Once again, the City of Durban plays host to Africa’s Travel Indaba. The word Indaba means a meeting to discuss a serious topic. Indaba is an iconic African leisure trade show owned by our hosts South African Tourism. It’s a 4-day trade show attended by more than 6,000 delegates, including 1,000 international buyers from over 63 countries globally and 1,000 exhibitors showcasing 350 products with a remarkable 21,000 meetings secured between exhibitors and international buyers.
Atlantic Joint Venture 2023 roadshow land in Cork and Limerick
The Atlantic Joint Venture Roadshow crew made their way down to Cork last week for the next stop of their tour. The lucky Cork agents were wined and dined at the centrally located Metropole Hotel, and then the following day it was on to Limerick where the trade was hosted in the fabulous Pery Square in Limerick City Centre.
ASM Ireland marks 10 years in business and celebrate their journey to becoming Ireland’s #1 Independent Travel Trade GSA and Sales Representation company.
Operating since May 2013, ASM Ireland has been providing a professional sales representation service for travel suppliers, minimising their market entry costs and maximizing their sales performance.
CLIA announces host of trade initiatives and activities at largest ever annual conference
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) unveiled a raft of agent initiatives and events at its largest-ever annual UK conference, which finished on 14 May 2023 in Southampton. The conference, which was themed 'cruise heroes' in recognition of agents' work across the sector, was attended by over 750 delegates.
As part of the programme, Andy Harmer (Managing Director UK & Ireland) announced CLIA's biggest-ever trade engagement campaign over the next 12 months. The 'superhero-charged' opportunities include:
Innstant Travel Extends Its Preferred Contracts Portfolio with the addition Of The AYANA Hotels in Bali
Innstant Travel, the global accommodation wholesaler, is pleased to announce the addition of the AYANA Hotels collection to its preferred contracts portfolio.
Visitors to Malta from Ireland increases in the first quarter of 2023
The Malta Tourism Authority has announced that visitors from Ireland to Malta has increased significantly for the first quarter of the year (January - March 2023), when compared to the same time in 2019 and 2020.
January - March 2023 saw 9600 people travel to Malta from Ireland, compared to 6517 in 2019 and 7741 in 2020.
The success follows on from the new Ryanair route to Malta from Shannon Airport which was launched in March 2022. This is in addition to the Ryanair route from Dublin Airport.
The Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA) announced that it has appointed former ITAA President Clare Dunne as its new CEO. Dunne’s appointment follows the retirement of Pat Dawson. She will assume the role at the start of July.
Cape Town, Master Chef & Street Art in Woodstock with Travelbiz
Declan Mescall (Features Editor Travelbiz) was a guest of South African Tourism this and brings you more updates from this amazing destination.
South African Tourism packed a lot of activity into day 2 of our pre-Indaba fam trip to Cape Town.
Brand USA, the destination marketing organisation for the United States, hosted another successful MegaFam, welcoming 60 sales agents from the U.K. and Ireland across six U.S. itineraries this April.
Trade and Media partners Celebrate Wideroe Airlines launch in the Norwegian Embassy
Marian (Travelbiz) attended the Norwegian Ambassador's Residence in Dublin where Her Excellency Mari Skare hosted a reception for trade and press to celebrate the launch of the new direct Wideroe flight from Dublin to Bergen and to present information on Bergen, Fjord Norway and Northern Norway, all easily accessed from Bergen.
Ambassador Skare welcomed everyone and said how delighted she is that Wideroe have chosen Dublin Bergen as their newest route as she feels the Irish have much in common with the Norwegians.
Wine Safari at Waterford Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa with Travelbiz.ie
Declan Mescall (Features Editor Travelbiz) continues his Taste of Beautiful South Africa with South African Tourism.
A trip to South Africa is never complete without a visit to a winery. Our hosts, South Africa Tourism, went one better and brought us on a Wine Safari on the fabulous Waterford Estate in the world renowned Stellenbosch region where our guide Richard educated and entertained us with his knowledge and stories.
Travelbiz is working with Air Transat bringing you all the latest product updates, offers and trade focused initiatives for 2023. Did you know………
Air Transat has been connecting the UK and Ireland to Canada and beyond for 35 years, taking off on our first flight from London Gatwick headed to Toronto in 1988.
On a special showcase visit to Dublin Port the Seabourn Venture, built in 2022, with capacity for only 264 guests in 132 luxurious all veranda ocean-front suites, was visited by a select group of travel trade partners and Declan Mescall (Features Editor Travelbiz) for a ship inspection followed by lunch on board this very unique luxury vessel.
