schedule for summer 2023, with 7 routes including popular summer hotspots like Alicante and Palma, as well as city break destinations like London, Manchester and Frankfurt.
With 7% more capacity than S22, Ryanair will carry over 350,000 passengers to/from Kerry Airport this summer, boosting tourism and connectivity for the region while supporting over 430 local jobs.
Pre-Register for The Holiday World Show 2023 Media & Trade Morning
The Holiday World Show Dublin 2023 Media & Trade Morning is taking place from 09.30am to 12.30pm on Friday 27th January in the RDS Simmonscourt. This year’s show will see some 1,000 travel experts from 50 countries on hand to provide expert advice and the opportunity to discuss the 2023 season with members of the travel media and travel trade.
Brand USA hosts 60 UK &European sales agents across the U.S. and gears up for this years Mega Fam in April!
The next Brand USA Mega FAM in partnership with American Airlines and British Airways is set to take place on 19 April 2023, hosting 60 agents from the U.K. & Ireland on six itineraries across the U.S. Agents will need to log their bookings made with American Airlines and British Airways from 16 January - 28 February 2023 in order to be eligible to win a place on the trip, as well as complete the Mega FAM Airlines Badge on the USA Discovery Program U.K. & Ireland website. More information on the itineraries and finale will be released soon.
It is with deep sadness we learned of the passing of one of our true Industry characters, Phil Grehan, last Friday morning. Marian Benton (Travelbiz) sent us the very sad news from Australia over the weekend where she was to meet Phil for a long overdue reunion. Phil moved to Coffs Harbour on the 1st of January last year to be near her daughter, Deirdre, and her husband Richard and her two adored grandchildren, Ameila and Oliver.
There is good reason why Oasis Travel is the number one cruise specialist, attracting all the major brands in the Irish marketplace to sail and display with her amazing team of travel professionals at Holiday World Belfast. Aaron Fletcher (Business Development Manager Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland NCL) was at the Holiday World show with the NCL team over the weekend on the very impressive Oasis Travel pavilion which featured all the major cruise and river cruise partners which you can book in any of the Oasis Travel Branches.
Bookabed have partnered with United Airlines, Fitzpatrick’s Hotel in New York and NYC the Official guide to offer one lucky agent the opportunity to win an amazing trip to the Big Apple!
It could not be easier to enter. Make a booking with Bookabed and United Airlines to any US Destination up to the 28th of February 2023
A very special Travelbiz Diary delivery for a very Special Llady, Sheila Brazil. Thanks so much Norma and Igor and all the Limerick Travel team for your registration and we look forward to seeing you all again very soon.
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The Travelbiz Group go from strength to strength and celebrate a landmark anniversary today.
Peter O’Hanlon (Travelbiz Group Sales Director) founder of Travelfinders.com, celebrates 30 years trading this week with Don Shearer (MD Travelbiz Group).
We mark a very special trading birthday today as Travelfinders celebrates 30 years supporting the trade at home and abroad. Little did Peter know 30 years ago that the business would grow to a weekly reach of over 200,000 Irish consumers via Travelfinders.com with over 60,000 social media followers and become part of the Travelbiz group which boasts the largest trade reach and social media following in Ireland.